Adam Beyer – Do It For The Bass [Drumcode]
Revered producer Adam Beyer keeps the techno hammer down enriched by his constant urge to evolve sonically and his brilliant forays into EBM elements with two-track EP ‘Do It For The Bass’, out February 7th on his mighty Drumcode imprint, with track ‘Circus Freaks’ out January 31st for streaming only.
The EP delivers Beyer fans a winter boost between his remix of Romina Dez and Muter’s massive 2022 hit ‘Fascination’ (January 17th on Tronic), and his colossal 2025 shows like Drumcode London at Drumsheds on March 22nd, Time Warp, Kappa Futurfestival…
Title track ‘Do It For The Bass’ has an assertive kick drum techno beat with a hiss and rattle of hi-hats on the back-beat, as a 2-note riff like a stylised police siren becomes fuzzier, more reverb-heavy, before the layered and blurred female vocal starts its robotic rhyming chant and the 2-note theme gets deep enough to feel in your kidneys. Hypnotic, compulsive, and dangerously catchy.
‘Circus Freaks’ grabs minds and ears right off, the deepest possible beat reinforced by resonant prowling bass, counterpointed by an unsettling, pulsating riff of what sounds like radio voices processed into synth notes. Duly hooked, a processed spoken male US vocal and drums build to a drop marked by spacey dark reverb spiced by a high melody. Note patterns and snatches of melodies enter, fade, weave, with darkly disturbing, dystopian effect.
