- Neana has been affiliated with Night Slugs since 2013, though aside from two white label bootlegs, he's never had his own release on the label. The London producer makes a promising debut on Evaser, cloaking Night Slugs' lean brand of club music in satin textures and day-glo colours.
Neana's music sits somewhere between grime and ballroom. Tracks like "Tell Her" and "Neans Anthem" make conspicuous use of ballroom's exaggerated stabs, though where some producers might relish in the genre's violent spasms, Neana softens the blow. On the triumphant "Neans Anthem," he layers melodies like a woven basket, making your focus move to the leads and whirring samples, not the pounding drums. The same goes for "Cruz Control," where a giddy melody pirouettes like the Knight Rider theme caught in a whirlpool, while even the starker "Fidelity" is overloaded with samples of animals growling and squawking. Neana's music is lavish and crammed with ideas, but it sometimes lacks the characteristics of the best Night Slugs records: the push-and-pull between quiet and loud, and the tension that can make a room blow at any second.
Tracklist01. Neans Anthem
02. Cruz Control
03. Tell Her
04. Fidelity