I’m not one for air punching, but when “RX-7” opens up and the beat just starts pulverizing away…well, my arms just get going, and I just hope I’m far enough from my computer screen. This is what Broken Haze does so well in his music, and “RX-7” (from a forthcoming release, premiered today at Insert)…
Broken Haze’s chop-shop bass continues to reveal new layers to itself. The producer’s newest release, the VTEC EP, explores similar right-off-the-production-line sounds as previous releases via the BetaPack collective — opener “NSX” features drill sounds among other garage details, rounded out by tight bass notes and party-starting percussion. Despite the sleek, chrome exterior, Broken Haze…
Since helping launch Beta Pack a while back, producer Broken Haze has embraced a piston-pounding, all around aggressive sound that seemingly draws inspiration from the world of cars. The Nizmo EP is the latest exploration of this HD-like approach to hard-hitting dance, featuring four new songs full of trunk-rattling beats and shiny synthesizer notes. Opener…
Tokyo collective Betapack joins with Sydney-based label Sidechains for a brief but bulldozing set of songs. The artists repping both sides of this split approach electronic music from a steely, clanging angle, with every song here featuring percussion and little sonic details that give them a chilly, metallic feel. Broken Haze has been doing this…
Strangely enough, it now sounds strange hearing Broken Haze’s bright electronic tunes without a voice on top of it. Blame it on the weird glory of “Limo,” which forced AAA’s designated rapper to move at lightspeed, but somehow that one has made an instrumental like “Highway Star” sound like a sudden left turn…despite this being…