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Low End Activist // Airdrop III TAPE

Low End Activist // Airdrop III TAPE

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※当店限定販売です

過去にSneaker Social Clubなどから発表しているイギリス・オックスフォード出身ドイツ・ベルリン在住のハードコア・レイブ作家Low End Activistが、2025年11月にアメリカ・LAのレフトフィールド・ダンスレーベルpeak oilから150本限定でリリースしたカセットです。

フロア棒立ち系ジャングル〜実験dnb〜アンビエントUKG10曲を収録。

一瞬で市場から消えたレアな一本です。

※デジタル音源を無料でお送りいたしますのでお気軽にご連絡くださいませ

レーベルその他作品はこちら /// Click here to see more peak oil / False Aralia releases available at Tobira.

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Ask us for digital files.
Cassette in white norelco case. 
Edition of 150. 

Tracklist:

1. Airdrop 01 (Cheque) 06:08
2. Airdrop 02 (Time Vampire) 05:27
3. Airdrop 03 (NRG) 05:27
4. Airdrop 04 (U Kno) 04:40
5. Airdrop 05 (Trust Meeee) 04:33
6. Airdrop 06 (Edge) 04:06
7. Airdrop 07 (Kiss Bar) 04:51
8. Airdrop 08 (Easy Money) 06:10
9. Airdrop 09 (Take Me) 03:36
10. Airdrop 10 (Outro) 03:42

peak oil:

"As he continues a pointed thread of mutant rave manifestation, Low End Activist makes a double-quick jump back onto Peak Oil to lay out the third instalment in the Airdrop series. Once again focusing on a very specific period within UK rave, this time he's zeroed in on the specific crossover zone between UK garage and grime around 1999-2001. In the Activist's hands, the musical codes of past scenes become half-hidden deep in the sound design, bent to the will of the soundboy as he creates sparse, compelling soundscapes for the faraway dance. Grime has been a consistent presence in his toolkit since the first LEA transmissions in the late 2010s, making the concerted transition into this era a natural one.

The presence of skipping 2-step structures are a distinct pivot that gives Airdrop III its own unique flavour, while the signature LEA icy pads draw from the kind of stark synths rinsed out of Fruity Loops and Korg Tritons when grime was first finding its feet. The ghosts of MCs in full flow dart in and out of the mix, burrowed into the shadowy mix downs and teasing their bars like unfinished conversations. The minimalist arrangements have a Ghost-like pallor, all the better to savour the craftiness of the grooves. The scene-setting is as dramatic as the most evocative outliers in the dubstep canon, but it's matched by sublow's ruff and ready swagger and the nimble hooks of chart-ready garage crossovers. As ever, the concentrated spread of reference points is only half the story — Low End Activist fills in the gaps in his inimitable style. Like all the music he draws on, he's simply metabolising his own musical education and throwing down something new in the process."

Artist : Low End Activist

Label : peak oil

cat no : peak26

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※当店限定販売です

過去にSneaker Social Clubなどから発表しているイギリス・オックスフォード出身ドイツ・ベルリン在住のハードコア・レイブ作家Low End Activistが、2025年11月にアメリカ・LAのレフトフィールド・ダンスレーベルpeak oilから150本限定でリリースしたカセットです。

フロア棒立ち系ジャングル〜実験dnb〜アンビエントUKG10曲を収録。

一瞬で市場から消えたレアな一本です。

※デジタル音源を無料でお送りいたしますのでお気軽にご連絡くださいませ

レーベルその他作品はこちら /// Click here to see more peak oil / False Aralia releases available at Tobira.

-------------------------------------------------------

Ask us for digital files.
Cassette in white norelco case. 
Edition of 150. 

Tracklist:

1. Airdrop 01 (Cheque) 06:08
2. Airdrop 02 (Time Vampire) 05:27
3. Airdrop 03 (NRG) 05:27
4. Airdrop 04 (U Kno) 04:40
5. Airdrop 05 (Trust Meeee) 04:33
6. Airdrop 06 (Edge) 04:06
7. Airdrop 07 (Kiss Bar) 04:51
8. Airdrop 08 (Easy Money) 06:10
9. Airdrop 09 (Take Me) 03:36
10. Airdrop 10 (Outro) 03:42

peak oil:

"As he continues a pointed thread of mutant rave manifestation, Low End Activist makes a double-quick jump back onto Peak Oil to lay out the third instalment in the Airdrop series. Once again focusing on a very specific period within UK rave, this time he's zeroed in on the specific crossover zone between UK garage and grime around 1999-2001. In the Activist's hands, the musical codes of past scenes become half-hidden deep in the sound design, bent to the will of the soundboy as he creates sparse, compelling soundscapes for the faraway dance. Grime has been a consistent presence in his toolkit since the first LEA transmissions in the late 2010s, making the concerted transition into this era a natural one.

The presence of skipping 2-step structures are a distinct pivot that gives Airdrop III its own unique flavour, while the signature LEA icy pads draw from the kind of stark synths rinsed out of Fruity Loops and Korg Tritons when grime was first finding its feet. The ghosts of MCs in full flow dart in and out of the mix, burrowed into the shadowy mix downs and teasing their bars like unfinished conversations. The minimalist arrangements have a Ghost-like pallor, all the better to savour the craftiness of the grooves. The scene-setting is as dramatic as the most evocative outliers in the dubstep canon, but it's matched by sublow's ruff and ready swagger and the nimble hooks of chart-ready garage crossovers. As ever, the concentrated spread of reference points is only half the story — Low End Activist fills in the gaps in his inimitable style. Like all the music he draws on, he's simply metabolising his own musical education and throwing down something new in the process."

Artist : Low End Activist

Label : peak oil

cat no : peak26