Continuing our favourite habit of breaking new artists, next up on Lifestyle Music comes a couple of tracks from Austrian newcomer Halflow. We first focused our ears on Niki after he sent a few links over through our demo platform, and stalking his soundcloud revealed some seriously promising talent! Hailing from the same town as Mefjus, where there's clearly something in the water, Halflow has some mid-range & bass techniques that are reminiscent of the neuro wizard himself, and come out swinging on this release. We are stoked to put out his debut release into the ether, and have already seen the reaction on the dancefloor. A young lad with a promising future in the scene, make sure to catch him here on Lifestyle first!
First up is Relentless Funk, a track built around a driving organic-sounding drum break. A long intro builds the tension before the drop brings the heat with a simple but effective filtered bassline, the envelope slowly opening to form the main hook. A powerful moving sub provides the weight of the tune, and combines raw, somewhat old school drum sounds with modern bass & mid sound design flawlessly. The name is fitting as the funk keeps bringing it, a perfect mid-set kinda track to keep the energy high and moving in the room.
Halflow teams up with fellow Austrian Screamarts (who recently featured on our free download series) for the flip, Space Gang. This one sets the tone slightly darker, tenser. A more atmospheric and Sci-Fi sounding intro kick it off, before dropping into a much bouncier neurofunk stepper. Complex sound design is executed perfectly, with warping reeses and super crisp tops and mids, all slotting together superbly above a powerful sub. Very much a dancefloor track, the bass rhythms are guaranteed to move any crowd, especially on the second drop when it's kicked up a notch with some super heavy bass stabs and rhythms. Absolute weapon for your sets and sure to cause carnage, this collab between these two young Austrians doesn't disappoint!
A very strong debut release from Halflow that's sure to turn some heads in the scene, and no doubt the start of something very special!
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