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Tag: Drum ‘n Bass
Homemade Weapons & Voidloss :: Bloodlillies In The Moonlight EP (Onset Audio)
Two talented sound sculptors burst through harder-edged beats, bass, and distortion with a potent collection of sound design structures and dark electronics.
Xylitol :: Anemones (Planet Mu)
I’m really enamored with how Xylitol always manages to merge these two completely unrelated universes, the almost new age aesthetics with the energy and franticness of the breaks, sometimes to a point where they don’t even merge, rather they seem to be playing separately and turn into a completely overwhelming experience.
Bios Contrast & Nilotpal Das :: Black Box Revenant EP (Self Released)
A revenant returns as a spirit after death, and art can be an experiment in new forms, one might not like it all. For me, “Burn I” and “Burn II” were tough, but then “Dome 2080” is Extraordinarily Awesome! Yes, very good.
Primal Tribes & Redlum :: Crooked Figures (Onset Audio)
The Pacific Northwest imprint, in true Onset Audio fashion, is pulling darker, more experimental bass recordings from a range of sound designers.
Coma Tek :: Ritual Music EP (Renraku)
Massive bass and smudged beats galore, Coma Tek dismantles acid-core electronics and fissured grooves,
Medium :: BE:AT WAR (Ohm Resistance) — track premiere
BE:AT WAR is made under adversely different conditions—the approach of war to their home city, the assault on their native land. Yet these men are making music happen in the midst of it, recording their artistic and emotional reactions as chaos unfolds around them.
Ariadne’s Labyrinth :: Ridiom EP (Self Released)
The London based artist rounds off the year with an exemplary self-released 4-track titled Ridiom. Infusing influences from the likes of early Warp and Rephlex into a classical array of layered spontaneity and detailed composition.
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