Drum 'N' Bass
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Data 3 'Conker Dub' (Subtitles)
Bryson (of Pola & Bryson fame), dubstep producer Syrum and garage DJ MIDA make for an unlikely d’n’b outfit but with some tidy releases in 2016, and the snaking low-end funk on display here, you’d best get to know. Unhurried, fluttering, metronomic rolling breaks are spiderwebbed slowly and frighteningly by fearsomely well-sculpted synth echoes, warping and forming with controlled venom. Most delighful are the off-beam, tip-toeing keys and hypnotic FX that arpeggio delicately into the breakdown, lending an experimental edge to what could have just been a straight-up tech-roller.
9/10
