EGPTVN001 WEN VS EPOCH (OUT NOW Egyptian Avenue Records)

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If you have locked into Blackdown’s Rinse.FM segment recently you will have no doubt noticed his excitement about a new nucleus of producers building low slung, heavily grime referenced beats in and around the 130bpm mark that exhibit the same dark, skeletal aesthetics that were ever present in an emergent Dubstep sound circa 2004.


At the core of this new wave of beatsmiths are Wen and Epoch, who have clashed heads from opposite corners of the globe to collaborate on Egyptian Avenue’s inaugural release, the imperious and sub-heavy mechanisms of ‘Hydraulics’, backed with Epoch’s own ‘Bass Mix’ interpretation featuring the probing vocals of LV favourite Joshua Idehen. Egyptian Avenue Records’ sole prerequisite is to release unconventional music; beats with roots entrenched deep within the sound of the underground bass community, focussing on finding fresh perspectives and captivating sub-laden sonic explorations.


The A side ‘Hydraulics’ is driven forward by guttural sub-frequency swells and drum patterns so sparse that the syntax and space in between the thudding kicks and stuttering snare whips are just as vital to the rhythmic swing as the percussion itself. Pitched down vocal snippets, dulled bongo rolls and sinister loops of grimy synth lines all help to build a raw and grainy track dynamic; an inherently rugged beat that ominously circles and darts around your conscious. Epoch twists up Hydraulics on the B side, with his Bass Mix sounding like a transmission from the outer realms of space. Josh Idehen’s cryptic narration adds a new dimension on top of the throbbing waves of low end, barrages of computerised bleeps and sporadic bursts of percussion to create a truly leftfield and unique riddim that will challenge any soundsystem’s capabilities.

Words: Oli Grant

EGPTVN001
a) WEN VS EPOCH - Hydraulics
b) WEN VS EPOCH - Hydraulics (Epoch Bass Mix) feat. Joshua Idehen

31st October 2012

Mastered by Henry @ Dubstudio

Digital only
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[thief]

Big up man, sounding great.

[Phigure]

gonna rinse the soundcloud clips till this comes out

also are you gonna release this is a wav? cause if i don't win that acetate, i feel like i want to get it cut

[antipode]

gonna rinse the soundcloud clips till this comes out

also are you gonna release this is a wav? cause if i don't win that acetate, i feel like i want to get it cut

I think it probably will be available as wav as well as mp3 yeah.

[ultraspatial]

[Electric_Head]

Big tune epoch.

[Shum]

remix is the one. well done Epoch, NZ represent.

[dubfordessert]

absolutely huge. defs getting this, most excited ive been bout a tune for some time.

already shared everywhere

[Reese_Liar]

Getting really excited about this one man. Artwork is looking great as well. Will definitely cop

[Etches828]

Best thing to come out the murky underground for a while now. Out to Epoch and Wen, both absolutely killing it right now.

[LA_Boxers]

Yes. Biggness.

You boys smashing it atm.

[murky21]

look forward to copping this, huge trax

[BonerJams04]

will get

[Soulstep]

look forward to copping this, huge trax

seriously feeling the remix

[Pada]

These are nice man!

[chekov]

this is sounding well nice, big ups!

[AxeD]

Both big tunas

[smokeybeenz]

both these tunes are massive wen & epoch are killing it lately, need these on acetate also gonna cut these if i don't win.

[dickman69]

definitely want in on that contest

[antipode]

Big up everyone! Love how many people are going to get this cut!.. might make a little incentive for people that do