Jynx are a hotly tipped London based duo: 2018 has seen them share the stage with DJ Stingray and Shanti Celeste at Farr Festival, and headline Rye Wax with their live show. Their productions are consistently forward thinking, distilling classic UK styles into a fresh product, with the result that they have received playtime from the likes of Ben UFO and featured on BBC Radio 1. 

Their entry to the series features new, unreleased material, and is informed by the UK’s love of low end pressure, slaloming through polyrhythmic grooves, tripped out minimal and high intensity breaks. The first fifteen minutes establish a stripped back, steppers groove. Tracks like Steevio’s “Syzygy” shine: the lurching kicks create ample amounts of tension, and the eerie modular synth wails trail into Joy Orbison and Ben Vince’s  “Transition 2”.  An inspired transition from a tribal drum workout sees the glistening pads of Lanark Artefax’s “Touch Absence” give way to a stretch of rolling minimal. The transition into Ploy’s peak time weapon “Ramos” around the half-way mark is particularly effective: the rolling snares fade into the mix like an oncoming storm cloud. The mix then moves  through a stretch of off kilter drum tracks: the urgent percussion of Yak’s “Zephyr” and Tessela’s “Glisten” are wonderfully counterbalanced by the swung, dubby hypnotism of likes of Peverelist’s remix of “Chord Recall”. Having spent the mix presenting sounds with an emphasis on futurism, the duo look backwards to close out proceedings. The nostalgia soaked, saccharine vocals DJ Sports retro leaning remix of  “Drive”  dapple the mix with splashes of sun, and the duo dig up an old D-Base cut “The Fight” to provide some much welcome late 90s 2-step darkness. The mix serves as a welcome snapshot of the genre-defying, trend resistant UK techno scene that has emerged from the post-Livity Sound landscape: its the sound of progress.

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-- What was the concept behind the mix?

“Skeleton UK grooves that make up the club half of our sound. Couple of Jynx ideas and some matrix vibes thrown in for good measure.’’

-- Where/When is this mix suitable for listening to? 

“ Ideal for the M4, in the car to London, 2am saturday night.’’

-- Whats next for Jynx ?

“Getting our vision out to more and more people. Also, pushing the live show and some 3D projections we’ve got to go with it.”
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LINKS: 
Soundcloud - @jynxworld
Instagram - @jynxworld

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