Review: Umbra... Not just the thing you say to your bro when you've forgotten your train of thought. And not just sounding like a knock off version of a cool old school sports brand either. Now Umbra stands for proper grown up D&B. The type you used to hear rumbling off the walls of The End of fabric room one back in the golden days. Grumbly. Understated. Savage. Following from his sick releases on Incurzion, Umbra continues to ruin our thought trains with two fat greasy oily bassline swagger jams on Flexout. Essential.
Review: Coming in smokey from the Flexout Audio collective, another vibrant compilation collection, exploring the more atmospheric end of the UKG spectrum with the second edition of their 'Waves' series. Featuring a wealth of exciting artists, we see the likes of Trail, Relict, GLM, Able, EVOLVED & more arrive with some fabulous feature work, unloading emotive harmonic structures and smooth drum arrangements for a truly ethereal underground experience. Our highlights for this one would of course have to include 'Halo' from Dominus, a smokey slink through crunchy synthetic gargles and metallic drumlines, backed up by the gnarly LFO work of Vektah's 'Rotation Heavy' and the head-low bops of 'Rhythm Choke' from Theoretical, again demonstrating the range of sonic beauty on display here.
Review: Put down your G keys. Throw your D minor keys in the bin. Got a C key? Throw it in the actual sea cos Amoss is here confirming once and for all that F is the key of the universal frequency. He's doing it in fine, almost scholarly style as the vibe nods respectfully at the sounds of Virus and acts like Bad Company. For added measure, Amoss also links with fellow scientist Objectiv for 'Cursed'. Once again it's another snake of a track that slithers around, exuding funky venom from every pore. The bigger the system and the darker the spot, the more this will curse your ravers in the best possible way.
Review: ZeroZero returns to Flexout with one of the most addictive tunes to date. Sampling the iconic tones of MC king GQ, the slug-like bassline oozes around the gaff while the MC legend takes us back to AWOL 1994 with his inimitable lyrics. Elsewhere Ed.it gets busy on the remix as he takes last year's 'My Sound' and gives it an extra coat of futuristic armour. Sound as a pound.
Review: Teej dons his finest denims and football shoes for this massive collaboration-fest on Flexout Audio. Linking with Objectiv, Felov and Tweakz - while throwing in two solo originals of his own - the whole EP rumbles with powerful, forward-thinking rollers. Highlights include the grizzled tension and mischievous funk of 'No Wrong' (with Tweakz) the deep dub intensity of 'Dark Room, Low Ceiling' and the grainy bass groans and rattling percussion of the title track. Rollers are dead, long live rollers.
Review: Feeling lucky? You should, Amoss is back on Flexout and he's laying down chips like some entitled oligarch on a three day bender. It's instant snake eyes for 'Hydra' as we screw our faces to its tension while 'Effortless' (with Molecular) oozes away with such a reckless warmth it wins every hand in the house. 'Paprika Dust' meanwhile is more of a bookies type of gamble with its heavier, grittier edge. An accumulator here, a flutter on a nag there, it's quids in once again. Finally the creepy, wormlike 140 finale 'Ricky Martin' is more of a private gamble. Perhaps not for money but for ones hopes or maybe soul. Best roll that dice again pal.
Review: The almighty Flexout dig deep into their vaults for this very special sophomore volume of their Deep Dark Soul series. Featuring a wide range of long time friends and fresh new talent, all five of these cuts slaps and tickles with raw intent and smouldering tension. Amoss gets busy with his remix of Objectiv and T-Man's 'Baritone', Invadhertz twist our melons with the soothing chords and twisted bass tones of 'Everything To Me' while Arkaik turns us off and turns us on again for the ultimate system reboot 'The Great Reset'. Bringing up the rear we have Blinde with the super dreamy 'Cursed' and Nebulate who rattles us up no end with the finale cut 'Glitch'. Modern soul never sounded so twisted.
Review: Spicy scenes at Flexout this week as Amoss drops his piquant three tracker - 'Pico De Gallo'. The title track is pure Amoss with its purring layers and simplistic stripped back design. Elsewhere the cheekily titled 'WHSniff' gets cranky over a series of snarling bass textures and cosmic funk-up 'Sagan' takes us off beyond the pale blue dots of space to a whole other dimension. No one does it like Amoss.
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