Milanese - Extend

Although drum'n'bass has a tendency to be one of the single most boring genres in existence, some of the most wonderful electronic music comes from its fringes. Recontextualising the bass throbs, wild hi-hat stabs, robotic voice samples and frantic rinse, Milanese's outerlimit doom-step is menacing, danceable and constantly exhilarating. Drill'n'bass and its associated genres are filled with pin-up poster boys, but few can mach the sheer demoniacism on display here. At points touching upon out-and-out Merzbow-esque noise, One Eye also features some horrifically dark solo bass fluctuations that would freak out any sentient being. But it's not all a dark trip, there's some piano and pretty female vocals and even horns in the mix, so there. But for all these snatched sights of sunshine, they're mere glimpses through grimey bars, and even the guest MC, Virus Syndicate, keeps up the vibe of urban decay and apocalypse. Fuck it, if I were in charge, all clubs would play this kind of shit. [Ali Maloney]