Rudra / Wanna Die

GRAVITAPE’s fake takeover of Dirtbox Recordings was never going to end with a blank social feed and a few corrupted logos. The campaign needed music behind it. Rudra / Wanna Die supplies that payoff, carrying the earlier “unauthorised transmission” into two tracks that are more carefully made than the all-caps messaging might suggest.

Rudra gets its hook in early. Middle Eastern-styled vocals and instrumental touches lead the track towards the drop, but the move is deliberately deceptive: what follows is a dense, high-energy piece of neurofunk built for a serious system. Layers keep arriving without blurring the core idea, and the track benefits from being played loud enough for its details to crowd in around you. The vocal thread gives it a distinct flavour without becoming a decorative gimmick.

Wanna Die takes a calmer route in. The opening is beautiful and wide, with big reverb giving the track room to stretch before it turns. Then comes the drop: a substantial hit of neurofunk that lands exactly where it needs to. It is a straightforward contrast, but a well-judged one.

That is what makes the release work. The takeover is a good premise, but Rudra and Wanna Die are not just props for it. One comes in hot; the other takes its time. Both deliver.