Axel Boy x ESKEI83 x Flowdan – Warrior is the new 2024 Drum and Bass collab that you didn’t even know you needed. Given the incredible reputations of these three artists, this collaboration is exciting news, and it’s even more exciting that the track they have created lives up to the extremely high expectations that preceded it. Released via Deadbeats and UKF DnB, Warrior has already found itself on the receiving end of some significant praise from both fans and critics, something that is bound to continue over the next few months.
Clocking in at under three minutes, Axel Boy x ESKEI83 x Flowdan – Warrior bursts straight into an energetic verse, with Grammy-winning Grime artist Flowdan contributing some confident and assertive vocals. But although the track starts off sounding like a Grime track, it soon begins to escalate into powerful Drum and Bass, with Flowdan’s vocals getting faster and more intense (“the deadliest weapon is not a gun / you know it’s music” he assures us) and the track’s synths gradually becoming louder and more distorted. By the time the drop comes around you know you’re in for something special, with blasts of gritty electronics transforming Warrior into a full-blooded rave tune. From here, the track uses its beats to keep the energy high, bringing those thundering breakbeat rhythms and more aggressive waves of bass. This really is a song that leaves you breathless, changing and moving forward to new segments so fast that at times it is difficult to keep up.
The regular EKM readers amongst you, however, will know by now that this confrontational, no-holds-barred style is exactly what to expect from Axel Boy and ESKEI83, two artists who know how to keep DnB fans reaching for that repeat button. If you’re not yet familiar with these two fantastic artists we highly recommend you check them out; we’ve previously conducted an interview with Axel Boy and also written about his collaborative track Louder with Franky Nuts, whilst some of our favorite moments from ESKEI83 include The Champ is Here (VIP), and his remixes of Lil Nas X’s Star Walkin, Robin S’s Show Me Love and Toto’s Africa.
Existing fans, meanwhile, will no doubt be loving Axel Boy x ESKEI83 x Flowdan – Warrior, the new 2024 Drum and Bass collab which slots in nicely alongside other material previously released via Deadbeats and UKF DnB.
