Brooklyn’s Trouble and Bass Crew in the last four years has set forth a very progressive method of bass production. Always erring on the side of hard sounds, the crew, whether represented by the soothing sounds of Little Jinder’s “Youth Blood,” AC Slater’s house smasher “Take You Higher,” the frightening trance of Star Eyes’ “Disappear,” or the warm tropical influence of Drop the Lime’s “Sex Sax,” the sounds are always hard, bass driven, heavy music meant to assault the senses of the listener.
Brooklyn’s 77Klash (pronounced Two-Seven Clash) is a like minded musician when it comes to the genre meshing aims of the Trouble and Bass Crew, so it is frankly no shock to see his latest EP, Shadow of Death being produced by AC Slater and Drop the Lime from the self proclaimed “World Champions of Heavy Bass.” 77Klash is a man already deeply influenced by the underground. Having already worked with Dead Prez, RZA and Vybz Kartel, in a universe now informed of dub and reggae sounds by Diplo and Switch’s Major Lazer project, he merely carries things to the next level.
AC Slater and Drop the Lime set reggae toasting against an ominous landscape here. Much of this EP sounds like the soundtrack to John Carpenter’s Halloween meshed with the most haunting dubstep and electro rhythms possible. The EPs title was a clear influence here, as 77Klash is able to ably navigate the sonic landscape for a most powerful and intriguing listen. This EP by no means changes the entirety of the sonic landscape, but instead merely adds yet another direction in which Trouble and Bass has moved to claim further importance as the most forward thinking underground sound of 2010. In blending the clear talents and established direction of the rising reggae toaster with top producers in their most frightening element, the EP is a clear success in following the T & B directive of gloom with a flashing brilliance of dance floor energy.
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