The 107th release for RAM records brings Delta Heavy to the table for another session of slow motion moshing, jump up, and those trademark dropped basslines that provide more cum faces than the worlds biggest bukkake party. Production duo Ben Hall and Si James have been making waves over the last year or so with their seamless intergration of Dub Step, Drum Step and DnB, and this release doesn’t disappoint.
First up is Hold Me, which is a Nero-esque Dub Step monster with a pulsating juggernaut of staggered bass, tight beats, electronic rifts and a classic old school sampled vocal. This will destroy any dance floor and will cause more floors to be stomped than all the toddlers in the world having a combined tantrum. I’d also go as far to say it’s one of the best examples of the Dub Step genre, it emanates quality all through the production, and even if this kind of sound isn’t your thing I refute that you wouldn’t lose it hearing this song loud and live.
If Hold Me, was the pretty daughter, the flip Overkill is certainly the bastard step child. This is an absolute monster of a song, as it bounds between Drum Step and full on DnB with the trademark Delta Heavy pitched, distorted screaming bassline in overdrive giving the sense that you’ve been electrocuted whilst simultaneously smacked in the face with a frying pan. Let’s be straight up, this is stadium Drum and Bass and whilst it distinctly has the ‘RAM’ sound this could be played in the sets of any DJ across the jungle spectrum (well maybe not liquid, that would be taking it too far!). If you’ve not bought this track, you need to as you’d be missing out on a future classic. I can see Overkill staying in my box (well…it’s an electronic one these days) for a long time!
