Premiere: RoyGreen & Protone – Mountains ft Julia Marks

It seems like so many of the best drum & bass artists are duos, and a pair of producers from the UK, RoyGreen & Protone, are gaining serious steam. They’ll be releasing two new tracks on April 20, to be featured on Intrigue Music’s 15th Anniversary compilation album. Intrigue are a stalwart of the underground scene out of Bristol, and this album marks a milestone in their history, which began way back in 2003.

One of the two tracks coming out on Friday is a cool, percussive, dreamy track called “Mountains,” featuring vocals from Julia Marks. The track showcases RoyGreen & Protone’s chops as producers with a wide variety of well-tuned sounds, simple, yet elegant chord progressions in the bass line, and outstanding use of intricate percussion. The percussion in the track has a very true-to-life quality that is reminiscent of the roots of drum & bass music, all the way back to the breaks. Marks’ powerful voice adds the perfect dose of soul, and really ties the track together to create an intelligent, mellow vibe.

Grab your copy of the compilation album here.