Bass
October: 8 bass releases you need to hear this month
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Laksa '66 Rebels' (Mistry)
In places like Singapore and Malaysia, laksa is a hot spicy noodle soup – comfort food for the people. We imagine that London-based producer Laksa is aware of that, although his music isn't exactly comforting. He describes the A-side for this follow-up 12” as being about the parliamentary vote to bomb Syria, and an homage to the 66 Labour MPs who voted against. Laksa imagines the bleeps in this UK bass rollage as arms firing, and the bassline could be heavy artillery. B-side ‘Ctrl Delete’ keeps it equally tense with a leaner production full of space, granular synth decay and hi-hat energy. Both tracks are robust stompers that are full of FWD-looking spirit.
7/10
