Teleporter by Deft & Lewis James

’Teleporter’ is the new joint EP from Deft & Lewis James; a natural pairing of minds for a project that has been long in the making. Both have indirectly crossed paths via separate releases and collabs on Exit Records and 1985 Music, and now come together on Deft’s own B4 Music.

Both artists are well versed in creating a balanced combination of atmospheric soundscapes, heavy sound design and emotively driven electronic music (evident in their last releases for 20/20 LDN / Hooversound and Exit / Astrophonica respectively), which ’Teleporter’ does not fall short on.

With varying tempos and paces, the EP dips into new territories that both have adapted and developed to make their own. Taking influence from their already familiar backgrounds in Bass, Footwork, DnB, Hip Hop / Beats, the result is four ominously threatening, sub heavy dance floor cuts, uncompromising in mood, tone and aggression.

Title track ‘Teleporter’ comes in at 128bpm with echos of the 140 sound, and demonstrates the impact of a single note sub-bass line, drums and a frantic melodic hook; distorted, dirty and fierce.

Carrying through the fraught melodic hook energy is ‘Peepo’; a playfully chaotic half-time/beats stomper, driven with booming 808’s layered with precise and outlandish sound design.

‘Octo’ is the 170bpm roller of the release, a slight breather from the previous tracks that progressively builds tension and apprehension via its infectious percussion loop, haunting & hypnotic melodics and driving sub drones.

‘Wolf 504 b’; dystopian melodics and soundscapes drift and crescendo over slamming drums and a scowling, distorted bassline, bringing this collaborative effort to an enigmatic close.

’Teleporter’ is released 26th March 2021

Label set up and run by Deft; an outlet of his for releasing music that further explores different avenues of electronic music, dance music and collaborations.

Deft:
https://deftldn.bandcamp.com/

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