Review: London's Kniteforce returns this week with a fierce new offering by label staple Liquid in the form of Lethal: a 12-track long player with all the best beats and breaks you need in one place. From the ragga swagger of opener "Wrong Sun" or the back to '94 junglist roller "Dread Inna Babylon" (featuring Echo Ranks), to the ravey breakbeat shenanigans of "Lethal Beats" and then getting dubwise on the euphoric closer "Blackwave" (featuring Earl 16) among others - it's a stellar effort all-in-all.
Review: This latest drop from the Kniteforce seems to be a spicy one indeed as they let Jonny L's sumptuous original 'Hurt You So' become subject to a number of high-octane remixes for our enjoyment. We began our journey with a look at the official Bootleg remix, giving the track a lick of hardcore paint as lively piano riffs and well processed drum breaks play a lead role, followed by the slightly more laid back sounds of Phuture Assassins. They give the track a rave-ready rethink, doused into acidic moogy bass energy and spacious pad design, before Ed Solo & Dope Ammo arrive just in time to give the whole track a jungle-inspired overhaul, fusing pulsating drum pulses and sharpened breaks with great results. Wicked stuff!
Review: Brazen, blatant and seriously original rave, hardcore and drum and bass comes straight out of the Kniteforce label once again thanks to this Kniteforce White Anthology. Taking in 11-tracks, DJ Beeno lights it up with two classic hardcore numbers in "Nothing Breaks" and "Bend It" next to the jungle rhythms of his hook up with Alk-e-d in "Merlin Sound". Sunny & Deck Hussy deliver two almighty rave classics in "Genesis" & "Arcadia", with Heavy Systems Inc heading into chiptune territory via "The Devil Feels So Real Tonight". No denying it here, Kniteforce, its artists and music is the real deal.
Review: Following his debut on parent label Knitebreed last year, rising German beatsplicer TNO Project returns to Luna-C's digital label with another consummate breakbeat serenade. It's a classic hardcore melting pot from the off as "Just Jokin'" takes us Bach to basics by way of a little g-string twangery, "Bloody Acid" takes us deep into 92 with a palette of shades that wouldn't have gone amiss in a Renegade set while "Quiet Mountain" is all about the glacial pads and trippy-assed stop/start break tricks. The darkness ensues as "Segregation Of The Mind" and "Sliding Into Purgatory" close the show. The former switches up into a beautiful piano-pimped breakdown while the latter does the eerie graveyard creepy thing with alarming authenticity. TNO you scary!
