at a time when everything feels said about upfront drum&bass tunes and all
so-called heads turn back to deeper shades of bass like dubstep, even
alphacut headquarters' feel like its time for some really meditative 180bpm
breakbeat rides, walls of dub and - of course - subbass!
alpha omega aka colin lindo is introducing your trip with a long-time
dubplate from the bottom of alphacut's schedule - let's call it a monster,
which was held back to release. deep alpha juno synths in a valley of
reverberation, surrounded by endlessly dubbed cut-up vocals, beaten up by a
brutally chopped amen break - no one gets out here alive. its an honour to
team up with this long-time reinforced artist, which sureley is a must in
every late-90ies drum&bass record collection. so nearly ten years later,
here we go again, with concrete pillows - presenting another timeless
classic!
on flipside its time for up and coming producer sumone from indianapolis.
perfectly fitting into the mood of the a side, rhythm machine is an even
deeper dubwize halfstep roller with unlimited dubdelays and a really hotness
of a bassline which will burn your fingertips while dropping it. how low can
you go?
even more guaranteed dancefloor meditation is following with lock in by lxc,
which is based upon a run out groove of an original dub single from the 70ies,
spiced with loads of analogue drums in a rockers style, tons of tapedelays and
nice blue aphex-twin-ish harmonies. a spooky piece of mind blowing dubble
bubbles. for hours after afterhours?
A1 | –Alpha Omega | Concrete Pillows | 8:08 |
B1 | –Sumone | Rhythm Machine | 5:59 |
B2 | –Sumone | Rhythm Machine (Loop 1) | 0:01 |
B3 | –Sumone | Rhythm Machine (Loop 1) | 0:01 |
B4 | –Sumone | Rhythm Machine (Loop 1) | 0:01 |
B5 | –LXC | Lock In | 3:40 |