Review of: Industry On Lock

Okay, I'll admit that I do have a bit of a bias when it comes to this tune, as it was meant to be the first track released on the aborted Urban Therapy label back in 2004 (dnbscene's label back when we had a whole artist management side going on as well as the website). Having said that, the reasons we chose it for release back in the day still hold up today. And after Gabe has reworked it to ... More bring it up to 2010 standards, I still absolutely love this tune!

Why? Well, firstly it's very DJ friendly. The beats kick in hard and, as usual, are up to Fusebox's excellent programming skills. The structure is spot on, the build up lasting just the right length, the breakdowns coming at all the right times, and let's face it - this will fit into just about any set. But what makes it stand out for me are two things: the slightly oldskool vibe provided by the vocal sample (which is catchier than you first think, it stays in your head afterwards), and most of all... that BASSLINE. Each drop is simply massive; the sub bass is relentlessly step-worthy and the pulsing secondary bassline over the top (I've forgotten half my terminology for these things, dammit) works brilliantly to tie it together and cut through the fairly dense atmospherics. It's not much in the way of melody, but damn, it's simply banging. And that, in the end, is what drum and bass is all about.

I'm struggling to find a flaw. Maybe slightly too much sparkle on the high end? But I'm really nitpicking. This is a classic as far as I'm concerned. Fusebox does it again.

Review of: Industry On Lock

I like this tune quite a bit. The drums are nice and punchy and all the samples used are interesting. I think you could do a lot more with the bass and make the song even angrier though. If you had some really gnarly bass going on this would be such a sick tune.

Review of: Studio Rock

fusebox needs to really work on the sampling side. i've stated the same problem in other songs of him: while the sample is actually good it has no kind of introduction nor anykind of editing, losing energy through the tune.
the beats are sharp but a bit too prominent.
the arrangement of parts and the plot of the elements is quite something too obvious lacking of a real sprout of life, no mistery. ... More everything sits there as it began, and the edits in the bassline management sound to me a bit underworked(few pitch-tingz here and there but not really any sort of big deal).

fusebox should spend more time on his releases since he got everything he deserves to get to the higher level. 6