Utterly flawless contemporary drum’n’bass from beyond the ultraworld. Minimalist, purist, elementalist. Droned, dubbed, drummed. Stepped, reduced, redacted. Heavier than a really heavy thing. Drum’n’bass is the sound of the future — since the ghost of 30 Christmases past. …

Disclaimer: I don’t particularly like “year-end lists.” They reinforce a lot of unhealthy habits and practices w/r/t music consumption, much like “Record Store Day” does.Nevertheless it’s fun to look back on some records I enjoyed this year—note that a handful of these came out in 2016 (and one comes out…