Drum 'N' Bass
September: 10 drum 'n' bass releases you need to hear this month
Jubei, Redders, Rido and more
John B 'Evolve' (Beta)
Everyone’s favourite Euro-glitzed hardstepper John B drops his 50th Beta release in visionary style. His new ‘Evolve’ concept will eschew albums in favour of regular monthly releases, a new radio venture, a live show and more. Hundreds of John B fans were asked to record and upload spoken word vocals for this first track, with their contributions cascading around the euphoric wall-of-synths intro before a rumbling curveball of a drop kicks in. Scything breakbeats and classic rolling percussion bunches and coils, snaking along in a far grittier manner than expected, while the trancey bleepage continues to fill the spaces inbetween. John B’s rekindled love with his 90s techstep roots is a joy.
8/10
