The year’s most violent dance track,a crackling fresh EP with a touch of jazz and a thunderously powerful song that’s been beamed all around EuropeRabit, the Houston-based producer who has one foot firmly in the clattering mania of London grime, or has just announced his debut album,which will be released on 30 October via Tri Angle Records. Pandemic is the first taste – one that’s like scotch bonnet mouthwash. A voice remarks in the intro that “there aren’t any people”, and we soon find out why. This is the heart of a battlefield – artillery shells are exchanged in chunky rhythmic bursts as machinery whirrs ominously. It turns out to be just a bit of strafing ahead of the all-out assault during the final minute, or as Rabit unloads his entire arsenal on the dancefloor. The result is almost cartoonishly extreme; it’s probably the most violent and overwhelming dance track you’ll hear this year.
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Source: theguardian.com