Operate

Operate makes drum and bass that follows the mood of the session. Dark, minimal tracks sit alongside liquid productions, with traces of the jump-up that first brought him into the scene. He has described getting bored when he works in one style for too long, preferring to learn something from each change of direction.

His early productions were more firmly jump-up, but a break from that approach gave him time to develop a different sound. Releases and collaborations connected him with Hospital Records, Shogun Audio and Overview Music, including work with T95, Monrroe and Rizzle.

The LSD EP for Overview in 2021 gathered several sides of his writing. The title track kept some jump-up energy, 2FACE drew on darker, dissonant ideas, and Notions paired him with vocalist Javeon. Degs and Duskee joined him on Diamonds, a brighter track written as lockdown restrictions began easing.

Metal, grunge and the atmosphere of late-2000s dubstep also influence the music. They surface in unsettling melodies and atmospheric intros. The EP lets those different impulses sit alongside each other.