VA - SUM 4 (2018)

It's that time again... We're back with the fourth killer installment of our various artists series SUM, and after sorting through demos and receiving tracks from friends and colleagues, we've come up with a stellar nine track collection of pulse-pounding ''4-to-the-floor'' mayhem from some of today's freshest craftsmen. Kicking things off is Second State mainstay Wigbert with a slick display of energetic drums and mesmerizing tones on 'My Music'. Thomas Hoffknecht's '264' follows suit with a barrage of sound perfect for sweat drenched late night antics. S.M.O.D. - Smilla's and Oliver Deutschmann's new project - deliver a rapid fire cut with their track 'Trunk', where a winding synth ensues a percussive storm, before Rudosa and Hush & Sleep pursue with a wall of eccentric sonic blasts and a wall of aggressive percussion on 'Extinction', resulting in the perfect modern take on classic rave aesthetics. Two of Naples best exports, Markantonio and Lerio Corrado, step up next and dish out a sinister, yet uplifting number with 'Motherland'. JSPR follows up with his brutally pleasurable 'Build Your Walls Around Me'. Next, our VA takes a turn into slightly more melodic and emotional domain as confidns drop a bomb with their future classic '6 Sekunden', before Black Peters' 'Individual Force' drives the compilation into headier territories as he constructs an other-worldly trek via mischievous melodics and heartfelt harmonics. Avision's 'Feel It' rounds out the compilation with it's fever-inducing groove and a vigorous gate solidifying another unique display of today's best artists. Second State's SUM IV is here.