Adam Beyer and Eli Brown’s feverishly anticipated debut collaboration, two tracker ‘Overdose of Bass’ is finally out now on Drumcode!
Adam Beyer and Eli Brown collaborative release has been feverishly anticipated by fans keeping tabs on their growing friendship and further excited by the pair’s first official B2B at Lisbon’s Brunch Electronik in September. Now ‘Overdose of Bass’ EP is here, a power-packed techno two-tracker enriched by diverse elements, out now on Beyer’s Drumcode.
It also marks Eli Brown’s welcome return to the label after his massive collaboration this January ‘When I Push’ with Layton Giordani and OFFAIAH following Brown’s 2022 EP ‘Deep Down’. The EP ‘Overdose of Bass’ combines recent developments and past influences of both techno giants.
‘Overdose of Bass’: the title track has rattling snares and a breaksy beat ushering in a spoken vocal layering different levels of processing, for a half sensual, half robotic riff – ‘there it goes/ overdose/of bass’ – with the doppler siren builds, giving a spacey, mysterious call and response. Hypnotic, disturbing, and edgy.
‘Living In The Moment’: an urgent techno beat, a Moroder-esque bass synth, and a recurrent riff like a signal becoming ever more high and desperate, are counterpointed by an ethereal, quavering, sweet female vocal, strengthened by the melodic build in the huge central breakdown. Urgent, demanding, hyper, this is dancefloor heaven.
Adam Beyer’s revered status as a producer, DJ and leading label head of Drumcode and Truesoul is unquestionable. His outstanding contribution to electronic music, via his own releases across his pioneering 30+ year career, and his seminal electronic imprints which have launched many upcoming talents as well as spotlighting global superstars has made him a household name. With his productions, the Swedish powerhouse still consistently pushes boundaries, especially in his recent EP ‘Don’t Go’, after solo EP ‘Ghost Kiss’ and his massive debut Vintage Culture collaboration. Experimenting with techno enhanced by melodic elements, vocal processing/vocoders and creative use of samples from world cultures, the dynamic producer keeps on evolving and surprising his legions of fans.
“I think Eli is one of the key artists to bring a fresh energy and perspective to club techno in recent years and it’s been cool collaborating with him, both in the studio and behind the decks in the B2Bs we’ve played, with the Drumcode show in Lisbon being a particular highlight’ Adam says. ‘I think with Overdose Of Bass we’ve perfectly blended our two respective styles and sounds. I’m really pleased to be able to finally share this with the Drumcode family as it’s been a big track in many of my sets through 2024.”