E-Z Rollers

• Genre: Jungle/Drum 'n' Bass
• Hometown: Norfolk

About

The E-Z Rollers have long been one of Drum 'n' Bass's most respected production teams, with their lush, jazzy instrumentation and innovative breakbeats. Their tunes develop slowly, with gentle, gradual buildups and precisely timed breakdowns. And their use of space and silence knows few peers in Drum 'n' Bass. Spare keyboard riffs ring out over vast silent expanses accompanied by solitary, ticking hi-hats, before flowering into shimmering soundscapes made of intricate breakbeats, string sounds, and sweet ambiance. The bass lines enter gradually as well, with subtle, subharmonic tones stretching out over multiple measures. Wordless vocal samples and trumpet solos breathe additional life into delicate sonic landscapes which dissolve, cotton candy-like, into passages of pure rhythm. Versatile within their genre, the E-Z Rollers can just as easily lay down jazzy two-step grooves: deep, sliding basslines, wah-wah guitars, and horn sections offer a stuttering, fractured take on the juicy, overstuffed sounds of Acid Jazz.

- Noah Enelow