Review: Having previously collaborated on Eastern Promise a few years ago on Ram Records, North Base and Kitcha once again reunite this time on Drumsound & Bassline Smith's Technique Recordings. Paying homage to the popular family car of the 90s 'Cavalier' has plenty of mileage and room for manoeuvre. Elsewhere 'Roar' brings the va-va-room with real life growls and plenty of bassline grit before 'Bruck Out' chucks a little jungle charm in the gas tank for good measure. Last but not least North Base go it alone on the firing finale cut of the EP 'Sekkle'. Buckle up!
Review: Longstanding Technique trio Drumsound & Bassline Smith take us on magical mystery tour with their latest dancefloor opus, the 'Shades Of Rhythm' EP. Business from the off, 'Be Mine' is a classic mid 2000s homage with a big housey vocal and fat wobbly bassline that's already been tried and tested since its initial release. It's backed up by the full range of Drumsound & Bassline Smith sounds - heavy breakbeat carnage ('Jungle Dub'), steamroller dancefloor ('Pump It Up') deep growlers ('Underground Warriors') and emotional end-of-night lighter raisers ('Break Your Heart') Every shade, every flavour.
Review: Trooper manoeuvres: legendary pioneering trio Drumsound and Bassline Smith get busy with this firing fourpiece of peak-time blaze-ups. Fusing elements of their jungle foundations with their heavyweight dancefloor signature, each cut hits hard across the eras and flavours; 'Music Soldier' brings the euphoria of 92 to 2022 by way of steam train beats and a cool dubwise vocal. Elsewhere 'Galaxy Dub' is more of a headsy shifter that sits somewhere between the grunt of Benny L and the cosmic attitude of J Majik while 'Bloodclaart VIP' will have you wheeling up for days. Finally we hit 'Midnight Pressure', a grizzled out lesson in hard-line floatation. Onward we march.