KETTAMA – Higher [SCDD]

KETTAMA brings his signature full-on rave-fuelled house to Mall Grab’s SCDD label with ‘Higher (Steel City Power House), which is out now.

The Galway producer has exploded through the ranks thanks to his euphoric core-rattling cuts on a plethora of seminal labels, including R&S Records, Shall Not Fade, Dance Trax, Madhouse, and most recently his rework of Anastasia Kristensen’s ‘Voice Within’ on Houndstooth. ‘Higher (Steel City Power House)’ marks his debut on the Australian/London-based imprint, who have been championing genre-fluid music and artists for the last five years – a perfect home for KETTAMA’s raucous bass-heavy output. 

This is a fast, relentless, in your face barrage of heavy drums beefed up with hi-hats and all the percussion in the shop, spiced with febrile female soul-drenched vocal riffs. Breakdowns with jumping keyboard chords or swoony white noise barely let up on the onslaught on the senses; this is one to get temperatures sky-high for summer ravers.