exclusive | Fabio Santos - Give Me Some Bassline | The Set Records 

The bass doesn’t arrive. It erupts - like concrete cracking under pressure, like a pulse finally unleashed after being held too long in the chest. Fabio Santos’ "Give Me Some Bassline", the A2 track from "TSR002“"on Nijmegen’s The Set Records, is not a polite nod to the low-end - it’s a ritual, a summoning, a dirty prayer whispered directly into the subwoofers.

No buildup. No frills. No time to waste. The bassline drops in like it owns the place - thick, grimy, unapologetic - the kind of groove that lives somewhere between a warehouse and a bunker. It's the spiritual cousin to the rough-hewn funk of Dungeon Meat or SLABS releases: that no-nonsense, sweat-on-the-ceiling strain of House that doesn’t care who’s watching, as long as your feet stay moving.

But Santos doesn’t stop at the obvious. What begins as a straight-ahead bass weapon soon twists into something stranger. Chopped, Dubstep-flavored vocals jitter around the groove like electrical sparks, while reese bass textures creep in from the periphery - not overpowering, just lurking. Then, mid-track, the whole thing snaps: the tempo fractures, and we’re flung momentarily into a Drum ’n Bass detour - blink and you’ll miss it - a tension spike that teases collapse, only to bring us crashing back into that original house groove, now even heavier from the whiplash.

There’s a kind of alchemy here - not flashy, but functional, forged for the floor. Santos manipulates tension like a sculptor shaving chaos into structure. Every sound is deliberate, every transition sharp, every drop meant to provoke movement, not applause.

"Give Me Some Bassline" doesn’t just supply the bass - it builds a whole mood around it: grimy, kinetic, and irreversibly club-focused. It’s not a track for streaming. It’s a weapon for sound systems. With “TSR002“, The Set Records continues its vinyl-only, Dutch-rooted mission to showcase emerging voices with underground intent - and Santos’ contribution may well be the one that rattles the foundations hardest.

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Fabio Santos: @fabex10 // https://www.instagram.com/fabiosantos.dj
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exclusive | Fabio Santos - Give Me Some Bassline | The Set Records

Next up on TSR: the debut spark from Giorgio. If you were there at Subcultuur, you know he had the floor bending to his rhythm. 

Neighbor from Den Bosch, captain at softhrecords, and a spirit that’s always pure & welcome. A creator we admire heavy.  

Giorgio, the door’s wide open, welcome to the fam🧡

Giorgio - Badmann

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