Kolectiv complete their six-track Black Light Project on Metalheadz with three cuts that reward attention to the arrangements as much as the drops. Following 2025’s Damocles EP, this second instalment gives their drums plenty to do, while careful spacing allows the synths and bass to retain their character even when the rhythms get busy.

Music That We Feel takes its time getting there. Calm synths introduce a rounded, high arpeggio, with the break gradually building beneath it before a vocal loop joins the arrangement. The first drop arrives around a minute and a half in, replacing that patient build with synth stabs, an active sub, and a restless break that keeps the track poised to move. Metalheadz cites Saturn Storm’s Let’s Get Together as an inspiration, placing its unruly energy in a hardcore lineage. There’s a sense of controlled chaos here, but enough space between the elements to keep it from becoming cluttered.

On The Rhythm (Trace It Back), sweeping pads establish a broader opening. An arpeggio joins them before the synths extend down into the bass register and fragments of the break begin to appear. Descending synth figures with a distinctly 90s feel become more frequent as the drop approaches. When it lands, the drums are wonderfully active, shifting around bass stabs that follow the kick’s rhythm closely. That shared pulse keeps the track grounded while the breaks move around it. The label frames this one as a nod to the Metalheadz sound and reports that it has already featured in Goldie’s sets; the scale of the introduction and the force of the drop make that connection easy to understand.

Digital bonus Black Light brings a more mournful atmosphere. Wide synths trail away with a subtle pitch shift, while a solitary, reverberant horn-like tone hangs over the opening. There’s plenty happening in the layers, yet the rounded, slightly overdriven bass gives the track depth without obscuring its grooving break. High, almost wailing stabs cut through occasionally, their bell-like edge catching the ear without sounding abrasive.

The breakdown is particularly effective. Silence opens gaps in the arrangement, but faint, string-like synths maintain the tension almost below the threshold of attention. It’s the clearest example of Kolectiv’s care with space across these three tracks: even when the obvious elements fall away, something remains to draw you further in.

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