MEL - Livewire [VPR268]

Buy/stream: Known for her killer skills during live sets and her insanely entertaining radio residencies at Data Transmission and Rough Tempo, MEL is also quickly becoming recognised as one of drum and bass’ finest up and coming producers. She was the first female artist to ever be nominated for an award in the Drum and Bass arena awards best track category as well as a nomination for best newcomer in 2021 is safe to say MEL is making waves in the scene right now. Here at Viper Recordings we are immensely excited to welcome MEL to imprint with her release Live Wire. Live Wire is a warping slab of hard hitting, neuro mix with a squelchy, jump up influenced bassline. Highly distorted synths twist through the body of the track weaving their way through layers of punchy stop-start hats and a thick soundscape full of techy hits. The ominous breakdown, laden with modulated vocals barely gives us a chance to catch our breath before we’re thrown back into the intoxicatingly relentless mix.