Another excellent review for Corrugated Tunnel in this month’s DJ Mag.

Ed James drops his most techno-oriented release to date, with the intricate, contemporary percussion dovetailing with old school bleep-bass and heavy Chicago claps.

The remixers push ‘TBrox’ further down the experimental techno wormhole, with veteran producer Dave Tarrida’s broken, crunchy drums, messy percussion and scorched earth bass just about out-gunning Ikeaboy’s evil acid bass re-rub.

Off the wall, but lethal when used in the right environment. RB

Comments from other producers

• “Very good stuff. Like the original and the Tarrida mix. Will play both.”
  Olvier Hunteman
• “As Swedes say when they try to give compliment “Super nice”..really like this package”
  Mark O Sullivan (DK7)
• “A million thanks for that. Sounds great a bientot”
  Laurent Garnier
• “What leroy burgess would sound like if he moved to europe…bleached his skin…and fasted from hooks & verses; truly a compliment when knowing one is an underrated electro boogie pioneer/maverick… and this current artist is on the verge of…BECOMING. CHAPEAU, BABY!”
  Chelonis R Jones
• “I digg the original mix.”
  Orlando Voorn

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A 2007 Agent Cast from available from Ikeaboy.

Ikeaboy picks Andrea Parker - Freaky Bitches (Touching Bass) as his Dancefloor Destroyer.

DJ Mag - July 2007

It’s been out for a good while but it’ll always be fresh. “Freaky Bitches” ticks all the boxes. It’s got bass that’ll push you over and kneel on your chest, a low-slung groove and booty style guest vocals from DJ Assault and DJ Godfather. Parker does atmospherics like no other and this is a brooding dark affair with classic production that will never date.

DJ Mag

Following Decal’s EP earlier this year on Invisible Agent, Ikeaboy drops an EP that covers underground electro’s many sounds. Apart from the ambient intro ‘flashdead’, there’s the tight, bleepy breaks of ‘Palletscrap’ and the Detroit chords of ‘Bypass Naas Bass’. Ikeaboy also has a fondness for craniun-splitting basslines and the malevolent, lunging bass of ‘Yellow Metal’, as well as Warren Daly’s ominous version of the same track, is the stuff that the worst nightmares are made of.

Slick DJ

Damian Tubbritt aka Ikeaboy has been threatening to do a record like this for a long time. While his appetite for powerful electro bass in previous outings has been clear, this time he has set the record straight beyond any doubt. Including a ghoulish, dub shaking remix from Sir Real and a sinister dancefloor interpretation from label boss Warren Daly, it’s the weird jerking feel of ghetto paced tracks like “Pallet Scrap” and “Yellow Metal”, that make this a secret weapon for bass freaks everywhere. An Irish release that deserves your attention, this is storming stuff.