At Raw Tactics, we take great pleasure in exploring explosive new underground dance music, combining elements of grime, garage, dubstep and everything in between as often as we can. This time around we welcome back the enigmatic sounds of our very own Tigs, who delivers two absolute bombshells that we can’t wait to unveil.
Over the years we have seen the Tigs sound take on many different avenues, again drawing elements from all different areas of the UK underground dance sector.
These two originals are a great example of those styles being merged as we open up the project with ‘Real Thing’. This one takes a eski-style cello line across it’s introduction, immediately driving the mood down a grimey avenue, with skippy 2-stepper drums then arriving to reforge these sounds into a potent garage bubbler, topped with gnarly synth sounds and resonant FX behind.
Next, we take a peek at ‘Flatline’, a very valid b-side that again opens our eyes to the multi-influence driven road we find Tigs on. This one takes a much more typically garage approach, utilizing heart monitor beeps and dissonant pad sweeps to create an eerie atmosphere. This unearthly feeling is then shattered as warbling reesey LFO’s and intense synth arpeggios are let loose upon the drop, giving us a very tasty secondary weapon.
Both of these originals will hold some serious weight in the dance, with Tigs again proving both his quality and versatility.
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