London-based Funkystepz follow on from their Hyperdub releases and Amsterdam Girls Go Wild with Narcotics, an exemplary four­-track EP on their own Forever Live Young label.

Narcotics reflects the UK bass trio’s established hybridity through their amalgamation of elements from the gamut of UK garage/funky/bass music. With the first three tracks sitting on more of a funky tip, the EP closes with Shutdown, a more house-orientated tune that layers polyrhythms and synth­swapping motifs towards a gargantuan breakdown, working to further galvanise Narcotics as a crossbred collection of pugilistic crowd pleasers.

01 Givenchy
02 Ringer
03 Butterfly
04 Shutdown