Sahara (Evolution Chamber)
Welcome to the
Sahara…
The third largest desert in the world, after Antarctica and the Arctic, it covers an epic 9 million km² which is the same size as Canada or America. By day it can reach over 50° in heat. By night it can as cold as -6°. It’s vast, it’s foreboding, its geological history dates back over 4 million years, it’s one of the hottest places on planet earth… And it’s currently the inspiration of the latest sonic adventure from the formidable D&B quartet
Task Horizon.
Following the seismic
‘Like This’ with the legendary
MC Killa P,
‘Sahara’ is the next record from
Task Horizon in a whole slew of dispatches following their short break in releases following their almighty
‘Raised By Robots’ EP in September 2020. That was a time when the club and festival landscape was an actual desert due to Covid, now with dancefloors back and livelier than ever, they return to fire up the raves with all the heat of the iconic north African landscape itself.
‘Sahara’ is everything we need for this essential rave reboot: Powerful strings and yearning human textures create a filmic sense of theatre and tension in the intro before we drop into a turbine groove. Electrifying, high voltage bass tones. Funky, rattling percussion. Vigorous orchestral sweeps. Musical yet mighty, heavy yet uplifting, rooted to the dancefloor but with its mind in faraway lands, this is the sound of
Task Horizon in 2022. Fully loaded and ready for adventure.
Care to join them?
Like This feat. Killa P. (Evolution Chamber)
We rave
‘Like This’. We roll
‘Like This’. We vibe
‘Like This’…
FINALLY, 18 months since their
‘Raised By Robots’ EP way back in September 2020, long-standing D&B collective
Task Horizon return to the
Evolution Chamber mothership with an almighty bang. Get ready for
‘Like This’, an absolute barnstormer of a track featuring the one and only Killa P. Wicked to the core,
‘Like This’ sees the Swiss troop taking things back to drum & bass music’s most rough and ready roots. Pure fire and ice; ‘Like This’ is built up around an incredible grizzled-out turbine bassline, crisp synapse-snapping percussion and venomous one-liners from the legendary Roll Deep
MC Killa P. No epic theatrical frills. No big moments of euphoria. No unnecessary drama. Just timeless tension, heaviness and good old fashioned gully grit. Whatever your chosen subgenre, whatever your technique, we guarantee this will complement your set because it’s raw, it’s honest, it’s straight up D&B mate.
After such a long wait for new material, no one saw this coming. And there’s plenty more to come, too. It’s 2022:
Task Horizon aren’t messing around here. They write
‘Like This’, they play
‘Like This’, they live
‘Like This’.
Let us know if you like this, too!
Raised By Robots EP (Evolution Chamber)
Locked away in the Swiss mountains,
Task Horizon have since delivered their biggest release of 2020. Comprising of four brand new tracks, their ‘Raised by Robots’ EP pulls together the talent which has made their sounds so easily identifiable. After spending years perfecting their craft, they’re about to unleash another set of tracks on
Evolution Chamber and once again joining the ranks of
Receptor and
Magnetude, the label’s looking as one of the strongest contenders of this year. Its unstoppable release schedule is a testament to this.
‘Legacy’ stands as the EP’s starting point and on top of zapping bass stabs, plucked electronic strings and a climatic first breakdown, it pulls you deep into the world of
Task Horizon. Following suit is
‘Shrink Ray’, with rolling drum rhythms and twists of sonic crackling beneath its percussion.
‘Mindfragger’ focuses more on the group’s chaotic side, drawing you in through its fluctuating note patterns and driving synthesis. Then finally the package is ended by
‘Drowning in Fire’, a track which goes for the jugular for another selection with cutthroat precision and chaotic drum sequences. The refined mechanics of
Task Horizon ooze through the record whilst it ducks and dives through its jagged bassline across ‘Drowning in Fire’, showing their penchant for carefully orchestrated sonic chaos. The story of
‘Raised by Robots’ streams across both the EP’s music and artwork, which is a defining part of
Evolution Chamber’s short history. It’s a label of epic and creative proportions; through artists like
Task Horizon, they’ve been able to blur the lines between drum & bass and the sci-fi reality of their musical vision.
