10 Years of Patterns: SBTRKT (DJ)

Next up in our series of 10 Year celebration parties is someone we have been longing to book for years. SBTRKT finally makes his Patterns debut this April.

SBTRKT is a musical project led by London based recording artist and producer Aaron Jerome that crosses genres. SBTRKT is readying a new creative endeavour with the release of a brand new album, his first in six years, The Rat Road.

The album wears its emotions openly as SBTRKT takes the listener on a journey through euphoria and melancholia. In the same minute, footwork is melded into four-to-floor techno while screeching electronics and synth-heavy production are reminiscent of his early work. Mutant garage lives alongside pop-leaning future-synth production adding new colours to SBTRKTS palette while taut, wiry slices pop and fizz with menacing energy in his distinct mode of expression. At other times, its reminiscent of the Los Angeles 2000s beat-tape scene. The Rat Road is a true marriage of genres with SBTRKTs febrile presence felt throughout, prioritising intention and purpose over spectacle.

Drake gave a glimpse into the sound as he unexpectedly used one of the album's tracks FORWARD as the emotive soundtrack for his Her Loss album announcement video.

When I create music from its start point, I'm trying to depict how I feel in that moment, he explains. I start everything from a blank page. What I create first has to be free of boundaries.