SOUL INTENT Vinyl & CDs

Review: Whereas most drum & bass, electro and other adjunct styles tend to adopt an implicit pro-futurist message, Soul Intent bucks the trend with 'Fight The Future' and three further tracks, portending a potential paleo-traditionalist revolution in drum & bass. Sadly, it doesn't sound like the future has been very well fought against: this is tearout neuro techstep of the most rabid kind, and it really does sound like the battle has been won and that the AI decepticons have taken over, with robo-biotic growl design and mechanical-maniacal metal clanking away on the title track and 'Right There' most prominently. Still, it's a wicked EP, even if you don't take its titular antifuturist battle cry at its word. 'Feeling Uneasy' is especially wild, moving into an outer-d&b territory that sounds like it's been occupied by an alien drummer militia.

Review: Reload to 2017, Soul Intent dropped one of his most comprehensive bodies of work to date: 'Delusions Of Grandeur'. Over six years later, here come the remixes from the likes of Ed:it, Chromatic, DKN and Soully himself. Uncompromising, underground and straight to core, each reboot really hones in on the pure drum & bass craft of the originals. Ed:it takes 'Test Fire' to Metalheadzian places, while Chromatic's take on 'Took Funky' goes full on turbo mode. Elsewhere Soul Intent's VIP of 'Nearly There' adds a little extra va-va-voom while DKN's take on 'Cry For You' finishes the EP with iciest happy slap you've ever endured. Grand!