Review: G13 co-captain Rowney headbutts 2019 in style with this monster four track new year attack. The name of the EP says it all; obscenely proportioned thumpers, all fine tune and riff primed to cause ultimate chaos and mix switch ups. "Heavy Business" smacks with the same fun and heat of a 2003 G Dub or Twisted tune, "Need To" continues the addictive riff buzz with more of a harmonic tone on the bass and a vaporous female vocal wafting away alluring in the mix and "Everything Bless" is a straight up buzzy roller with a classic 98 style bassline that gradually gets rougher and darker as the track develops. Finally we have "Not Happening". The cheekiest track of the set, armed with a bassline that wouldn't have gone amiss on Bingo around 2005, there's some serious mischief at play here. Don't believe a word Rowney says... It definitely IS happening.
Review: Let's get cooking... Rowney's back for a bake-off and things are about to get hot. "Hiccups" is a jittering funker with mild use of flutes and two-tone bass textures, "Vibe Selector" adds more punch and swing to the riff with Serum style groove while "Da Wicked Man" rolls with a classic jungle feel. "Gasdup" will be the highlight for many thanks to its Taxman-level burping bass and stern undercurrents of gully funk and the rattling demolition derby style chaos of "Snakez N Fakez" is guaranteed to cause your floor chaos. Grubs up!
Review: Home is where the heat is: G13 rally up troops old and new for a straight up sesh of UK heaviness. Co-boss Rowney takes the lead with the savage "Still On It", setting the scene for the new breed to smash down. Bou, Leaf & Dutta go all jazzy and harmonic on "Waterfall", Niterider gets all low-swung and switchy with "Fire Emoji", Jammin brings the mystic pressure with "Marijuana", Salvage gets classic with the cymbal-crashing, bass-mashing grunter "Don't Stop" while newblood Tringy finishes on the spooked-out wobbler "Poltergeist". Stinking.
Review: A veteran of the Cre8 DnB Radio show, G13 label boss Rowney likes to drop messy dancefloor bombs usually with his pal Toddlah in tow, and here's no different. The original "Wavey" dropped last May, now nearly a year later it's back for the rewind in big VIP sty-lee. If you thought that the first version was fierce, then wait til you hear their own VIP rework - where incisive, mangled bass notes stab over cheeky amen breaks, lairy vocals and there's even a blissed out ravey breakdown too. Bonus cut, "Don't' Say It" keeps the aggy vibes going with skippier beats and pitched basslines. Total mayhem!
Review: With its 'all-out' weekend message in the lyrics and the epically brutal dual basslines, "Wavey" is proof that neither Rowney nor Toddlah are about to settle down and start living the clean wholesome lifestyle anytime soon. "Real Love" will ease you on the way back down to reality with its soul massaging subs and evocative female vocal textures. Two sides of the night covered with consummate skill.
Review: G13 co-bossman Rowney goes solo for two teeth-snapping stepper jams: "Can't Tell Me" has an almost Knightrider vibe to the bassline while all manner of itchy, scratchy designs and details pepper the spaces in the groove. "Mistaken" goes for a bouncier bass approach where full focus in squared on the dual tones that Q&A against each other against a heavily swung drum arrangement. Ageless jump up with barrels of funk coded deep into every element.
Review: Rowney, of Cre8 DnB Radio crew fame, has reached the ears of Hype and he likes what he's heard. We don't blame him. "Final Call" is a pure bred upfront instant classic, chock full of pent-up energy and aggression. Moving into cheekier territory, "Wind Up" uses perky melodies to lift up a hard stepping attitude and dancefloor-destroying breakdowns. If this man isn't on your list as one to watch this year, get him added immediately.
Review: Grimey Mancunian filth from Rowney and Hedex offers massive jump-up stylings pared-back into a dark, claustrophobic stepper in "Plots Plans", featuring razor sharp vocals from long-time collaborator Swifta. On the flip, "Disruptive" offers more of that dark, dangerous sound, with the producers choosing to take things down even further, revealing the skeletons of a D&B dancefloor smasher, pushing paranoia and hard stepping beats into the forefront - there's no time to mess with melodies here. Expected to be tearing up dancefloors in all the right places from now until the impending apocalypse. Get to know.
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