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B.Riddim
Drum and Bass | Thursday 3rd May 2012 | Osh
The widespread popularity of dubstep in recent years has given way to numerous mutations of the sound, as young producers try and establish their own unique styles by collating a whole host of influences from around the world. As such, the age-old debate of ‘wot do u call it?’ has been re-ignited, with terms like post-dubstep, future garage and the awfully named bass music being banded around.
Whatever one does call it, up & coming Portuguese producer B.Riddim makes it, and he makes it well. His recent (In)Theory EP on Third Ear Recordings is indefinable as solely one genre, but is quite noticeably an amalgamation of dub, garage, house and dubstep.
6300 bars is straight dubstep from the good ol’ days, with a slight hint of psytrance, while Elevation dub sounds like an early El-B ‘roots of dubstep’ tune with Skream playing synths. But the title track is undeniably the highlight as it best exhibits this utilitarian ethos, combining a cavernous grime-esq bassline and melancholy synth pattern with tribal drums and organic percussion, while shifting from a 2-step to kuduro rhythm. The production is as intricate and painstakingly curated as it is globally influenced.
At times, the mixture of styles in B.Riddim’s tracks seem confused to be dancing with each other through the airwaves, but in this case confusion never sounded so good.
