Drum 'N' Bass
July: 9 drum 'n' bass releases you need to hear this month
Nu:Logic, Ulterior Motive, Nymfo & Phase and more
Nymfo & Phase 'Bristol Bombay' EP (Dispatch)
Dutch producer Nymfo remains a firm Mixmag favourite – every release has us skanking – and here his team-up with Belgium’s Phase is a triumph of rolling dancefloor artistry. The soft-focus percussive tech of the title track is brilliantly different, while ‘Duvel’ takes it a shade darker, with spearing synths joining old-skool jungle breaks. But it’s final groove ‘Bulldog’ which nails it: a high-energy pulsing lick, where basslines corkscrew and nudge into each other ceaselessly. Clever, innovative tech that’s about far more that raw power.
8/10
