PREVIEW:
soundcloud.com/drumterror/drumterror-x-photes-6-years-14-minutes-preview-do-not-share
WATCH THE LIVE SESSION FOR 'LEAVE' HERE:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=6NjfyUuU-ao
After remaining close friends and regular creative partners for the past 6 years, London-based producer Drumterror and rapper Photes are finally dropping their first collaborative body of work - ‘6 Years, 14 Minutes’. Having cut their teeth in the North of England, before honing their craft in amongst London’s soundsystem and club community, ‘6 Years, 14 Minutes’ comprises four original tracks from the duo, showcasing a ruthless blend of grime, dubstep and hip-hop, in a style that is unequivocally their own.
The duo kick proceedings off with an aggressive entrance in the form of ‘Leave’, a grime-influenced track demonstrating the super-sharp production style that Drumterror has become renowned for, paired with an unstoppable flow from Photes that melts into an introspective hook. The track is laced with saturated orchestral sounds throughout, climaxing with a string-filled crescendo in the final sequence. This is followed by ‘Merchants’, the lead single from the EP, which effortlessly demonstrates the sound that the duo have become known for, flipping an 808-covered verse section into a distorted onslaught at 140 beats-per-minute. The third offering from the EP, ‘Middle Man’ features a verse from up-and-coming London rapper Sleepy, who’s become known in the social media sphere for his untouchable freestyling techniques. A lower and slower offering than the other tracks, ‘Middle Man’ exhibits an ice-cold ambience, with soft pianos, angelic choirs and heavily-reverbed pads featuring throughout. Bonus track ‘Offside’ brings a more dubwise-influenced sound to the table, touching on the roots of the sound that Drumterror and Photes have become known for, with guitar and bass melodies colliding throughout in a relatively upbeat closing track for the EP.