Economy of force is one of the best ways to describe the sound of Ambush records. Based in South London, it stands as a hopeful flash point in the micro-conservative landscape of electronic dance music.
Started in 1997 by
Toby Reynolds (
DJ Scud) and Jason Skeet (
Aphasic) it operates from a refreshingly intuitive perspective. With an approach that acknowledges a distinctly contemporary mind-set Ambush represent the most recent branch of modern adventurous music. Influences like power electronics, free improvisation and musique concrete, give Ambush a strong sense of precedent, while the frameworks of drum & bass, hardcore techno, hip-hop and dancehall reggae gives it firm roots in the populist tradition of soundsystem culture.
The label has stopped in August 2006. No future plans are yet known.