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Homemade Weapons & MC Fokus 'Chrysalis' (Dispatch)
Repping the increasingly gargantuan label at events across the globe, MC Fokus makes the jump to a debut artist EP – and if you could pick a deadly sonic DNA strain to pollinate with, it’d be Homemade Weapons and his masterfully minimal thuggishness. The title track is an onslaught of controlled eloquence: ten-tonne subs and ice cold snares revolve bruisingly in a dangerous staccato dance, the 85/170bpm detonations perfectly wired for Fokus and his predatory, menacing flow. Sharp darts, all day – and housed in an electrifying half-time soundscape.
8/10
