Adam Beyer x Eli Brown’s collaborative release ‘Overdose Of Bass’ EP is a techno two-tracker enriched by diverse elements on Beyer’s Drumcode label. It also marks Brown’s return to the label after his ‘When I Push’ collaboration in January with Layton Giordani and OFFAIAH, following his 2022 EP ‘Deep Down’.
‘Overdose Of Bass’, the title track has snares and a breaksy beat ushering in a spoken vocal layering different levels of processing – ‘there it goes/ overdose/of bass’ – with the doppler siren builds, giving a spacey, mysterious call and response.
‘Living In The Moment’ is a techno beat, a Moroder-esque bass synth, and a recurrent riff like a signal becoming ever more high and desperate, are counterpointed by an ethereal, quavering female vocal, strengthened by the melodic build in the central breakdown.
Adam Beyer: “I think Eli is one of the key artists to bring a fresh energy and perspective to club techno in recent years and it’s been cool collaborating with him, both in the studio and behind the decks in the B2Bs we’ve played, with the Drumcode show in Lisbon being a particular highlight.
“I think with ‘Overdose Of Bass’ we’ve perfectly blended our two respective styles and sounds. I’m really pleased to be able to finally share this with the Drumcode family as it’s been a big track in many of my sets through 2024.”
Eli Brown: "Adam has always been someone I've massively respected as one of the pioneers of modern techno. We've been exchanging records and I've been sending him music for some time and then he signed a track called ‘Deep Down’ and then my flip on LFO's ‘Freak’, which really helped cement me in the techno world.
“As we have spent more time together our friendship has really grown and after a couple of B2Bs I feel we have really clicked which can be seen when we play together. Whilst we come from different musical backgrounds - Adam from techno and me from jungle/D&B- our musical tastes are very similar sonically and fundamentally. It felt so natural to work on some music together."
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