Two of Hospital Record’s most electrifying artists have formed an allegiance for a true coming together of titans. Bournemouth’s Krakota and Sao Paulo’s Urbandawn have combined their product on talents to create the five-track ‘Focus Shift’ EP – a real drum & bass mash up of styles and sonic sequences.
The aptly named ‘Coyote’ is an absolute howler, unashamedly powerful and
loaded with energy, distorting and plunging itself into new streams of audio
chaos throughout. ‘Laguna’ fits with their alter-egos – sweet, pensive
and majestic. Operating within a more classic Hospital framework, this rolling
stroke of musical bliss will leave no party unsatisfied. Sitting in the middle
of this concerted creation is title track ‘Focus Shift’. Informed by both
liquid-funk and tech styles, it’s gelled together with scathing bass riffs
and high profile percussive
chops. ‘Epigram’ has all the bassweight you’d expect from such a monolith
collision of product on powerhouses. Crisp and sinful, with a consistently
militant atmosphere this song is pure depth, darkness and danger; with a
genuinely intriguing sonic progression that renders this track as devastating as
weapons grade plutonium. Seeing the release home is ‘Paladin’. An ardent
dancefloor destroyer that fuses the power of the stepper with the groove of a
roller, that even angels would find themselves bust n’ a skank. Uplifting and
powerful with
cosmic subtleties in the low end twinned with sombre melodies and skittering
drum-work all tempered in unison to create a certified banger.