Following collaborations with just about everyone [Slick Don, Trim, Rawkid, Winter Rose, Gavlyn, Blimes Brixton], producer Walter Ego returns with a solo offering in the form of ‘Seven Star Ball’. The three track EP begins with ‘Raw’, a murky, bass-heavy banger with the kind of super-villain string sample you’d find on a DOOM track. Stream…
This Friday sees a selection of acts on London-based label Bad Taste Records take over Dalston Lane’s The Passage. Heading up the line up are producer Lenkemz [check out his recent EP, ‘Feast On, Fools‘], as well as fellow Bad Taste beatmakers Walter Ego, ITOA and Lean Low. Check out the event here.
On new EP ‘Radio Bits’, Walter Ego pays homage to the range of UK sub-genres that influence his sound. Fusing elements of UK Garage, Bass and Grime, the EP shakes and wobbles right from the get-go on first track ‘Smoke Bomb‘, and doesn’t let up. Crackling samples of pirate radio stations abound, tying the project together and rooting…
Bad Taste beatmaker Walter Ego releases ‘Smoke Bomb’, the second single from his upcoming EP, ‘Radio Bits’ [September 25]. Taking his cues from UK Bass, Garage and Grime, the Sheffield-born producer creates an all-out attack in ‘Smoke Bomb’; as various percussive elements jostle for position alongside ominous synths. Stream below via SoundCloud.
