Various releases the first offering from new signing Hardware, already getting airplay from Rob Da Bank (Radio 1), Mary Anne Hobbs (Radio 6) and John Kennedy (Xfm). "Checking One" features future-proofed tech-jungle beat droplets fighting their way through a corridor of synths. Vocal stabs drift from locked rooms, each containing their own distinctive drum pattern. In 1996, drum 'n' bass label Liss Fuzion put out its final release "Your Move" by owner and producer Pager B-TZ. Taking inspiration from this little-heard classic, Hardware have re-worked and re-chopped it, softening all the edges of the jittery beats and using drum and bass sounds that float in and out.
