"Airdrop is all mutating cyber-bleeps wrung out over agonised writhing
blares and cheeky strands of breakbeat flirt with silence"
A palpable sense of fear and excitement grips the skin, hair-raising on the back of the neck, electric shock-waves, filthy undercurrents of UK rave blow the fuse, and the sirens pop off, smoking out rooms, fellow ravers infiltrating slowly like red ants to sugar. Thanks to Sneaker Social Club head Jamie Russell, street name Low End Activist‘s delicious piece of aggressively scraped dub, dungeon noise, long-tease, hyper touch-sensitive of a tape ‘Airdrop‘.
Pure manic freakshow-inducing release on LA’s Peak Oil, ‘Airdrop‘ is all mutating cyber-bleeps wrung out over agonised writhing blares and cheeky strands of breakbeat flirt with silence. The Bristol-born now Berlin-based artist goes certifiably low, as desired, razor-cutting through layers of jungle, grime and whatnot, stripping it to its core for a strongly pleasuring, haunting and hardcore ambience.
Nine deconstructions of Airdrop on the tape are evidence of the notorious, autobiographical hints, titled loosely like unintentional voice memos recorded on a whimsy hangover. ‘Yarton Rd 2 Cassingston‘, ‘Mayhem on Barton Hill‘, and ‘Praha Hardcore‘ reverberate in the hollow, dubwise, beatless sound engineered for delayed gratification. ‘Squeeze Yer Lemon‘, ‘White Horse Hill‘, and ‘Tango Skit‘ traces of elated synths, intensified drums crackle and pound a few impressions on a high-fidelity sound system, leaving you sweat-drenched.
Airdrop loads to the brim on some ferocious dancefloor pressure. Big-energy, bass-face, gun-finger stroking masterwork productions from the bottomless barrels of the Low End Activist – one that’s seriously hot.
‘Airdrop’ is scheduled for release 12th April via Peak Oil. Order a digital copy from Bandcamp.
TRACKLIST
1. Airdrop 01 (Waterstock)
2. Airdrop 02 (Yarnton Rd 2 Cassington)
3. Airdrop 03 (Mayhem On Barton Hill)
4. Airdrop 04 (Squeeze Yer Lemon)
5. Airdrop 05 (White Horse Hill)
6. Airdrop 06 (Praha Hardcore)
7. Airdrop 07 (Tango Skit)
8. Airdrop 08 (Hinksey Hardcore)
9. Airdrop 09 (Cortina Outro)
