Review: We have to thank the crew at Forest Biz for this one as they here unveil eleven tracks of pure fire, variating between breaksy and bass themes throughout. The compilation goes by the name of 'Nocturna', and from the tearout neuro stylings of Horge's 'Time Jump', to the more dubstep inspired switches of 'Crimewave' from Strees along with BitLoud's breaksy adventure in 'Underground', it certainly covers a lot of different genre bases. For us, the clear highlights for this one include Paige Julia & Poztman's super techy synth design within 'Cerberus' and Nesium's robotic roller funk out with 'Contradict'.
Review: Paige Julia steps out of the Totally Roasted Digital roster and onto the Forest Biz books, making for a wonderful evolution to this artist's sound and vision. Prestige In An Honorless Society starts off with the lingering 'wobble-bass' of "Source", before turning even nastier and more intricate thanks to the fast-firing half-breaks of "Honorless" - also guided by a sweltering wave of grainy bass. "Black Sheep" is slower, darker and moodier, while "Bereft" lingers at a mid-tempo stride alongside subtle infusions of shuffling drums, earth-shattering low frequencies, and an altogether 'doom metal' kind of aesthetic.
Review: Samurai Breaks debuts on Forest Biz with his third release to date, and we have to say that his particular strain of beat-driven bass music is becoming more and more addictive by the week. Pick N Mix is a perfect representation of both his skills and style, mashing up all sorts of East Asian influences together with rough, percolating beats from the depth of the UK hardcore spectrum. Broken, jagged, lagged-up and bassed-out, this is the gnarliest form of UK-steppin' that we've heard in donkey's years, and it forms what is likely to be a long and prosperous road ahead for Samurai Breaks. Large up!!!
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