Continuing his refraction of the rave continuum into pointedly dislocated, delicately bruising sound system meditations, Low End Activist returns to Peak Oil with a second and third instalment in his Airdrop series
…His last two albums, Airdrop and Municipal Dreams, sifted through the detritus of UK dance music, from dub to grime, hardcore to drum & bass, showing the gritty underbelly that Big Rave wants to hide from smiley face T-shirts. His newest album, Airdrop II, is a dark, impressionistic exploration of hardcore’s past — a haunted snapshot of three decades of rave comedowns. Together, Airdrop, Airdrop II and Airdrop III, are like piecing together the history of British bass music from disintegrating tapes…
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