A Brown Bread B Drowning Following the label’s crucial dispatch from Dusky earlier this summer, Naked Naked invite one of the most exciting names to have emerged in house music in recent times; Mak & Pasteman. The London duo have had an exceptional year, with their stripped-back, sub-soaked, genre-smelting bass fusion appearing in all the right places and playlists. A successful remix of the largest tune of the summer in Breach’s ‘Jack’, a Radio 1 Minimix, the huge ‘Dither / Outer Control / Dancing Kicks’ session on Redlight’s red hot Lobster Boy, a remix of bona fide house legend Roy Davis Jnr and their own XLR8R-rated M.A.P white label series have kept them more than busy this season. And so it continues: Both ‘Brown Bread’ and ‘Drowning’ showcase the duo at their darkest, slickest and sonically polished while summing up the on-point spirit of Breach’s Naked Naked imprint. ‘Brown Bread’ ignites with a palpitating steppy riddim while harrowed pads swoon delicately over the top. Suddenly, silence. Then boom: a chubby bassline bounces at you from the darkness. A solid jacking groove joins in for the ride, solidifying the groove that just won’t budge....