Pinch - Swish

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4...according to our Clinton on Fri 17 Jun, 2011.

This is more like it. Tectonic founder Rob Ellis with another blast of the thing he does so well. The A side has a bassline so deep and heavy that I've involuntarily eaten an entire apple within the first couple of minutes of listening to it. A heavy blast of chugging bass runs through the track like a flustered man attempting to start a knackered old Austin Allegro. He's surrounded by squelchy synths and breathy lady vocal cut ups in a prime slab of dubstep for the dancefloor. On the flip, we get a more splintered affair - less immediately memorable but building nicely with some chopped up rhythms and drone like synths. But you'll want it for the A side - it's fuckin' super!

Rob Ellis, AKA Pinch is the owner of one of the original and highly influential Dubstep labels Tectonic who have signed, developed and released music from some of the scene’s biggest acts such as Joker, 2562, Cyrus, Digital Mystikz, Skream, Jack Sparrow and of course Pinch. Pinch is also founder of Subloaded, Bristol’s finest Bass rave, who has recently celebrated their 6th Birthday. This is Pinch’s first release on Mala’s DEEP MEDi imprint and we feel it’s his best work to date, we’ll sure you’ll agree. ‘Swish’ has been played relentlessly by Mala over the last year as well as a select lucky few able to get their hands on it such as Skream, Loefah, Youngsta and V.I.V.E.K. ‘Swish’ is classic Pinch, dark, moody and sparse, heavily influenced by Techno, with a sub- bass and kick to destroy any bass bin, pure soundsystem music.‘Tunnel Home’ on the flip sees Pinch in experimental mode switching up the tempo, 155. This still has the Pinch trademark darkness and efx’s but oozes a stealthily undercurrent and coldness with its complex drum programming and industrial approach, reminiscent of early Photek output.