Three years deep into his Critical Music tenure, VISLA opens 2026 in typically emphatic style, launching the first in a series of singles for one of drum & bass’s longest-running labels.
Linking up with Bristol-based duo circumference, the hotly anticipated ‘Hello Goodbye’ showcases everything VISLA does so well; an irresistibly tense, stepping groove locked beneath a rasping, roaring bassline that stretches and shifts with malevolent intent.
VISLA goes solo on ‘Stab Tool’, setting his formidable sound-design skills loose an ear-testing rinseout that twists and turns onwards, before the devilish drumwork of the final drop delivers the knockout blow.
