There’s a new kid on the block: UK bass. He’s dirty, he’s scruffy and he’s screwed up big time. And the man behind the nascent UK Bass scene, DJ Cutlass has made his opening statement: ‘DJ Cutlass Presents UK Bass’. It’s fast, it’s furious, and it’s a totally bastard fusion of hip hop, drum’n’bass, electro, techno and ragga. And what a sly and brutal mongrel it is too. Punchy, pushy and still refreshingly minimal, this first slice of UK Bass is far funkier than your average drum and bass and bootier than your average booty.
With residencies and guest slots at venues like Blue Note, the ICA, the Electrowerkz, 333, Crash, 93 Feet East, Herbal and Cargo, DJ, producer, Iron Maiden fan, real ale enthusiast, Cutlass Supreme has been building up a formidable reputation with his no nonsense, quick-fire mixing style and genre defying club algebra. It’s frank, it’s sleazy and it’s a perfect post-coital soundtrack to all that Big Brother Teens TV you’ve been watching (if Debasser’s ‘Fat Girls’ doesn’t do it for you, try out DJ Nasty’s ‘Blowing Bubbles’).
Recently called ‘one of the most refreshingly inventive jocks we’ve heard in a long time’ it’s likely to be the fun and freaky shot up the ass you’ve been looking for.
Top tunes by Slugo and Deeon from Chicago and ghetto boys Assault and 313 Bass Mechanics from Detroit all wrapped up in a tight little condom of unreleased Cutlass tunes.