Review: Rebellion Electronics bossman Seb Eusebeia makes his debut on Warehouse Rave with four stimulating outer-planetary explorations. Side A is a tale of two halves as 'Evolution I' and 'Evolution II' bounce and reflect off each other. The former, a mournful moment of halftime with creeped out arpeggios and chilling tones, the latter a more brazen up-tempo junglised twist. Flip for two more adventures; 'Liberation' indulges in a luxurious two minute beatless intro before jumping into a breakbeat frenzy before 'Late Bloom' closes the EP on an all-out jungle assault that you could imagine hearing at Rupture or in the sets of Dead Man's Chest. Amen to that.
Review: Fresh from his far-out fire-ups on Re.St and Repertoire in recent months, Eusebeia makes his debut on Dead Man's Chest's Western Lore with four more uncompromised journeys. All founded in the classic rudiments but reaching well into the future, as always the focus should be squared fully on the breaks as we're whipped, slapped and torn in myriad directions. Highlights include sudden twists in drum energy on "Seckle" and the raw, system-melting subs and heavens-opening pads of "Respect". Show some respect for Eusebeia.
Review: Eusebeia continues to tread his own unique little path within the Samurai Music world. His debut Fall Then Rise was a fine one here and this follow-up builds on that with four more effortlessly stylish and deep cuts. 'Auspice' opens up with dark and sinister sonics that snake around hefty drums and from there 'Omen' ramps up the pressure with more edgy and textured breaks, darting bass and cavernous sonics. 'Indicia' slows down to a dubbed-out and stoner vibe and 'Signs & Signals' is a warm and inviting yet menacing cut that pairs precision breaks with old-school hustle.
Review: Three new undiscovered species from sound taxonomist Eusebeia, spotted deep in the heart of the jungle. Described as "mind massages", Eusebeia leans further into his preferred mode: sculpted highs and caresser sound design. Sparking up the proceedings with pre-release single 'Zenith', we reach vicarious peaks of untrammelled 808 and sprightly sub-aqua pads. Emphasis shifts between cute, gamified pluck melodies and deeper persuasions, proving that surface and depth persist in necessary dialogue with one another.
Review: Waveforms is as a brand-new label from ASC and Presha who are already well known and respected for their work with Spatial/Auxiliary and Samurai Music. It's a new outlet that will specially tap into the sounds of 90s jungle and serve up new tunes on 10". Tim Reaper has been behind one, and Eusebeia is now on this one on blue-marbled vinyl. A-side cut 'Waveform 05' is a cavernous cut with pulsing bass and spine chillingly ethereal vocals up top while 'Waveform 06' keeps the pressure on with more throwback jungle realness and unrelenting breakbeat pressure.
Review: UK up-and-comers Eusebeia and Aisatsaana team up for an incredibly deep, bass-conscious, nigh sonar-systemic new drum & bass EP, 'Transnformation'. Few artists in this circuit dare to delve quite so abyssal; if anyone's ever seen the nuclear subnautical sci-fi thriller The Deep, one will know just how risky, how odds-bucking the attempt to plunge the deepest of the ocean's depths truly is. Clearly, only the best sonic submersible wearables will have cutted the mustard in aid of salvaging the jetsam-makings of this thriller; frankly, we're blown away by the ear for layering and bass heard on this EP, whether on the snareless impacts, shock-absorptions and depth-charges of 'Shed A Light' or the dim but angelic underwater intellibreaks lodestar that is 'Wayfinder'.
Review: Essential damagement jams from one of the most consistent and forward-thinking labels in the contemporary jungle game, "Full Repertoire Vol. 02" features fire from friends old and new. Label owner Law tags up with rising artist Kola Nut once again to ease us into the EP with "Somewhere New" where goodlooking-esque soft arpeggios and pipes disarm us before the darkness unfolds. Eusebeia returns to Repertoire with the pressure cooker hardcore pads of "Shape The Future", newcomer Mani Festo follows his killer Rupture debut with the equally menacing tightly coiled spring that's "Next 2 U" before Necrotype closes with the coldest cut of the collection, all strange humanised noises, melting droplets and complex breaks. Full to the brim.
Double O - "God Is A Woman" (feat Sheba Q - Coco Bryce remix) (6:06)
Eusebeia - "True" (5:29)
Review: Western Lore is a Bristol based record label run by music producer, DJ and visual artist Alex Eveson. Just last week they unleashed Crypticz terrific opus on us and they're already back again with this wicked various artist EP. Their second edition of Blunted Breaks features Response & Pliskin's hardcore rave epic "Life Without Death" that is so evocative and sincere you'd honestly think it was '94 all over again. There's also some half time experiments in the grey area courtesy of D'tch on the haunting "Re Reparation", while Double O hands in the mandatory junglist roller "God Is A Woman" (feat Sheba Q - Coco Bryce remix) and proper purist drum n bass reminiscent of the late '90s on Eusebeia's "True".
Review: Eusebeia is an incredibly prolific producer, with swathes of music released via cassette on his own Rebellion Electronics before being snapped up by the likes of Livity Sound and Western Lore. Now he builds on a burgeoning relationship with Samurai Music by delivering a triple LP of advanced yet delicate jungle variations in a style he's making all his own. Taking the brooding moodscapes of dub techno and ambient and fusing it with the deft programming chops of Photek et al, he's calmly positioning himself as one of the most inventive d&b operators out there. The quality just doesn't let up across these 12 tracks, spread out and cut nice and loud so you can lose yourself in the persuasive immersion of his sound.
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