Drum 'N' Bass
June: 10 drum 'n' bass releases you need to hear this month
Kasra, Mikal, Dawn Wall and more
Single of the month
Mikal 'Spirited' (Dust Audio)
Returning from his superlative ‘Wilderness’ LP on Metalheadz, Mikal might even have taken it up a notch here. There’s a Break-esque ear for that balance between rough industrial elements and percussive funk, but with a confident techno aesthetic: the dusty quality to the breaks, those rat-tat-tat fills whispering notes of jungle into the mix, the synth implosions that sound like metal twisting into impossible shapes. Super-tough, super-intelligent dancefloor grit.
9/10
