ASC - 侍栽培三

ASC - 侍栽培三Samurai Music offshoot SAIBAI welcomes legendary producer ASC to expand upon the label's widescreen strain of electronic music plumbing the depths between techno, electronica and broken beat. ASC is the flagship project for James Clements, a prolific veteran of the scene who started releasing his distinctive twist on drum & bass back in the late 90s. Across a variety of aliases and many different label projects and collaborations, Clements has

ASC returns with another stellar solo EP and Burst Transmission dives straight in head first to kick things off

A fitting end to an incredibly intense EP

The overarching notion is one of things lurking beneath the surface — a comfortably open theme to be approached and understood from any number of angles

combining ASC’s trademark impeccably-engineered crisp breaks with the dreamy sauntering backdrops you know and love from Aural Imbalance

This record is a quartet of system blowers which doesn’t let up for a single second from start to finish

a historic first - the only artist to ever release an artist LP on both Metalheadz and Samurai Music

mapping out a simmering landscape that stood proudly on it’s own in the crowded world of electronica

luscious female vocal greets the listener with a curiously soothing vibe

crisp old school breaks steal the limelight

A statement of intent from Auxiliary and ASC

taking you back with a style quite reminiscent of the golden era of late 90’s Logical Progression

intense padwork which builds towards a drop of dancefloor two-step beats featuring none other than the legendary Apache break