Brooklyn based producer ‘Only Ruin’ may be flying under the radar, but they’ve no doubt been keeping busy. With the end of 2019 seeing their first full length album release, they’ve shown no sign of slowing down, consistently pumping out fresh tracks since the turn of the new year. Coining their style “dark ambient synth and bass”, their diverse catalogue consists of glitchy and stabbing IDM, dark ambient and bass heavy downtempo, deep pulsating techno, and with their latest release ‘brks1030’, moody and melodic DnB.
With a catalogue of primarily heady sounds, ‘brks1030’ shows a step in a new direction, sitting somewhere between visceral and dancefloor- ready. With the elements of the track playing in contrast to one another, the rapid breaks that define the track provide a vehicle for the deep synthesized bass, swelling chords, and disjunct melody to propel forward.
Only Ruin is one to keep an eye on in the new decade. If you’re into ‘brks1030’, be sure to check out the rest of their catalogue: