Black Carl & Saka Present “Rush Hour” at Martin’s Downtown

All eyes are on Black Carl! as he bursts out of the fertile Birmingham bass scene. A stacked release plan is in the works for 2022 as he racks up major club and festival plays including Okeechobee, Ubbi Dubbi, SONIC BLOOM, and several high-profile events. Up-and-comer ‘Saka’ has also had an explosive start to 2022. Building off of the momentum from releases via Cyclops Recordings, widely respected UK imprint Inspected Records, Odyzey Music, Halcyon, a two-track EP on Gud Vibrations, an EP via underground tastemakers DOMEOFDOOM, and a barrage of self-released singles, the forward-thinking newcomer continues to impress. The experimental beat-maker draws inspiration from an eclectic variety of underground electronic and his hometown of Hong Kong, wielding a sound palette that is both carefully intricate yet chaotically destructive; industrial yet organic; oriental yet occidental. By combining broken beat patterns, undulating soundscapes, rippling melodies and grotesque basslines, the burgeoning bass talent has achieved an instantly recognizable sound that is uniquely his own. With support amongst top tier industry heavyweights such as SLANDER, RL Grime, Alison Wonderland, Excision, Zeds Dead, Subtronics, CloZee, and Noisia, Saka is carving his very own path through the left-field electronic space and turning heads every step of the way.