December: 9 drum 'n' bass releases you need to hear this month

Signal 'Parallax' (Critical)

A full EP on Critical, championed by Noisia, plaudits from all corners of the scene and a scandalous range of rhythmic tricks and sound design: young gun Signal has truly owned it in 2016. And you sense he's only just getting started, too. The title track of his latest release, ‘Parallax’, is just frightening: a slithering and percussive tech wormhole with twisted insides that recall the best of Ed Rush & Optical, as its gnawing synths hound away at some funky snare patterns. Put simply, this one's a darkside dancefloor weapon of quite ridiculous quality. At this rate, by the time the esteemed young Dutch producer has turned 18, he'll have swallowed the scene whole

9/10