Drawing its influence from Dubstep, UK bass and Garage primarily, this is a proper rinse out guaranteed to turn the floor to a writhing mass of sweaty grimacing bodies. In a sea of mediocre, and sometimes outright bad dubstep tunes, this one stands out a mile.
One of the first bits of new music I’ve heard in 2012 is Clipper by Bristol based producer I.D., and it’s an absolute belter. Aimed squarely at the bass loving dancefloor crew, it delivers the goods with infectious rhythms and a drop that is so heavy Geoff Capes and his brother would struggle to lift it (sorry to non UK readers – and anyone under 25 – for that reference). Drawing its influence from Dubstep, UK bass and Garage primarily, this is a proper rinse out guaranteed to turn the floor to a writhing mass of sweaty grimacing bodies. In a sea of mediocre, and sometimes outright bad dubstep tunes, this one stands out a mile.
I.D. has a knack of knocking out tunes that are deceptively simple at a cursory glance, but have a magic ingredient that makes them stand a shade taller then many of the other stuff floating around in the rapidly becoming saturated bass/dubstep/future garage style sphere of music. The key word there is deceptively; once you listen to the track a few times, of course it’s not simple at all, it just seems that way because, as with many things in life, people who are good at what they do make it look easy. Make no mistake, I.D. is very capable of producing much more intellectual and subtle music too, e.g. as his alter ego Setspeed, but sometimes it’s nice to take off that hat and, despite dubstep being something of a dirty word these days, enjoy some body shaking low frequencies.
The remix is by Distal, and is a very different affair. A much slower tempo sees an interpretation which displays shades of moombahton, reggaeton and other groovy downtempo bassy goodness. Not so much one for the dance floor, more suited to a chill out vibe. It’s nice to hear a remix that actually completely changes the format of the original, from tempo to genre. It’s thick and deep, and as the label PR said, “is a wigout”.
As with the other releases on BASSMUSIC, the stems from the track are also available to buy, so people can create their own interpretations of the track. This is such a cool idea, I really must find out if they get much back as a result of this idea.
Clipper is available on Bass Music. [Release page]
