Dom & Roland - Dom & Friends Edition One

Dom & Roland - Dom & Friends Edition OneDom of Dom & Roland, (Roland being a machine), has been a drum and bass visionary since the mid 90s. He remains the only solo artist to have had award winning albums on both Metalheadz and Moving Shadow. Dom released his ninth album on Overshadow earlier this year. His collaborations range far and wide and have included the likes of Optical, Amon Tobin, and more recently Noisia. Internationally acclaimed for both his records and performance, his epic

metallic half-time snare

and enough dark rave dynamism to fell a horse

Kicking off the EP we have an understated 2-step banger from label head ASC as Ocean Breeze rips into your consciousness

but even more so the unknown

as Thermal Isolation’s intro draws you in before a wonderful arrangement of messy breaks built with a delicious exuberance Aural Imbalance is clearly enjoying as his Spatial repertoire grows ever more impressive

Law utilises a wide array of production techniques with Ascent

A true aural statement

cymbals and a wonderful long snare primed to move the dancefloor as synths wash and a lush vocal whooshes along in ecstasy

A2 - Endless Ocean

the introduction to Warpcore entices the listener perfectly

Lucidity makes its mark from the very first blast of breakbeat science that opens up the title track

choppy snare science