Whilst Koarse is not a particularly known producer in the scene, the artist's second solo EP is a statement of the talent the 23-year-old has in abundance. The 4 tracker provides a varied glitchy insight into what this young producer has been slaving away to release on the masses.

The reece led "Brief Fundamentals" is personally my favourite on the EP. Providing the listener with an onslaught of relentless sounds, carefully set in between clever fills and placed upon a simple yet effective steppy drum pattern.

Next, we have the title track to the EP, the stomper formally known as 'Dissonance'. Need I say more this is straight up a track designed to test your mind and make you lose your shit.

We round of Koarses work with the haunting 'Proceed to be Haunted'. A hybrid crossover between crossbreed and neuro. Industrially modified snares accompany a rippling sub tearing through the dancefloor at 3 am separating the strong from the weak!

Tell us a bit about yourself.

I'm a sound artist from the Netherlands, my main job is teaching sound design and my experimentation in making techy club music supplies the knowledge for this. I approach music from a microscopic scale and I intend to make whatever I can from scratch which results in a sound I feel I can truly call my own. The type of music that interests me most is dark and large in perceived scale but also groovy and danceable, this together creates the aesthetic of what I produce.

What drew you to produce Drum & Bass?

I really like the scene. The first real event I ever went to was Noisia Invites and I was instantly hooked. The atmosphere and the selection of music just made perfect sense so after that I kept working to get my music to feel right with that context. There was a general embrace of experimentation yet also a standard of quality most other genres don't come close to, this felt like the perfect place to learn and grow.

Do you produce or are interested in delving into other genres?

Definitely! I've always considered myself a multigenre producer and DJ, and while I mostly focus on Drum & Bass I find most of my inspiration elsewhere. I've released a few Hardcore records and will probably continue to do so in the future as the genre is very fun to make. I used to also produce a lot of modern "Americanised" Dubstep, but I've been less interested in it as of late as my taste has moved to more industrial/brooding corners of sound. As such I've been making a lot of darker broken beat Techno stuff, but if I ever plan on releasing that it'll go on another alias, given that the culture there is very different.

Which track out of any genre would you most like to remix and think your spin on production would benefit most?

This is actually a really difficult question, most music that makes me want to play with it is also way too good to try and improve on. But if I let go of the preconception that it must objectively be better than the original my answer would be Cthulhu Sleeps by deadmau5. This track has been a favourite of mine ever since it came out as the mix of dark atmosphere and bouncy energy really excites me. I feel like I could definitely expand upon it in an interesting way and potentially turn it into something I can play at a DnB event. Might be worth giving a shot!

My main goal is to play as many cool shows as possible. I love DJ'ing even more than producing and I already love producing more than pretty much everything else. Showing people music they wouldn't have found otherwise is super fun and balancing known bangers with deep cuts is a delicate process that I love testing the limits of. So I always want to try to keep the weird and expressive part of my craft in focus, a big podium is not worth as much if I can't play what I'd want to play. The steps I'm taking are as follows: make more strange music, release said music on as many labels as possible and consistently play good sets whenever I'm booked. Easier said than done of course but I'm fairly patient. I've been at it for quite a while now and I personally believe slow and steady growth to be the most sustainable, especially when trying to not pigeonhole yourself.

Any special shoutouts you want to mention?

Oh yes definitely, all the people who helped me with feedback or encouragement throughout the process of making this: MISSIN, William Light, Wavolizer, Latesleeper, The Caracal Project, Dauwpunt, Geck-O, Wingz, KLAHRK, Eauki and some others I might be forgetting. All of these people make incredible things themselves and their encouragement meant the world to me. Aside from this, I want to thank all my other friends in the producer Discord chats for hanging with me throughout the last year, you really made a life without events much more bearable.

Buy the Dissonance EP here.