Review: re:ni & BiggaBush - Uprising Space Bass Dubplate (Ilian Tape)

There's loads of examples of musical acorns not falling far from trees and these two, re:ni (aka Lauren Bush) and her drum/percussion obsessed Dad, Glyn 'Bigga' Bush are ideal for investigating the roots of electronic dub - in space of course!

Almost 3 years to the day after the release of re:in's 'BeautySick' (see review HERE) the combo of re:ni and BiggaBush emerge from of the shadows of post-dubstep dark electronic d'n'b and take the Krautrock space ship to check out Sun Ra and King Tubby?

And the 'Bass Is The Place' is indeed the place to be with it's deep spaceship synth contrails that form into downtempo drum patterns to gets you into another worldly place.

Mastered in Munich, this EP is deep in the echo chamber catacombs like 'Mae Uprising' with bouncy beats and whilst various knob effects whilst 'BigLozTek' forces it's way through the techno/Trans Europe Express embankments.

Dad's favourite MC and very long time collaborator, Farda P gets the call for 'Death By Dubplate' which reminds us of Bigga's Rockers Hi-Fi days and 'Mish Mash' that was re-issued last year (see review HERE).

So more evidence that BiggaBush is still master of the mixing desk and you'll remember re:ni was mentioned in our big interview/catch up with BiggaBush (see HERE) and had a long running radio show on NTS (see HERE) focusing on "Forward-thinking sounds from across the bass spectrum" whilst Bigga is showing yet another 'Different Style' (see review HERE) along with his long running monthly radio show on 1BTN called, appropriately, Bigga's Big Dig (see https://1btn.fm/dj/glyn-bigga-bush/).

All recommended!

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Artist: re:ni & BiggaBush
Title: Uprising Space Bass Dubplate
Release Date : 26th February, 2026
Label : Ilian Tape

Catalog Number : TTX042
Format: Vinyl - 180g Heavyweight 12" / Digital / Bandcamp

PS. Don't forget the Farda P - Catfood Supachunka ('Wolverhampton' Edit)

Rockers Hi-Fi - Going Under [!K7]

 

Review: re:ni – BeautySick (Timedance)

When you think of acorn falling and trees of a musical kind, you've got your multiple Wainwright family, Steve and Hollie Cook and now, re:ni (aka Lauren Bush) and her drum/percussion obsessed Dad, Glyn 'Bigga' Bush.

I mention the Bush history with drums (whether it be Magic Drum Orchestra, the reggae/dub of Ligntning Head,the house side of Rocker's HiFi, the prog The black Albumen or even the variety on his 1BTN show, Bigga's Big Dig), as the Timedance varient is very much darker coming out of the shadows of post-dubstep dark electronic d'n'b.

The four tracks kick off with 'BURSTTRAP' that's possibley trap on a dancehall dub trip which kinda sound Krautrock?

There's definitely some techno/trans europe express/warehouse to 'Below Sanpaku' and definitely some heavy industry assult on 'BeautySick' (that's Dad's favourite) whilst 'Blame is the Name of the Game' is more a mix of all the above with a gamelan-electronic tendancies.

re:ni was mentioned in our big interview/catch up with BiggaBush (see HERE) and she does a monthly radio show, 'RE:LAX' with Laska on NTS (next 3rd March - see HERE) for more "Forward-thinking sounds from across the bass spectrum".

Artist: re:ni 
Title: BeautySick
Release Date : 23rd February, 2023
Catalog Number : Timedance 032
Label :Timedance
Format: 12" / Digital / Bandcamp