Hack the Planet EP (Evolution Chamber)
The full
‘Hack the Planet’ EP is about to drop from
Task Horizon and it’s an explosive collection of tracks. Following their singles
‘Disintegrate’ and
‘Mekaneck’, which reaffirmed their place amongst the darker underground of drum & bass, they’re set to follow this with their brand-new track ‘Inner Worlds’. After launching their label
Evolution Chamber alongside Anglo Russian pair
Magnetude, as well as the ingenious musical mind that is
Receptor, its quickly gained popularity due to their varied, yet cutthroat styles. ‘Inner Worlds’ follows this same pattern, refined through the type of production which
Task Horizon is renowned for. Something which is instantly recognisable from anything that the Switzerland based four-piece put out.
‘Inner Worlds’ has already been doing the rounds online and it’s become heavily sought after following their set supporting
Andy C in Zurich. It now finally gets a release and whilst it weaves melodies through their expertly engineered synthesis, its cutting drum patterns retain their sharp edges.
Task Horizon prove their still masters of their craft throughout
‘Inner Worlds’ and it brings the
‘Hack the Planet’ project to a close. But this won’t be the last from Task Horizon for 2020 – there’s plenty of music which they’re set to drop in the coming months. This will be highly anticipated by a fan base which has steadily watched the ascent of
Evolution Chamber and its expanding catalogue.
Interlinked EP (EATBRAIN)
Task Horizon return to
Eatbrain with the four track
Interlinked EP, furthering their hi-tech drum & bass sound following the release of the
Overclocking Reality EP on the label in February of 2018. The titular
Interlinked leaps almost immediately into overdrive, surging forth from the gate with razor sharp basses and speeding percussion. Featured next is the
Immortality Protocol VIP, a reworking of their previous collaboration with
Magnetude that maintains the original’s cinematic atmosphere whilst warping its bassline into a sinister & swarming sonic texture.
Tacerface’s shocking syncopated rhythms impact with unparalleled power through their expression via devastatingly weaponised percussive elements. Closing the EP is
Technosh!t, which moves with steady pace as shimmering melodics float atop its motive beat. With b>Interlinked,
Task Horizon once more display the unique synthesis of skill borne of their
four-part collaborative effort, displaying their tech-fuelled sound with continued devotion.
Overclocking Reality EP (EATBRAIN)
Task Horizon’s hiatus was a mystery felt throughout the world of drum & bass secluded within the mountains of Switzerland, their scrupulously engineered cuts once littered the sets artists across the genre’s spectrum. And for the New Year, they’ve delivered a five track EP of standalone tracks and collaborations for
Eatbrain, a label who’ve taken dominion over the underground’s most vital corners.
The foursome are about to unleash their technically orchestrated
Overclocking Reality package onto the masses. Its title-track rolls out with a deceptive intro, one which begins to swell amongst rolling drums pads and ethereal synths. Up next comes a collaboration with German stalwarts
Neonlight, delivering a melting pot of stellar musical aptitudes.
Enigma Machine is fast paced, unforgiving and oozes with menace, whilst featuring orchestral undertones that nod to the expert musicality of both production groups.
Magnetude also jump on board for
Immortality Protocol, another sci-fi inspired record pumping with extra terrestrial samples and metallic percussion. Next up,
M-920 Cain crashes forward with hollowed kicks and robotic vocal snippets, a dancefloor-lead anthem which is chaotic in its detonation. And finally, your aural synapses are snared by finishing track
Flight Simulator. Each electronically keyed note and rattling hi-hat leaves you mercilessly submerged, before the record breaks down into growling bass riddims and fluctuating distortion. Task Horizon has resurfaced and with the platform of a formidable imprint. Beside
Eatbrain, they’re marked to once again inject their vision into the DNA of drum & bass.