Detroit's Filthiest returns with his third EP of the year, switching it up this time to D&B offerings on ‘Reign Supreme’. The Baghdad-born, Detroit-made musician (real name Julian Shamou) boasts 25 years as a multi-genre artist. DJ Nasty, Digitek, 313 Bass Mechanics - these were his aliases in the '90s when he was part of a movement from Detroit that established Ghettotech as a DJ style as well as an electronic music genre.
In 2015, following Disclosure's sampling of his ‘Pass Out’ track (as 313 Bass Mechanics) for their track ‘Bang That’, he re-entered the game as Detroit's Filthiest. He's gone on to release a host of tracks, covering electro, house, techno, D&B and more - often blending them with soul and funk - for labels including Casa Voyager, Defected, Defrostatica, Bass Agenda, Philthtrax, Motech Records and his own Motor City Electro Company.
The EP opens with ‘Hate 2 Love U’ with its use of cut-up vocals. ‘Heat Of Passion’ brings a laidback piano melody possibly for smooth summer nights. The breakbeat-fuelled ‘Spirit Of Ecstasy’ follows, before the more upbeat ‘Exploration Of Sound’, and closer ‘Wet To The Dry’ delivers funk to the D&B beats.
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