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Baitercell and Schumacher: The Wall Of Bass Technique

Handicapped by a lumpen, self-congratulatory opening title track, TWOFBT improves with ear-enticing vocal contributions from Tuff Enchant and Flow on Show. A four-year labour of love, Chris Chetland (Baitercell) seems to be wearing many hats - mixing, engineering and mastering the disc at his Kog Transmissions office. Described as 'rave hop' the tracks are aimed squarely at the dancefloor and are most potent when skulking synth lines are let loose to ravage the room. Chetland has one eye on US producers Lil' Jon and maybe Jay-Z. Famously containing one of the biggest breaks tunes of 2004 (What's Down Low), the Boomschwack inclusion Lay It Down and current Bex Riley voiced single Lock and Load, the album will have an enthusiastic audience already. Riley's mannerisms are given free reign and vacillate between sexy and lazy. Most interesting are the rattling snare drum histronics of Silence, Jordan Reyne's moody mantra Leap of Faith and rapid-fire ragga rave The Bass is Injected. An uneven but significant milestone in Kiwi breaks-based pop production.

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