Premiere: LWS – Rev Up

Music

The Glaswegian up and comer makes his debut on local imprint Redstone Press.

Driving through the city at night he felt free. The roads were clear, the lights low and barely a sound could be heard: the streets belonged to him and no-one else. For hours he’d snake through the city, feeling the wind in his hair, before taking his journey on to the highways and putting pedal to the metal. It was his adult playground, it granted him an escape that little else could. When he fired up the engine, he awakened his inner child…

Glasgow’s LWS has been catching the ear of tastemakers since he started making his percussive and drum-heavy bass cuts. The up-and-coming producer has already made pitstops at labels like Tdsr, Eyeangle Records and MELD, as well as launching his own Matrice Recordings which started life at the beginning of this year. Now he keeps it local again with a debut on Redstone Press, a label who have been making similar waves to the young producer. Hot on the heels of their fourth release with Henry Greenleaf, they draft in LWS for his Aerosol EP, a collection of leftfield bass tracks that range from high energy workouts to wonky chugging grooves. The release is available as a special limited run of 100 records, which are not to be slept on…