Tantrum Desire - Adventures Through Space / Nightmare

RELEASE DATE: 13th April 2014

After Technique’s mammoth, multiple-instalment 100th release celebrations, they clearly had to come with something monumental to keep things moving into the next century. And things don’t get much more monumental than the first taste of the forthcoming album by Tantrum Desire. With this team’s track record of worldwide acclaim in the underground and mainstream, you’re going to want to pay attention.

Things get epic straight from the opening bars of Adventures Through Space. Timpani rolls and powerful crashes punctuate an evolving cinematic soundscape, until stabs and percussive sounds signal that things are about to get nasty. In the world of big-room build-ups, this is about as big as it gets, and the energy just keeps rising from there, driven by surgically-sharp drums and bass. This is a tune destined to get pulled back and taken from the top on a regular basis.

Then Tantrum Desire darken things up a shade with Nightmare. Slasher-flick tension permeates the intro, which is only ratcheted up further when a rising synth pattern leads us into the drop. This delivers a stepper in the mould of techno-influenced tracks of the late nineties, although with unmistakeably contemporary clean and clinical production values on display. Here’s one Nightmare that’s bound to keep the dancefloor awake.

So, these two tracks serve as an omen of the dangerous sounds yet to come. Tantrum Desire’s album is guaranteed to be one of this year’s hottest releases, so these tunes are sure to make an appearance wherever bass-conscious DJs have their fingers on the pulse.

Crissy Criss – Trinity Vol 1 EP

RELEASE DATE: 23rd March 2014

When a Crissy Criss release drops, it’s time to pay attention. As one of the UK’s most prominent faces of bass-heavy music, his 1Xtra show has consistently proven his position at the cutting edge of dubstep and D&B. And with that on his CV, you know his own productions always have to push the boundaries just a little bit further.

First on the agenda is Superstar. Opening with filtered
percussion and a vocoder hook this joins the dots between
eighties electro and its love-child, trap. Then a
squelching bass and driving beat kick in to tie everything
together in a full-fat drum and bass drop. This is 2014
music, tying together strands of multiple bass-led genres in a typically Crissy fashion.

Then we have Rinsin’ Selection. A dark-tinged introduction builds a claustrophobic atmosphere, ratcheting up the tension to breaking point. Then the drop explodes onto the scene, opening up the track into a techstepping floor-filler. Tightly programmed beats and percussive chords keep the energy high, guaranteed to get the rave moving.

Finally, the Deadexit rework of Let Go. After two slices of D&B, this is where Crissy indulges his other passion, dubstep. Expansive strings and reverberating samples swirl around the mix, elements separating and recombining until they resolve into the screwface-inducing drop. As expertly-crafted call and response patterns drive the track through the bass and mid-range, it’s clear this is one for the dancefloor.

Over this EP, Crissy Criss has delivered his signature combination of everything that’s current in the world of bass-heavy music. Drawing from dubstep, trap, and D&B, this release demonstrates the state of the art right now, so is bound to find a place in any set wherever dancefloors require basslines.

Tracklisting:

1. Crissy Criss – Superstar
2. Crissy Criss – Rinsin’ Selection
3. Crissy Criss – Let Go (Deadexit Remix)

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