August: 10 drum 'n' bass releases you need to hear this month

Ulterior Motive '001' EP (Guidance)

The sharpest tech-funk duo in the game go it alone with the launch of their own Guidance label, and what an opening salvo. ‘The Wobbler’, featuring some electrifying SP:MC bars, will bring joy for both head-nodders and jump-uppers, its icy snares framing a squelching synth that’d sit happily in a DJ Hazard set. It’s both fun and a crushing club nugget at the same time. Elsewhere, along with more experimental, minimalist tech robotics, ‘Anode’ feat Icicle is another show of force: a chugging, buzzing tech stealth-roller, viciously stripped back to its elements as a see-sawing synth whine ghosts across the soundscape.

9/10