Juno Recommends Bass March 2021

Review: Sydney, Australia based producer DJ Sunroof has had previous releases on Nerang, 3 Feet Deep and returns to Breaks 'N' Pieces for Vol. 5, after an appearance on their last various artists release. From the subterranean half time beats of 'Let It Roll' to contorted 2-steppers such as 'Intercom' and the garagey 'Fresh & Low', to some impressive programming of immaculate polyrhythms as heard on 'Boxed In' or 'Ridge' which will undoubtedly hypnotise you into submission.

Review: Out Of Joint record shop chief 8Ball makes his debut on Bristol's Sneaker Social Club, with a brand new full length titled Eleusis. His releases on the Grade10 label (which he runs with mates in his hometown of Leicester) are a celebration of 'the afterparty and are rife in moody atmospherics and post-hardcore references.' A very diverse collection of tracks, ranging from dark ambient on 'Can't Hold On' and the near skeletal dub reductions of 'Equator' on side A, to the deconstructed techstep of 'Many Shapes' on the flip. Elsewhere, there's pure euphoria heard on the ambient hardcore of 'Planetz' and the twisted, bass-driven IDM of 'Tigers Eye'.

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DJ Autumn's Banoffee Pies label is one of the most hyped out there. Each release sells out - usually on pre sales alone - and very much defines the sharp end of the current garage sound. Cassius Select is up now with another fusion of UK sounds from final beats to skeletal garage. 'Born To Defence' is a rhythmically prickly tune with cloning hits and bell sounds and 'Honda Civic' is all inner city menace and unsettling bass hits. 'Sicko Groove' churns up a load of different hits, clatters, smears and smudges into a real melon twister and 'Guia Circuit' brings the filth.

Review: London based Henry Greenleaf goes deeper into exploration of his unique stylistic template on Taking First, for local imprint Par Avion. This follows up 2018's Fold Together, as well as a slew of releases on ARTS, Glasstalk and Wellstreet Records. From the off-kilter dub of the title track, and the slow burning greyscale techno of 'Rumble' on the A side, to 'NOFM' which kicks off the flip with its contorted take on dub techno, and closing it out with the enchanting polyrhythmic complexity of 'Stam'.

Review: Jimmy Edgar has been an ever present talent over the last decade. The Detroit artist has a range of styles in his arsenal and explores many of them on the s new album on Innovative Leisure, which is where his J-E-T-S project with Machine Drum also found a home. Recorded over the past few years in multiple cities including Atlanta, Detroit, and, of course, L.A., Cheetah Blend draws on the sounds of those cities as well as his love of rap and is packed with fresh perspective and magical sound design. West Coast boogie, glitchy beats, experimental pop, it all features and it all bangs.