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Hedex, Travy, XTEN & Overlook - Ok Ok
Read more . . . →This is the most fun I’ve had with a jump-up tune in ages. “Ok Ok” is four names crammed onto one track and somehow it never turns into a mess — everyone’s clearly there to make you gurn, not to show off. Hedex builds these basslines that basically talk, wobbling out syllables where a bassline has no business having consonants, and this one has a hook so bratty it feels illegal. The energy is pure Friday-night, sweat-dripping-off-the-ceiling dnb, the sort that gets a whole room bouncing on the same beat without anyone deciding to. There’s a vocal chop that keeps...
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Jump-Up: The Drum & Bass Subgenre Everyone Pretends to Hate
Jump-up is the bass-led DnB subgenre purists pretend to hate and then rinse at the rave. What it is, the labels, the MCs, and why it always wins.Read more . . . →Subscribe →Weekly digestSundays. One email. Zero ballads from white guys in beanies.
