DogPatrol

𝙎𝙩𝙞𝙡𝙡 𝙨𝙣𝙞𝙛𝙛𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙤𝙪𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙜𝙣𝙖𝙧𝙡𝙞𝙚𝙨𝙩 𝙗𝙖𝙨𝙨𝙬𝙚𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙩 𝙨𝙬𝙚𝙧𝙫𝙚𝙨 𝙤𝙣 𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙧𝙤𝙪𝙣𝙙𝙨 𝙞𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙪𝙣𝙙𝙚𝙧𝙜𝙧𝙤𝙪𝙣𝙙, 𝘿𝙤𝙜𝙥𝙖𝙩𝙧𝙤𝙡 𝙢𝙖𝙠𝙚𝙨 𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙬𝙖𝙮 𝙗𝙖𝙘𝙠 𝙩𝙤 𝙎𝙣𝙚𝙖𝙠𝙚𝙧 𝙎𝙤𝙘𝙞𝙖𝙡 𝘾𝙡𝙪𝙗 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙖𝙣𝙤𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧 𝙛𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙘𝙪𝙩𝙨 𝙤𝙛 𝙞𝙧𝙧𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙚𝙣𝙩, 𝙢𝙞𝙨𝙛𝙞𝙩 𝙧𝙖𝙫𝙚 𝙙𝙖𝙢𝙖𝙜𝙚.

Hailing from Offenbach (DE) but with a sound more indebted to UK styles like breakbeat hardcore, dubstep and garage, DogPatrol has been a natural fit on Sneaker. The slanted approach he takes to his influences results in a mutant style that shuffles and slams in all the right places without sounding like anything else out there.

‘1200kcal’ rides jagged, dusty drums that come on like drunken UKG, offset by rubbery bass arps that add a cosmic lick to proceedings. ‘Baby Flame’ has a nastier outlook hinging on a bludgeoning synth splat that calls back to the Control Tower brand of warehouse electro from the early 00s. Making sure no-one is second guessing the scent Dogpatrol is tracking, ‘Ya Playin Yaself’ dips into a dubstep-minded half-step roller with naive keys run through a giddy signal chain. ‘Offgenbach HBF Riddim’ completes the set with a breakbeat cut n’ paste job which tracks back to the source with strong echoes of The Blapps Posse’s raw and funky approach.

The reference points are just slight hints of familiarity, but Dogpatrol comes across as inspired as ever digging up the bones of cult rave signifiers and chewing them into his own unique shapes.