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I had mixed feelings about both grinding and mouth piece (humid is an absolute slapper no complains there), something about the sound design just felt underwhelming for me. the old yoi bass in mouth piece just doesn't sound interesting, it lacks transients, the sounds in the intro are more crispy they sound louder than the actual drop... but then the switch at 1:10 (yes im reviewing this with actual stamps cuz wtf they re so cool) still made save this cuz its just so good. Grinding on the ... read more

Dirt - 70/100
Towers - 90/100
Found Cold - 80/100
And It Will All End Soon - 80/100

fun little ep i found out here
rated this cuz the ep is so easy to go through but Ceptre is fkn amazing, I stopped at this EP and had to look him on aoty.
whether you re looking for nutty or disturbing sound design, dark ambient dnb, or some crazy pattern designs in towers there s definitely a lot savor here

There’s something about this slightly slower, half-time version of Surrender that just hits so hard. A crazy trap track with nick's level sound design, while the choir goes absolutely nuts like it’s straight out of a movie, is something I’ve always tried experimenting with too. I just wished the second half kept more of the momentum of the melody, taking u to a more trance approach. but this is still pretty refreshing

Some of the stuff would've sounded crazier back in the days - for creativeness. However some of the tracks are absolute filth, the chee collab probably being my fav, but was hoping that "keep it cool" would hit heavier since it was one of my most anticipated id of the last 1-2 years. One thing this vaultage does better than any of the others is that the collabs are an absolute treat.

Edit: They do all bang harder on monitors than on headphones so score might go higher once I go ... read more