Blocks and Escher's own label Narratives Music returns with its second release of 2018 and presents a package of special music that has gained regular plays across BBC Radio 1 and throughout the summer festival season.
The A Side of this split single sees the relative newcomer, Ilk, shine brightly with "The Sound of Falling". This beautifully emotive piece toes the line between melancholia and energy with its instantly recognisable intro of doppler effect brass fading down into a wall of reece and driving percussion. Having gained weekly plays on Rene La Vice's radio show, featured as DJMag's Stone Cold killer track for September and gained the highest praise from the likes of Doc Scott; "The Sound of Falling" is as close as Narratives Music gets to a 'summer anthem'.
The double A side see's SB81 return to the Narratives Camp with the futuristic tech step of "Reversal". Cold and minimal, this piece cuts a contrasting tone to the A Side and replaces emotion with sheer mood and a narrative wholeheartedly dystopian. For a track with little emphasis on soul, "Reversal" has still fed the appetite across the sub genres of drum & bass and found its way into the record bag of luminaries such as Lenzman, Kid Drama and Loxy to name but a few.
Support from Doc Scott, Renaat Vandepapeliere (R&S), Jubei, Om Unit, Blocks and Escher, Lenzman, Rene La Vice, Kid Drama, Loxy.