The much anticipated Don't Talk EP by @stranjah comes out July 11 on Bandcamp, and all other outlets on July 18th.
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The last 12 months has been incredible for Stranjah with last summer’s Wolfman EP, appearances on Hospital, Technique, and recently a prominent feature on Critical Music’s Binary:Codes LP which has set this Canadian’s drum & bass career in stone. If his last full-length ‘Visionz of a Future’ was a precursor to a new Stranjah sound, then this debut release on his new imprint Deviant Audio makes certain that the bass prodigy is here to stay.
The Don’t Talk EP is a 4-tracker of moody, bass-heavy rollers. The release is an evolution of Stranjah’s signature combination of throttling basslines and razor-tight drum programming. It’s like a new and enhanced model of Stranjah for 2017.
The title track ‘Don’t Talk’ features Tony Ranks from King of the Dot lyrical fame. The track opens up with Southern Hip-Hop style synths and Ranks coming in with a fierce lyrical stance. Then it builds and drops into a super-tight 808 snare roll with a rumbling dub bass, while its vocal-snip lead blends the line between jungle, drum & bass and hip-hop.
Opening with ghostly pads, the aptly named ‘Phantom’ builds and switches up with a oldschool break fill only to drop into a gnarly neuro-esque bassline over-top a dancehall rhythm. The track builds with festival-pleasing atmospherics and a moody steel-pan rhythm taking the listener through a journey in this futuristic banger.
The dark thematic strings in ‘Crusader’ set the tone right as a distorted vocal filters in. The tune drops into a quirky percussion-line topped with a half-step beat and a growling wobbling bassline. The THX-screen-opening inspired riser builds the track up for a pounding second drop. This one seems to go down well every time it’s been dropped on a system.
‘Clutch’ is a dark industrial rufige track featuring a rising name from Berlin, Germany going by Survey. The dark, thumping style of drum & bass is firmly executed on this collaboration, and you can hear it is a perfect amalgamation of the two teams with its deep dark sonics blended with its retrospective jungle breaks.
This is a strong debut for Deviant Audio, with heavy tracks and no filler. Stay tuned for more bass changers from this promising label set to push the envelope of bass-oriented music with rising talented and established names in the game.
Stranjah - Don't Talk EP
1. Don’t Talk ft. Tony Ranks
2. Phantom
3. Crusader
4. Clutch ft. Survey
Cat No: DEV001
