Drum 'N' Bass
March: 9 drum 'n' bass releases you need to hear this month
Powerhouse riddims
SpectraSoul 'Second Chance' EP (Ish Chat)
Three releases in on Ish Chat and the quality bar remains obscenely high. Again, this is an EP that that marries the duo’s trademark pitch-perfect liquid futurism with some serious rough-housing, and each of the four tracks are absolute head-turners. The title track and ‘On & On’ drench us in high-spec lucid liquid brilliance, while ‘Beat Keeps’ teleports into another galaxy entirely with some hyperactive half-time genius that would make even Rockwell swoon. Better still, closer ‘Fade Away’ channels the spirit of Dillinja’s classic sluicing synth lines and turns them into monstrous demon roars that hammer down as the weighty breaks roll through. Try finding us a more impressive EP anywhere this month.
9/10
