Spurred on by the ever-worsening cost of living crisis and a government drowning in corruption, West Country-born D&B producer Rockwell has linked up with Lewisham’s finest, Novelist, to tear the Tories a new one on his latest single “Peak”.
A lurching, beefy bit of low-end and some rattling breakbeats give Novelist the backdrop for his defiant call to arms. “More bread, more dough, everybody’s gotta eat, time’s getting peak”, rings out the refrain, before Novelist runs through just a small handful of the Tories lengthy list of shortcomings.
“Peak” also includes a sample of RMT’s Eddie Dempsey’s appearance on The Jeremy Vine Show earlier this year when he issued some solid-gold bars to remind us we’re “being mugged” and that “the people at the top, they’re having a disco.”
“With a couple of my more recent productions, I’ve been trying to strip things back, taking a more considered approach to adding elements and ensuring that everything that makes the cut its integral to the track,” says Rockwell. “I struggle to articulate how much of an honour for me it is to collaborate with Novelist on ‘Peak’ and from the recording session we did, the bars mirrored the instrumental and came together in an effortless fashion”.
The track is lifted from the four-track EP of the same name, which dropped just a few days ago. Also on the EP are two instrumentals—“Vent” and “Belief Systems”—and another vocal number, this time with Swiss-based singer LaMeduza.
Take in “Peak” below and be sure to check out the rest of the EP.