Kaiju (2)

Man these guys were so fucking sick back in the day and I remember the excitement everyone was feeling about them around mid 2010s after a series of unreal releases on Osiris, Ruffcut and Lion Charge. Words can't describe the excitement me and a lot of people felt after their Hedmuk mix or their Minimal Mondays appearance with Flowdan on Rinse.

Then the Medi signing came and everyone was gassed and we got a sick first release but had that feeling of okay we're just warming up, there's more sickness to come. Was followed by a pretty okay but nothing special dubby whitelabel and a imo pretty good album. They released a couple absolutely sick mixes around this time packed from start to end of absolute fire, further increasing the excitement. And then... nothing.

These guys literally could have been the greatest thing to come out of dubstep, they really were the sickest producers at the time.

They've since released some of their older material but I think the time has passed for these tracks. Apart from Fear No One, they're not their strongest tracks and sound a bit dated now. Massive shame.

Perhaps the signing to Medi was a mistake? The amount of sick dubs these guys were sitting on was unreal, for basically none of them to be released at the time they were the hottest. Also the number of times seeing them on the bill for a Deep Medi night, for them to only play the warm up slot.

This has been a massive ramble but in short, RIP Kaiju

What can be said for these two other than that the music speaks for itself really. I have said before, they make it sound effortless! Whether its dubwise, dank dungeon or vocal slung 140 tracks they seem to have a style that is pure quality and can bridge sub-genres within the spectrum with ease. My only criticism is that they have held their dubs for too long without release but that is of course, entirely their prerogative.

Mala did well to snaffle them after Osiris changed direction and its good to see the output is not restricted by Deep Medi, not that they would anyway but its reassuring they are being left to do what they do best.....