Subtronics is back to releasing music and better than ever with his new album, Tesseract. This is the first album released since 2022 and will be accompanied by a North American tour starting February 16.
A tesseract is a 4-dimensional cube that contains a cube inside another cube. Subtronics has taken inspiration from the shape, often seen as an optical illusion, to create a whole sonic world within his new album, as represented on the cover art.
Containing 15 tracks and collaborations with some of the world’s top bass music acts, this LP represents a great step for the bass music community.
“Black Ice” with REZZ was released as the album’s first single and is a slower bpm track that perfectly combines their distinct sounds. This song is also a follow-up to their previous collaboration, “Puzzle Box.”
Hol!, Grabbitz, and Excision are additionally featured on the album which showcases some of bass music’s top artists of the moment.
“Insidious” with Grabbitz is a standout on the album, featuring a haunting and soft melody to begin then transitioning into a bass drop with an alien-sounding touch that is perfect for head banging.
“Quantum Queso” is also a fan favorite, which samples the character Ruth Langmore from the television show, Ozark. Subtronics takes the line “If you’re going to stop me, you’ll have to f***ing kill me,” and follows it up with a riddim drop that can only be met with the nastiest of bass faces.
Tesseract is only Subtronics’ second studio album but has already been met with global support.
Buy tickets for the Tesseract tour here and stream the album below:
