THUGWIDOW & Bruised Skies - Thrashing, Scared, Alone

Ambient jungle iconoclast THUGWIDOW has joined forces with sound design extraordinaire Bruised Skies for Requiem For A Sesh, their spectacularly titled debut collaborative project and a starry-eyed ode to the session. Melding THUGWIDOW’s elegant jungle variations with Bruised Skies’ penchant for intricate sound design and immersive ambience, Requiem For A Sesh unwinds like a fever dream at an after party, approximating the sounds you might hear in your head as you finally attempt to sleep after a particularly heavy night. The duo describe the EP’s closer, ‘Thrashing, Scared, Alone’, as “a love letter to ’90s rave culture that we were too young to be a part of”, including the track as a digital-only conclusion to the release. Razor-sharp breaks, gut-wrenching bass and pupil-dilating synth lines redefine rave nostalgia for claustrophobic London basements and sweaty smoking area euphoria. At once evocative and hauntological, ‘Thrashing, Scared, Alone’ conjures a world in which the devoted hedonism of ’90s