Review: Make no mistakes: six-man bass supergroup LSN have full control of the game right now. Stretching their spooked-out signature to brand new realms with real soul and weight with this new edition to their "Control" series, it's another widescreen odyssey. The Lamb/Portishead-style "Killing Me" shudders with emotion, "Doom Dream" makes us swing with a little baroque badness and a lot of moody trip-hop sludge, "Bust Dat" takes the concept of slo-mo cinema to whole new theatrical levels while "Hard To Find" closes on an oceanic 23rd century soul flex. LSN have always been on-point but this really is next level ish. Phat controllers.
Review: Following up LSN's debut album on Uprise Audio, the record label founded by Seven puts forward the Picassos of its collective for the next release catalogued as UA024. The six-person superheroes team delivers three rather abstract yet wonderful portraits, expressing their creative thoughts without restriction. Inspired by the work of colleague artisans at Uprise Audio, LSN plays around with diverse colours and tempos for this exhibition. The first part of the "Control EP" is the latest addition to Uprise Audio's gallery. The final result will be available for sale in all official musea around December 2017.
Review: In just a few short years, London's Uprise Audio has made quite an impact as a label that explores the deeper, more textured side of dubstep and bass productions. Here label boss Seven collects 13 of the dopest new jams by the label's impressive roster. Highlights include Seven's own "Get Down", which features squelchy, metallic bass and stop/start trappy beats, the creepy mechanical tribal cacophony of "Herd" by Feonix and the retro horror synths meets digi dub grooves of "Arcade Dub" by Markee Ledge.
Review: Uprise supergroup LSN step forth with their debut album; a stylised rummage through the genre vaults to paint a picture of the most exciting edges of bass music and how everything tessellates. Just within the opening four tracks we're treated to Massive Attack style barbed dub soul ("Oblivion"), rolling breakbeats ("Shelter"), subverted jungle ("SMBU") and deep, pneumatic dubstep ("Vibration") Deeper again we hit restrained space-aged poetry ("Earthtone") sci-fi Autonomic soul ("Demons") and deep, Samurai-style D&B ("Stillness") And that's just a potted selection of this highly accomplished, consistently detailed and arranged album. Whatever shade of bass you're rooted with, LSN will join the dots for you.
Review: The debut long-one from London low end veteran Seven, this piece of work has been on the cards for a long time, and what a piece of work it is. From the paranoid arpeggios of the opener "Hypnotik" we know we're in for a treat. Each cut adding demonstrative drama from the last, we're teased by the industrial strength bass purrs of "Orbital", we're driven beyond levels of gut-churning hype on "Movie Scene" and taken directly into the heart of the dance on the big drum evangelism of "Future Flamenco" and the slo-mo jungle adventure "From The Sky". Elsewhere vocalists Jodie and Alys Be add a softer, human touch on smouldering cuts such as "Came To Play", "Lay Me Down" and "Resistance". And that's barely the half of it. Truly, Seven showcases exactly how creative and engaging a modern dubstep album can be when cooked by the right sub chef.
Review: Following an impeccable launch with a series of unavoidable singles, Seven's Uprise imprint consolidates its reputation and hugely broadens its scope with this far-reaching compilation. Tickling every possible corner of bass music's expansive underbelly, across the album we're treated to an array of vibes that stretch from slo-mo percussive cosmic bass (Wayfarer's "Reflections") to fractured, juddering beat experimentalism (Taiko's "Spray Can") Every track is a highlight but be sure to check out Truth's immensely demonic take on "Walter White" and the techno-minded riff aggression on Klax's "Link To The Past". Welcome to the future.
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