Pessimist | Balaklava [A14 2016]

Mesmerising, moody-as-f**k new production from Pessimist, owning the dark blue space where icy drum’n’bass minimalism and sub-aquatic dub-techno meet. Perfect alignment of stripped, shadow-boxer drums, swooping drones and earth-shaking subs, with a thin layer of crackle and masterful use of silence…..you can hear the influence of Chain Reaction outliers, Source Direct, even early dark garage in there….but this is pure futurist blend. On the flip, the dense, dungeon rollage of ‘Orphic’, an effortless bridgin