Review: Latch Recordings return with their first release this side of the rona and they're making up for lost time with two absolute bruisers from new duo Neman. Hot on the heels of their Pick N Mix release last month they bring two more sledgehammers: 'Exist' is a robust battering ram of a track with three different basslines all tightly woven to tease with Q&A charm over the wide load kick drums while 'Music' hits with a little more symphonic drama on the build before diving headfirst into another cascade of bass textures and a whole barrel of details. More of this please chaps.
Review: This release is big. Not in a super fancy or sophisticated way but in the ways that matter, the ways that mean you'll be going hard on a dancefloor at 5am somewhere when one of these tracks comes on. Stillz is responsible and he's over on Latch Recordings Recordings this time around, Tell Me is the name of the release and it's fitting. 'Right Never Wrong' is straight up roller business, with a towering intro that cuts away on the drop, leaving a pure line of energy and rattling percussion in its wake. 'Tell Me', 'Refined' and 'Eastern Flavours' step up the craziness even more and are where this extended EP really gets going. Top work.
Review: Previously spotted throwing gang signs around on the label as Purcell, Tom Purcell steps up to Latch with his new Runnah alias. New name, same smelly sounds: "Extravaganza" is a quirky little robo-funker sprinkled with a little 8-bit charm on the fills while "Universe" is a heavier blend of gully dynamics with sci-fi sweeps on the breakdown and a bassline that rasps in all the right places. You better Latch on to this!
Review: Latch Recordings have really smashed this one out of the park, and it's courtesy of Tribal. If you like your music dark and rolling, this is the release for you, especially if you like your drums crisp, pointed and full of force. The percussion on this release might be the highlight and that's evident on 'Sparkle', which has such a wickedly driving collection of hits and knocks that we're getting a bit hot and sweaty under the collar. 'The Call' is similar and takes you on a rough and tumble journey through sonics that are unpolished in the best way possible. Banging.
Review: Alphaze is bringing you some essentials. Kingskins, a CDJ, a bottle of Vodka and some headphones are the essentials on the album art, but he's got some more sonically-orientated essentials in mind, namely a four-tracks of jump-up infused mayhem. From start to finish, this release just absolutely slaps and not in the bad way. 'Essentials' featuring Villain is the title tune and it's a banger, with huge synth shoves and rough bass stabs key ingredients in Alphaze's concoction of force. 'Dangerous World' includes fellow jump-up merchant Magenta and its suitably aggressive, with more roughness than you can shake a stick at. Yet another sick release from the Latch crew.
Review: Latch Recordings have sensibly opted to put out a compilation to kick off the new year. Why's this sensible? Because everyone bloody loves compilations, even the small ones like New School Collection. This collection of some of the talents in the emerging jump up new school is big (obviously), exemplified best by Tribal's 'Movements', a rip-roaring display of the novel styles emerging in this strand of the scene. The other three also do the movement justice - big stuff from the Latch crew.
Review: Throw your gang signs in the air like you just don't care! Purcell powers up his Latch machine for its third outing and this time he's taking full control of the navigation. "Homies" takes the lead with a real swampy pressure on the bass/kick hits and some surprise pianos mid way, "Snaked" switches up the grot factor with a real croak on the bass and creepy FX and textures while "Mr Kimber" sees him recruiting the collab skills of Alphaze for the spiky bass harmonics and heavy swagger. Finally we close with "Certain Erb", another murky stomper laced with an array of trippy elements and stern, foreboding vibe. One two three four... We declare a gang war.
Review: Banzai's got his grubby paws on a supercar. No one knows how he got it, no one knows where he's driving to but he's currently cruising at a speed of 170mph and ain't nobody stopping him. "Bugatti" leads with a real groaner, Benny L style harmonic moaning bassline that wheelspins into the distance, "Let Me Begin" takes us on a pranged out tribal halftime trip on the intro before dropping into a big swing drop and glitchy, frazzled riff with plenty of missing kicks and funk while "TF" is just a straight up sheet metal slapping drama galvanised in raw otherworldly tones. Complete with a feisty VIP of "Be Good", this is yet another powerful release from Purcell's promising new label. Time latch up!
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