Wodda’s steady rise through the UK underground has been anything but accidental. With past releases like “Changing Faces” on Constant Sound and “Have We Met Before?” on Pilot imprint, the producer has developed a sound rooted in House, UKG, and electro – always delivered with a subtle wink and tight low-end control. His latest EP “Welcome To The Future” on BeeYou Records feels like a distillation of this journey: a lean, four-track offering that sidesteps the obvious while keeping its dancefloor instincts intact.
Opening cut “Bang to the Beat of This” doesn’t wait to build tension – it drops you straight into it. Filtered sirens and detuned stabs swirl around a swung, muscular rhythm that lands closer to peak-time pressure than Wodda’s earlier, more measured fare. It’s heavy without being aggressive, cheeky without overplaying it – like a raver in a well-tailored suit.
On “I’ll Be Careful”, Wodda shifts gears into shinier territory. Brighter chord stabs and clipped vocal chops flirt with early 2000s UKG aesthetics, while a rolling bassline keeps things grounded. It’s buoyant and crisp, built for outdoor soundsystems or post-peak come-ups when you want to reset the vibe without losing momentum.
Flip the record and the tone narrows. “Welcome to the Future” dials back melodic content in favor of percussive drive and stabby, compressed basslines that feel purpose-built for intimate rooms. Here, Wodda trims the fat and sharpens the silhouette – minimal not as a genre trope, but as a design principle.
Closing track “Santa Cruz” brings things full circle with a touch of sunshine. 90s-referencing synth work dances over swung drums and a slightly overdriven bassline, offering a looser, more playful take on Wodda’s framework. It’s not trying to reinvent anything – it’s just hitting the groove and letting it ride.
Altogether, “Welcome To The Future” is a confident, versatile EP from a producer who’s clearly refining his toolkit. Wodda continues to blur genre boundaries without losing the thread of what makes his tracks work: groove, control, and just the right amount of weird. It’s club music with a memory, built to last past the buzz.
Words by Holger Breuer
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