#34 Feat. New Releases in Bass / Club

Enter the wormhole with Japanese-based artist Dayzero, whose 3-track EP 'Bare brain' is an exemplary exploration of LSD-laden, feverish club cuts that float along the fault line between slower, rolling tempos and twiddly, frantic double-time percussion elements. Tsuyoshi channels the kaleidoscopic, unbearable brightness of the mind and it's potential throughout. Having featured on labels such as Livity Sound & ZamZam Sounds, Dayzero makes a confident leap away from his dubstep affiliations to explore a more agitated, aerobically-respirated approach to dance music, whilst still carrying key components of his signature repertoire with him into the fray. FM notes, LFOs and constantly twisting harmonics pair with an expanse of BPMs and arrangements.

Dayzero

#49 Feat. Staff Picks in Bass / Club

Elpac lurches into the NHS fold with his debut EP, taking form as a selection of four mounds of spasmic drum & bass and dancehall clay formations. The Pressure Dome affiliated artist captures the essence of his locality - Bristol - through the multiplicity of auditory colours and shapes that define the city's approach to syncopated, warped electronica eclectica. The release is fundamentally pacey and pushing, moving in an oddball step along threads of influence with regular moments of transient, oblique leakages. A rich undertone of UK-style sub frequency pervades the collection; the EP is laden with flowing, swelling, pulsing bass that is paired with an unconventional mash of synthesis and percussion.

Elpac