Hrvatski

As the Drum 'n' Bass scene has settled down and become complacent with its heretofore radical steps, certain artists continue to forge a path into unknown territory. Hrvatski is an artist creating tracks that, while in line with the aforementioned lineage, still venture far from it. He wields a precise finger on the beatbox as each track unloads methodically arranged layers and evocative pastiches of sounds and snaps. He rises high above the "Amen" break by shifting from cool abstract breaks to Downtempo cut-ups to radical Jungle frenzies. He's not the savior of the sound, but is perhaps the most trustworthy doctor in the hospital.