Such a brilliant track on an equally brilliant label. As it’s name suggests, this one just rolls on its own momentum and is pitched at such a speed that it could fit in with a huge cross section of dance floors. A throbbing low end, deft and nuanced use of the 303 and a great spoken word sample; this is the type of tune that haunts the sets I’ve recently been listening to by Sean Johnston, Jaye Ward and Smagghe/Manfredas. The Tone Dropout label is full of gems, and is a contemporary home for a sound that was pioneered in the late eighties to early nineties. But while a lot of its output no doubt takes its cues from bleeps and bass, the imprint and its artists have tweaked it to such an extent that while the essence of inspiration remains, it has become imbued with a whole new vitality, and feels all the fresher for it. The sound has been reinvented and is arguably much healthier the second time around. This particular track is so voluminous and has such energy and depth that it feels like a new genre. It’s all house at the end of the day, but stuff like this is the work of a particularly twisted mind.
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