Trying to be like Fracture and Sam Binga or Om Unit :')

NHD006 - Henzo - Stretford Blues

https://henzo.bandcamp.com/album/stretford-blues-ep

Finishing off Henzo’s banner 2022 that has seen releases on YCO and Peder Mannerfelt Produktion, the Manchester based producer dials back the tempo into 5 cuts of gloom-ridden dancefloor damagers for his Nervous Horizon debut. Running the gamut of Dancehall, Techno and Drum & Bass, the EP’s refined palette is laser-guided in its intention of favouring groove and atmosphere over melody and hooks.

The opening track, 'Survivorship Bias', rolls out a lurching and smudged drum break over an equally sketchy Donk and vocal sample in a Bolton-meets-Belgium chug affair. 'It’s Ours and Hours Alone' and 'Writhing' lean more towards a typical Dancehall rhythm, smattered with the reticulated percussion that Nervous Horizon have been known for, saturated and growling. 'His Troublesome Knees' sees a variation on the theme of the opener, with the addition of harrowing, gnarly strings that posit drama in the riff that runs almost throughout; An inescapable tension that juxtaposes the highly danceable groove. Rounding out Stretford Blues, 'A Pocket You Didn’t Expect' feels like 3 tempos at once: 82, 164 and 328BPM. The battering, unrelenting kicks laced over taut breaks and hats hark to Jungle Techno and Tech Step in their composition, but the drawn out and bleak orchestral breakdown, coupled with a barking, irate bassline, suggest that Henzo shows no allegiance to nostalgia and is moving intently into the future.

Henzo - His Troublesome Knees

Critical Presents Binary Vol.27 by Spectral → https://found.ee/Binary_Vol27

Over recent years, Critical Music’s talent-incubating ‘Binary’ series has given some of D&B’s most promising new artists a platform to showcase their fledgling skills and future potential.

For its twenty-seventh instalment, Bristol-based DJ and producer Spectral joins the likes of Particle, VISLA and EN:VY by offering up her own debut four-track EP of moody, deep drum & bass that confidently holds its own amongst a powerful set of peers.

From the dark soul of opening track ‘Crazy’, to the full-throttle dance floor pressure of ‘Submerge’, the brain-tapping near-techno of ‘Void’ and the strangely beautiful, epically scaled 'Ikigai' - Spectral’s musical mandate falls neatly within the wider Critical sound.

Spectral was selected back in 2020 from the EQ50 program - which aims to address gender inequality in drum & bass by providing mentorship opportunities with the genre’s most respected labels. Her inaugural outing for Critical suggests that she's ready to help do just that.

Spectral online:
Facebook →  https://www.facebook.com/spectralmusicuk
Instagram →  https://www.instagram.com/spectralmusicuk
Spotify → https://open.spotify.com/artist/7mBjh8oBDjKZd8eqP93TaN
Soundcloud → https://soundcloud.com/spectralmusicuk

Critical Music Presents : Binary Vol.27

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Spectral - Void

Gonna probably drop a few more bootlegs for some hard drive spring cleaning, haven't put out a footwork inspired track in ages but chopping up the synth line from this one randomly got stuck in my head 

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MM - 9th Ritual

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TSVI - INNER WORLDS LP

Cat. No. NHLP001
Release date: 9 November 2018
Format: Vinyl/Digital

Buy digital: goo.gl/MfkxCg
Buy vinyl: goo.gl/JA693d

Nervous Horizon is very proud to present TSVI’s debut album: ‘Inner Worlds’.

The album is about reconnecting to one’s true self and the discovery of the inner worlds: it is born from an ongoing artistic journey, which began in TSVI’s childhood.

The artist grew up with parents who practise Hinduism, which is quite unusual for an Italian family. In most recent times he was hugely inspired by his partner’s religious and musical background, after she exposed him to Middle Eastern music and Sufi ideologies. TSVI started creating tracks that were influenced by bellydance percussionists such as Emad Sayyah and Hossam Ramzy, combined with Dancehall, Tarraxo and Trance.

The album is largely influenced by the role of music in transcendental Sufi practices and resembles an inner journey through different states of meditation and self-discovery.

Vedic and Tantric knowledge are also important here. Each track is a state of mind from the opening one, ‘Root’, to the last one, ’Crown’, as they represent the first and last 
Chakras and all the other states found in-between.

Get ready to embark on a journey through mind, body and soul.

@tsvisions

TSVI - The Cobra's Dance (feat. Luru)

MM - Terrible Muscle
ETS004
Release date: 15/03/2019

Terrible Muscle layers and switches percussion over fields of bitcrushed energy; HFL Track is hard drum via hard style, an unruly audio laser-show to grind your jaw to.

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Mastered by Jeremy Cox

MM - Terrible Muscle

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