Review: Well, if it's the deeper shade of dubstep that you like to bask under, then the Fent Plates seems like a more than suitable DJ's destination. The fresh and energetic imprint returns to our charts with Disparity Of Time, a collaboration between its most productive artists and bass-smiths. Kaido's "Me" opens the 6-tracker with a sweet, seductive two-step ballad, which is followed by Occult & Menik's more mesmeric shades of haromies on "By The Way", and climaxed by Raiku's meditative IDM glitch through "Waiting Bells". Congi's "Somewhat Of A Story" makes it clear that this EP deals in the more experimental side of bass thanks to a stop-start rhythm of the highest calibre, whereas Myst and Aether's own tunes culminate in a dramatic blend of sounds that takes Fent Plates onto new and unchartered territories. Not your average bass label.
Review: First spotted on Fent Plates on their Beyond The Confines album in 2016, London-based soundscaper Vacant delivers his first full EP... And it's his most widescreen vision to date. Foggy, barbed, shrouded in mystery, across the five tracks we're treated a dense weave of energies and sensations ranging from the driving, hopeful two-step sojourn "Left Behind" to the pensive beatless "Farewell" by way of the startling, evocative title track and the dirge bass fuzz of "Deep Down". Referencing Hyperdub foundations while building entire sleepless cities of his own, Vacant belies every connotation of his artist name. Essential for heads and headphones.
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