Top Drawer Digital presents the second volume of the Abstractions compilation series showcasing cutting edge talents and their musical interpretations or perhaps takes on 3 decades of UK rave music from Techno to Jungle Tekno, an amalgamation of sounds through a modern lense. The album is available exclusively to Bandcamp in CD and Digital formats currently and will eventually be available on the major download and streaming sites.
https://topdrawerdigital.bandcamp.com/album/abstractions-2-jungle-techno-breaks
‘Bleep Dream’ by Trident combines deep and expansive tones with a crisp, clean, warm and bass boosted sound. 1990 meets 2022 in a musical mobius strip.
‘Think It!’ by D3 takes the ‘Think’ break as it’s story arc, employing tense acid 303s to incredible effect underpinned by ambient strings forged in the fields of the early 90s English countryside.
‘Planet Rising’ by TDD stalwart, Swankout takes the Proto-Hardcore blueprint of ethereal strings and weighty stabs and refashions it into a pounding breakbeat whirlwind rotating up to the roof of the club and tearing it off
RadioKillaZ infuses eerie Horror fear frequencies around a solid, unyielding sub and intricate amen breaks on the dark destroyer ‘Argon’
‘For The Love’ by Rawtrachs blends Footwork with Breaks and plenty of Deep oldskool Motor City Techno, turning a famous vocal refrain into pads played in time to the rhythmic, and uplifting strings
Skin Teeth intros with super clean, and super heavy Jungle breaks on ‘What You’ve Got.’ Things shift into rapid stabs from the darker side of 1992 Hardcore and rumbling breakdowns on a tune that can aptly be described as a ‘beast.
Gav Ley unleashes atmospheric’ Demons’ with fast ‘Scottie’ breaks, Nookie style piano and skin splintering hoovers that pay tribute to the most experimental era of rave, the ‘darkside’ sound of 1993
Kefford channels 93 Jungle Techno with dark, distorted keys and choral strings over bubbling subs and marching beats on ‘No More.’
Pressa introduces the sound of ‘Tumble Tekno’, a unique hybrid of swinging, almost 2 Step drums and a mixture of synths and strings with a sense of dread and excitement all in one
Lucas opts for a mixture of rolling and timestretched beats that launch into pitch perfect, Basement Recs influenced Jungle Techno with emphatic vocal samples. It’s peak warehouse atmosphere on ‘You And The Music.’
Beagle showcases his technical
production mastery with a Deep cut of Techno driven full force on the rocket fuel of a rapidly unfolding emotive crescendo to bring you up on a natural high. You will surely feel the effects of ‘Effektor.’
Sanxion demonstrates ever evolving and engaging sound on the cloud surfing melodies of ‘Silverware.’
Prism B.R.K leads the way to ‘Area 8’, a path littered with detuned hoovers, sirens and twisted patterns with bursts of acid infused hyper intensity.
Strange Rollers warms us up with Electro like strings before things get dubby and bass enriched with echoes of Jungle, Hardcore and Electronica on a track that befits the name ‘Space Race’
Me, Myself and I provides a jaw dropping slice of Golden era Jungle, flawless in execution from the authentic breakbeat combinations, LOUD subs made for sound systems, sublime strings and every oldskool Jungle element you could think of on the stunning ‘Lacandon’
With over a decade of releases including numerous compilation albums, Top Drawer Digital continues to excel in pushing forward with a nod to the past on the Lost Highway of rave culture, making new gold from the golden. Wether you’re an original raver or a post pandemic youthful raver, this should be your soundtrack to the time honoured drive to the rave as well as the soundtrack for the rave itself.
