THE UNTOUCHABLES 'LOST KNOWLEDGE' 3LP [MARBLED WAX]

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Four years on from their landmark Grassroots, visionary half-time heavyweights TheUntouchables return with their third album, Lost Knowledge. Your browser does not support HTML5 au dio. Large toggle button 00:00 / 00:00 Previous track button Next track button Small toggle button A1. DRUNKEN BELLS Small toggle button A2. MAFIA TOWN Small toggle button B1. LOST KNOWLEDGE Small toggle button B2. BUSY BONES Small toggle button C1. GHOST PLATE BONGO Small toggle button C2. DARK DIMENSION Small toggle button D1. FOUR EARED DEMON Small toggle button D2. HEADS HIGH Small toggle button E1. PHASE CORRELATION Small toggle button E2. TRIBE Small toggle button F1. RUDE ENFORCER Small toggle button F2. THE GREAT WARRIOR The duo of Kate McGilland Ajit 'Nitrox' Steyns have carved out a space in modern D&B all their own, buildingon a legacy that reaches back to the late 00s to keep pushing into unexplored terrainwith an assured and deadly line in rhythmic intrigue and atmospheric immersion. Lost Knowledge launches into action instantly with the high-pressure drum scienceand dubby splashes of 'Drunken Bells', capturing the loopy techno propulsion androlling intensity that drives so much of the output on Samurai Music. Where TheUntouchables excel is in finding variety and nuance in their relatively forbidding, pareddown sound. The heads-down groove of 'Mafia Town' owes as much to dembow anddancehall as D&B, while 'Lost Knowledge' spirals out into psychoactive flurries ofsynth strafes and organic percussion slathered in tight-locked delay trails. There's nolight relief from strident hooks or riffs, just a pure, unshakeable commitment to thepower of the beat and deeply designed layers of sound shaping out the space around. 'Busy Bones' makes space for carefully deployed hints of pad tone while the snaressnap out of the mix with a sharp set of teeth. 'Four Eared Demon' baits the gabbercrowd with its rapid-fire 4/4 hats atop seasick creaks across the midrange, keepingsubtlety and patience in the lower frequencies to maintain the signature elegancereadily associated with The Untouchables. 'Phase Correlation' teases an artfullyunhinged ripple of synth that stands out amongst the murky murmurs filling out themiddle distance, but it's still exercised with brutal precision. Nothing happens by accident or feels out of place - McGill and Steyns are in totalcontrol, and they demonstrate incredible range and inventive approaches within theirfocused style. The accent of the grooves shifts, and individual sounds carry all kinds ofartefacts, yet everything gets folded into the exacting Untouchables sound with aliberal dubwise sensibility. Brimming with inspiration and immaculately produced, onLost Knowledge their one-of-a-kind sound is stronger than ever. Cat No: SMDELP16LTDExpected: End October 2025 Show more