Total gear shift with 'Rush2AD': this is Ritual's most daring and unique track to date. Simultaneously deconstructed and intricately crafted, it's unclassifiable, as if it belongs to a genre all of its own. Yet it alludes to many other moments in the continuum of bass music: the oceanic sub punctured by percussive spikes at the high end recalls the spaciousness of early dubstep; there's a hint of juke in the hihat patterns and obtuse, unpredictable polyrhythmic arrangement of its elements; and there are junglist touches too - not just the echoing sawtooth oscillators, but the underlying aesthetic. (tl;dr - This is the real shit right here.)
credits
from X LP - Vol. 2,
released December 5, 2014
Lefroy Verghese - Production
Shane McEnhill - Mastering
John Mullen - Artwork