Souped Up is a London-based drum & bass label that drips with some of the fattest rollers and wobblers around. Led by D&B badmen Serum and Benny V, Souped Up have been carving their instantly recognisable bass face sound since it burst onto the scene in 2017. The forward-thinking label has so far churned out tunes from the likes of: Voltage, Bou, Dutta, T>I, Need For Mirrors, Mozey, Current Value, Levela, Ego Trippin and more. Rave favourites include Serum’s ‘Chop House’, Bou’s ‘Veteran (VIP)’ (feat. Trigga) and Bou, Simula and Bassman’s weapon, ‘Heavy & Dark’. Souped Up has a clear, colourful and unpretentious aesthetic and each release cover features a statement cartoon character. Reflecting their good humour, the label is also home to steroided-up soup can cartoon mascot, Vinny.
Review: Everyone's favourite D&B dad Mozey returns to Serum's Souped Up with two more absurd thumpy bumpers. 'Tell Me' plays a mean flip as we go from hands-in-the-air Sub Focus style dancefloor energy to an absolutely grotty jump-up riff at a the flick of Mozey's luxuriant long hair. Looking for even more grot and grit? Then head for 'Volcano'. Rasping in a similar, venomous way as 'Tell Me' but with less playful switches, it's Mozey reminding us he's still a badboy when he wants to be. Cheers pops!
Review: Consummate sportsman Mozey kicks down the doors of Souped Up HQ and cries 'new balls please' as loudly and threateningly as he can while brandishing a broken tennis racket... And who are we to argue? He's rolling with the likes of Rusko and Killa P and his tunes are such high calibre they could win an open without even playing a match. Highlights include the twisted dancehall and high frequencies of 'Hands In The Air' and the dreamy-but-deadly charms of 'Disco'. You cannot be serious.
Review: Tik-Tok terrorist, shampoo advert superstar and all-round donnie Mozey returns to Souped Up with four more outstanding slap-abouts. 'Shrugs' takes the lead with its hornets nest bassline and skippy drums before 'Night Buzz' gets busy over a rattling snare and big bulbous sub plunges. Elsewhere we see him link arms with bossman Serum and stroll to the chemist for some foot ointment on the early 2000s Zinc style roll-out 'Trench Foot' before 'Waiting Room' sends us all off to purgatory on a big bag of nutty harmonic basslines with no ETA on when we'll be let out. Party on.
Review: Souped Up are always innovating around their tried and tested formula, and this EP is from a young artist the team have been pushing hard: Mozey. He's got four tracks here and all of them are wonderful balances of funky, synth-wave patterns and jagged dancefloor destruction, with Serum, Carasel and Current Value injecting that little extra into the mix. 'Simmer' with Carasel is a proper stomper, with a stepping percussive structure beneath a call-and-response format of shuddering stabs and shimmering, shivering synthetic screams. We love the bright, analogue funk on the introduction to 'Flirt', which creates an atmosphere of approachability far removed from its bassline's tendency towards spasmodic barks and gruff shouts. 'Lady Petrol' is a straight jump-up banger, and its position as the title tracks gives away the mission here: dancefloor pressure. Oh yes.
Review: Few rising artists have turned as many heads this year as Mozey. And right here he proves the hype with a raucous night out with the Souped Up lads. First come the pre-drinks at his house. Enjoy a nice "Brandy & Coke" while the bassline sounds like a pack of stray dogs trying to eat your shoes. Next we hit the pub where we meet some very "Bad People" and shoo them away with eerie high frequency riffage and groaning bass textures. "The Mask" sees us hitting the club... Literally. The sound of the bass clanging like we're banging the walls because the music is goshdarned good. Finally we hit the sesh where things get twisted to the tune of "Demons Dreaming". You think you know big nights out? You've never raved with Mozey.
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