Hermione Hoby 

Chase and Status: Brand New Machine – review

The drum'n'bass duo's latest offering, laden with guest spots, offers little in the way of innovation, writes Hermione Hoby
  
  


It's an inaptly named third album for a drum'n'bass duo who have doggedly planted themselves at the blunter edge of British dance music, albeit with so much chart success that they went up against the Rolling Stones at Glastonbury this year. The only things that are new are some of the names – US rapper Knytro and London soul singer Moko among them – although the guest spots feel like utilitarian cogs in one big commercial machine. It's filled with meat-and-potatoes beats, which, despite their dangerous titles (Machine Gun, Wickedest Man) are more likely to make you check your watch than lose your head.

 

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