Intense Records

Hold Da’ EP

£7.49 (£8.99 incl. VAT)

A. Hold Dat B. Push C. Brain D. Open Letter

Tectonic is very proud to welcome Lamont to the team! 
Bristol’s bendy-beats whizz kid is mainly known for dropping jaws with his releases on Swamp 81 and 
it’s various offshoots. This time, he’s been chipping away at 4 fine-cut gem, especially for Tectonic - 
bringing some darkside vibrations in addition to his usual bounce. 

‘Hold Dat’ runs at 135bpm, sitting in-between grime, dubstep and housey/techno/whatever that thing 
Lamont usually does! Charged with a disgusting, totally greasy bassline, this one drops hard and 
keeps going - quality moves for (now, mostly imaginary) dancefloors. 

‘Push’ takes it down a notch, to 130 for a more heads-y work out, laden with crackling, fizzing sonics - 
and heavily punctuated by sub bass hits. The energy levels step back a touch, while building intensity. 
‘Brain’ sees Lamont working more familiar territories - sending a pounding 4/4 kick drum out to hold 
together a series of collapsing percussive hits and warping melodies - as a ‘brain’ sample, simply 
haunts your brain. 

The EP closes off with ‘Open Letter’, taking things into a dread-space; dub wise, deep and 
dangerous. The lurching bass hits take charge and push you through layers of echo’ed hits and 
micro-melodramas, to round off this great EP in fine style.