Review: If you like your basslines elastic, sizzling and loose in the groove department then you'll love "Enter The World". A springy, riffy roller with some crafty spoken sample finds, there's a playfulness coded deep into the vibe that drives dancefloors wild. "Geo Shift" continues the shaken-not-stirred drum groove but with a much sparser, house-flavoured riff and neat use of a sensual R&B style vocal. Know your limits!
Review: The start of 'After 8' is it's insane percussion, a wide collection different sound and even a hit of Big Ben's bell, the breaks and broken and fast and it's an ode to the ghost of drums past with modern metalic stabbing layered on top, it's sinister to say the least. Starting life as a dancehall slowjam 'Champagne Problem' has got you in the mood to dance from the get go, soulful piano chords and muffled vocals give you no warning of the crazy, crossover bass which is about to cause a riot. 'Dwag's Day' has a distinctly hiphop undertone, apart from the vocal the piano pattens remind us of old Tupac beats. 'Lost in Space' is a grinding industrial onslaught of sound, it's one for the harder heads, the vox is quite morbid. 'Rubber Band Man' is our highlight of the release it has a hazy, dreamy soundscape, twisted sharp metallics and a killer pulsating sub.
Review: Lick you up, lick you down: Jedi's back on NWS with yet another raunchy portfolio of party pieces. The title track teases with a sexy R&B message of bedtime freakery before dropping into a bassline so fat it needs medical assistance. What follows is a string of chaotic scenes with highlights including the pure agro-punk of "Man A Bad Man", the depth plunge bassline stretches of "Now Drop" and the blunt funk Q&A sass of "Supreme Being". A homage to one of Leicester's finest jump up operators or just a statement of status? He's bang on the money either way.
Review: NWS Digital have pulled out all the stops on their twelfth release. They bring you the one and only Origin and his brilliant Border Control EP and according to the label it's getting 'battered up and down the country' by some of the biggest names in the scene. Starting off with the very DJ Krust sounding minimal stepper "45 Dub" and the fierce title track: a straight ahead tech-stepper reminiscent of classic Virus Recordings. "The Void" continues in the same fashion with this breakneck sci-fi roller while "Two Dimension's" hammers the message home in fine UK street sound fashion: razor sharp sub bass on this one.
Review: Freshman jumpers NWS stride into their second year of aggy, uncompromised business. Inviting Certified to the fray, it's nothing short of a two-punch KO. "I'm Normal" rasps with Original Sin-style snarls and grizzles that hit harder and harder the further down you go. "Got To Beat Them" has more of a laser-like approach with its bass and added energy and uplift from the synth hook on the fills. Certifiably sick.
Review: Having previously shared a release on Audio Overload last year NWS co-boss Lymitless invites unstoppable gully machine Jedi over for some dark bass fun... First up Lymitless injects a little added bass pressure on last year's soulful tear-up "Got To Run Away" while Jedi follows with a premium jump-starter "Crazy Talk". Frazzled with a spiked out rasping bass riff that rises and rises, there's some real theatre at play here. Drop it and watch heads roll.
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