Having already introduced the UK to Gqom back in 2015 - a variant of raw, stripped back South African house emanating from the city of Durban - London imprint Goon Club Allstars have tapped scene kingpin DJ Lag for an explosive four-track EP. Widely credited as one of the key players for shaping the Gqom sound as it exists today, Lag's eminence in South Africa is well-documented and on his new EP, he exhibits everything that makes it tick; fierce, powerful drums, mazy rhythms and bubbling club patterns. Like the sound he presides over, Lag's work is uncompromising, but emphatic - and designed to impact. Compiled from a vast back catalogue stretching back over four years, the EP showcases his sound to the fullest - from the bubbling sgubhu track, '16th Step', to the classic Gqom styles of ce Drop'.
