Toronto beatsmith Alan Lam’s music making career — one that is approaching the two decade milestone — is the stuff of legends. Adopting the pseudonym Stranjah, the Version Recordings founder has built a prolific back catalog of releases highlighted by issuances on heavyweight imprints 31 Records, DSCI4, and seminal Drum & Bass recording label Metalheadz.

When Renegade Hardware headman Clayton Hines announced last June that the following year would be the beloved label’s last, he stated that Hardware would “intend to go out with a bang” with several huge records in the works before the long running outfit was effectively dissolved. The Reflections LP is one of said huge records, an all-world compilation album featuring a killer VIP of Stranjah‘s drum smasher “Intalus“.

Opening with a decidedly deeper tribal minmalist feel than its original counterpart, the Intalus VIP slowly progresses into familiar territory; twisted synth stabs, nightmarish percussion, punishing drum break choppage, and deep deadly sub bass.

– Joe Crilla

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Renegade Hardware has been a catalyst for Drum and Bass music, by not only representing future sounds of the genre but by keeping mindful in paying respect to its roots. REFLECTIONS is one such project. Giving listeners a walk down that old school feel of DnB, bass heavy, soulful, jungle beats from producers such as Loxy, Stranjah, N-17, Ink, Alix Perez, Aspect and more. Constantly pushing sound, championing new talent and ideas. The album's 11 cuts are a sure bet in that Hardware's signature sound lives on with the labels long standing soldiers and new global conscripts.

Album out May 6, 2016

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