DJ Normal 4 – Mental Command Terror

Lately, the intersections between hardcore, jungle and techno have been navigated with ease by disparate British producers, but not exclusively so. The French label Brothers From Different Mothers has also gone deep on the rhythmic bends of those soundsystem hybrids. J-Zbel explored such crossovers with articulate enthusiasm, while others have made passing gestures to the breakbeats (The Pilotwings’ “Congo Libre”) and gnarled surfaces (“Sonar System” by Basses Terres and Fugal) that emerge from splicing hardcore’s DNA.