- Klaus 'Heavyweight' Hill, previously one half of the 2Sinners crew has been branching out on his own lately with releases coming out on labels like his own 2S2 (home of the Autobots crew), Rennie Pilgrem's TCR and the massive Ministry Of Sound. Northern Lights/Inside Mind is his third release on Mob Records with his previous two releases earning the man the recognition he deserved.
Side A. Northern Lights
Northern Lights starts it's journey sounding like an industrial German techno track with stomping 4 to the floor beats, crashing snares and acid squelches during the introduction. After the buildup, Klaus pulls out a heavy bass riff - giving it a notable rock edge with enough "oomph" to rumble the speakers, while adding in some tribal percussion to give it a breaky feel and plenty of vocal stabs. It's a dark and gruesome cut made for peak time floors and having been witness to hearing it played live by the man himself prompted me to find out what the hell was causing all the commotion.
Side B. Inside Mind
The flip side sees Klaus taking a deeper trip into nu-skool breaks with Inside Mind. The long introduction is comprised of tight rolling breaks, drawn out tech-sweeps right before it takes a sharp turn into the darker side of breaks with a distorted bass line and plenty of crazy tech stabs. A quick breakdown settles things down a bit leaving the synths and minimal beats to do the work before things become hectic again with a massive synth melody and "hardcore" style breakbeats (especially towards the end when the beats go solo - thankyou I'll take that and loop it!). Unfortunately it felt a little too messy for my liking when compared to the majesty of Northern Lights.