Another UKF Dubstep upload, and this one is pure riddim menace. IVORY and Hammerhead both come from the school of dubstep that treats the drop like a fistfight, and CLIQUE leans all the way into it. The metallic, gremlin-voiced bass design here is exactly the kind of thing that sounds ridiculous in your kitchen and apocalyptic in a dark room with a real rig. There’s a swagger to the groove that keeps it from being a pure headache, which is the difference between riddim that bangs and riddim that just annoys you after thirty seconds. The track barely lets up, rolling from one nasty patch to the next with this gleeful nastiness. I respect producers who commit this hard to being heavy without pretending they’re doing anything else. No fake emotional intro, no melodic apology before the filth, just bass that wants to hurt you a little. CLIQUE knows exactly what it is and never blinks. If you came here for subtlety you walked into the wrong room.
January
Chrome Daydream
Chrome stars, jelly hearts and holographic colour. A nod to the glossy, optimistic graphics of the early web.