Drum 'N' Bass
April: 10 drum 'n' bass tunes you need to hear this month
Bop, Black Sun Empire, Noisia and more
Bop 'Not Your Cup Of Tea' EP (Med School)
Bop is as wry and playful with his titles as Rockwell: witness his latest EP of intricate, super-minimal micro-funk, which will both delight and confuse with its unapologetic palette of finicky trills and staccato bleeps. There’s no denying, though, that this is the work of a supreme talent. The ghosting, warping bass nodes and tricksy wibbles on pace-setter ‘An Order’ are as hypnotically skank-worthy as Alix Perez’s celebrated glitch-groove anthem ‘I’m Free’ – and if it doesn’t get you moving, you don’t belong on a dancefloor.
9/10
