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In February, Korsakov Music re-introduced house producer Barely Royal as Sovryn and released his scorcher of a debut EP, Static Vision. An eclectic mix of melodic dancefloor and punishing neuro-inspired chugging synths, the newly minted Sovryn showed that he could party with the big D&B boys tech-wise. It was only a matter of time before a collab with label boss AL/SO was going to happen, and apparently that time is right fricking now. The Insanity EP is not typical for AL/SO, who’s become...

Now this is something the rave scene may not have seen since Carl Cox et al. A complete 180 from the well-known bass house producer Barely Royal as he takes on the 174 world as Sovryn. It’s a bold crossover move but not as bold as it’s been in previous years. As bass house has started to vibe with dubstep and halftime, and they all use similar bass synths, a bit of genre jumping was bound to happen into hard D&B territory. Of course it begs the question: can Sovryn FKA Barely Royal pull off...