ABSOLUTE ZERO / SUBPHONICS / NOISIA / THE UPBEATS / DIGITAL & SPIRIT / GREMLINZ / OVERLOOK - Various Artist EP

Renegade Hardware

£13.14

Format: 12" Vinyl
Catalogue No.: RH0402
Release Date: 10 Sep 22 (back in)
Genre: Drum & Bass

Already, two releases deep, Renegade Hardware's 'From the Vaults' series has proven itself to be acquire-on-sight material for all serious DnB heads. We've seen landmark EPs from Chase & Status and Total Science reborn for the next gen, reminding everyone of the incredible contributions Hardware's roster has made to this music. And now, something a little bit different.This release is a four-track compilation of some of the most heavyweight producer collaborations ever cut to vinyl. Seriously.

For one thing, there's the proto-Bad Company combo of Absolute Zero & Subphonics – now better known as DJ Fresh and Maldini – dropping the dark, clinical and underrated 'The Code'. That's followed up by the haymaker that is Noisia and The Upbeats' 'Sacrifice', an expansive, cinematic and violently aggressive cut that helped establish the modern concept of “neuro” as we know it.
Then we have the darkside 'No Fear' by the pioneering jungle explorers Digital and Spirit. With the passing of Duncan Busto (aka Spirit) in 2018, this release is ideally placed to reintroduce his name and his legacy to the current crop of young ravers and record-buyers.

The final entry is Gremlinz & Overlook's rework of Future Cut's already-heavyweight 'Horns'. The original, not to mention the 'Horns 2000' relick, are classics in their own right, but this 2015 take does things differently, coming with a cold brutality and transforming the original into a whole new beast.

Vinyl:-
HWARE04A1 Absolute Zero _ Subphonics - The Code (SKC Remix)
HWARE04A2 Noisia _ The Upbeats - Sacrifice
HWARE04B1 Digital _ Spirit - No Fear
HWARE04B2 Gremlinz _ Overlook - Horns 201