Biome/Kryptic Minds - The Raven/Hybrid (Biome Remix) - OSMUK017

Biome/Kryptic Minds - The Raven/Hybrid (Biome Remix)

Release On : Osiris Music - 04 June 2012

This is the 17th release on Kryptic Minds' own Osiris Music label, and Biome has pulled out a corker. Featuring brand new ‘The Raven’ on the A side, and finally giving his ‘Hybrid’ remix a much needed release on the B side, after a long time knocking about on Youngsta’s Rinse Fm show.

Biome is well known for providing a wealth of ferocious bass rips and noises (check out tunes like ‘Propaganda’), and he certainly doesn’t disappoint with ‘The Raven.’ The combination of sporadic, soaring pads washed in reverb, and the variety of huge bass rips fills out the spectrum and gives the listener a masterclass in space and depth.

The huge drum sounds of the kick and snare are complemented perfectly by tribal percussion, and a huge range of effects and tonal shouts and blips triggering big delays and reverb tails, as is typical of Biome and other producers of this ‘dungeon’ sound.

The bridge section is one of the most beautiful of it’s kind in this genre, massive ethereal pads, accompanied by vocal noises and lush, arpeggiated blips. A true master of this sound Biome has delivered a huge track that could be one of his stand out releases so far.

On the flip side is one of the best remixes I’ve heard for a long while, Biome takes the already brilliant Kryptic Minds track, ‘Hybrid,’ and delivers a revamped, rejuvenated and signature Biome sounding tune.

Taking the spacious original mix, which has seemingly few elements to it at first listen, and injecting his own sound Biome turns this mix into a monster.

Biome has kept a lot of the original elements in there, for starters the big ‘womp-ing’ noises, typical of Kryptic Minds, and the huge, never-ending reverb tails and delays that fill the mix so nicely. It is what he has put in that takes this track to another level. As per norm, Biome has thrown in a massive variety of bass noises, big rips, and modulated filter work, filling the gaps and carrying this tune on a much more exciting tip. That’s no indication that Kryptic Minds weren’t unexciting, they have their signature sound that their fans know and love, myself included, and Biome cranks it up a notch.

If you are a fan of Kryptic Minds, Biome, or any artist that finds themselves played out by Youngsta, then this is definitely for you.