Riot Ten is again with a brand new album, Requiem for a Riot, out now through Monstercat.
There’s one thing charmingly contradictory about titling your album Requiem for a Riot when each observe sounds designed to incite one. The undertaking is a no-holds-barred showcase of the dubstep maximalism on which he is constructed his title.
The El Paso-born DJ and producer has crafted one thing that feels prefer it was plucked out of a Mad Max chase scene, all grinding gears and explosive momentum. The album options 15 pummeling tracks, together with collaborations with Deorro, TYNAN, Smoakland and Versa.
Every bleeds into the following with relentless momentum, lacing gritty hip-hop influences by means of ferocious manufacturing. Highlights embrace the woozy banger “Bass Bop” and the genre-bending “2 Da Ground,” the place Riot Ten teamed up with Deorro and J. Cruze to provide a compelling mix of cumbia and dubstep.
Opening up in regards to the album, Riot Ten painted an image of a undertaking untethered from inventive boundaries or expectations.
“Requiem for a Riot isn’t solely the most important physique of labor I’ve ever launched, however I am additionally probably the most happy with it as effectively,” he stated. “I believe this album actually encapsulates my range as an artist—and total need to not be held to any ‘style norms.’ Many of those songs have lived in my stay units because the finish of final yr, so I am stoked to lastly be releasing them.”
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