Tune of the Week: Plug

By the mid 90s the drum ‘n’ bass genre had emerged from the underground to become more ubiquitous and influential. As sped up breakbeats would pop up in more commerical releases so too would they pop up in less conventional artists tunes, such as Aphex Twin, Squarepusher and Luke Vibert. Vibert chose a different moniker for this kind of output: Plug. While other artists would seek to push the genre to its outer limits, Luke continued to embue his productions with a good dose of funk and humor. Here he blends r ‘n’ b strings and vocal samples alongside intense breaks edits, bass and ominous noises.