If you live for hard-hitting drum and bass, the kind that rattles walls and rewires your nervous system, keep reading. What Glitch City is rolling out isn’t just another release cycle. It’s a sustained pressure test, and it starts now.
I remember the first time I crossed paths with Samy Nicks, aka Glitch City, because the night was already at a breaking point. I was soaked in sweat, coming off hours of nonstop movement as the World of Drum & Bass tour ripped through Mercury Music Lounge in Cleveland, Ohio. The room was under pressure from the jump. DJ SS, Danny Byrd, Bladerunner, This Is Inja, Glitch City, plus a heavy lineup of local talent pushed the energy well beyond the venue’s walls.
I stepped outside just long enough to reset my nervous system. That’s when I ran into Samy. No post-set victory lap and no theatrics, just someone clearly dialed into the Drum and Bass frequency. The conversation cut straight to the core. Drum programming, sound design, and what separates tracks that simply play from tracks that control a room. It wasn’t small talk. It was a signal check, and it clicked immediately.
Not long before the World of DnB stop in Ohio, Glitch City dropped Box of Weapons, and the name says exactly what it needs to. Each track operates like a purpose-built tool, sharp, direct, and engineered for impact. No filler and no soft edges. If you want a reference point for where this project has been aiming before the current run, Box of Weapons lays it out in plain terms.
You can check out the rest of the WoDnB chaos here.
Now Glitch City is pushing things further. Starting New Year’s Day, Samy is rolling out a once-every-two-week single release schedule through Amusement Audio, turning consistency into a weapon of its own. One track every two weeks. No cooldown periods. No dead space. Just a sustained pressure test of ideas, execution, and momentum. This article will update in real time alongside the releases, each new drop logged with links and a blunt read on how it hits and where it lands.
X-Rays
The first entry arrives January 1st with X-Rays, and it doesn’t ease you in. The track comes out fast, aggressive, and fully formed. Mad-scientist samples ride over tight, no-nonsense drums built to hit immediately. This isn’t an introduction so much as a breach. If this is the baseline, the weeks ahead aren’t about warming up. They’re about escalation.
Pre-order X-Rays here.