As temperatures continue to rise in the land Down Under, Australia's premier industrial sound maestro has once again mystified the underground Bass Music scene. Akira Khan's latest EP, titled 'Firestarter', showcases his powerhouse sound design and musical composition. This becomes apparent from the instant you hit play, as a bellowing, distant impact introduces the title track. Before long, the intro melody creeps in preceding a highly present saw synth, prevailing with its layered distortion. Following a modest build, we are teased with a short pre-drop featuring one of the grimiest high-pitched leads we've heard in recent memory. Suddenly, at 0:46, we are dropped into a harmony of industrial-esque bliss. From the tight sidechain of the pounding kick and snapping snare, to the grinding hydraulic bass screeches, the TRAK.FM team's "bass face" was everlasting throughout this experience. The creativity did not ease up, as the bass experimentation Akira Khan is known for was manifested even further in the second drop.

The extended play's second and third tracks, titled 'Poison' and 'Poison VIP' respectively, were also of the same classification -- heavyweight tunes causing profuse headbanging from beginning to end. 'Posion VIP' finished the pair with a harmonious combination of grimy underbass, whistling lead, and angeleic vocals, a vibe so sweet it would astonish as a tune of its own.

The fourth track, 'Hyper Power', continues to follow the formula of the previous songs with the presence of the same distorted saw synth, maintaining a familiarity across the songs and keeping the listener immersed in Akira Khan's world of industrial bass. However, the tune differs from those earlier in the EP, as the drop's catchy and hyptonic pattern unleashed halfway through the track captivated us even more so than first three. The first drop's continual underbass hits are highly complementary with the higher-pitched, chirp-like bass. The second drop wows us with more of a use and focus on that initial drop's underbass, this time containing rhythmic, stuttering rolls such as the one at 2:11.

The final track, 'Alligator', takes the Firestarter EP through yet another twist, this time pairing Akira Khan's bass distortions and tribalistic percussion with some vocal talent. While one would expect vocals to layer harshly with this genre, they sit surprisingly well in the mix thanks to Akira Khan's masterful harnessing of his production craft and skill set. Listen to the full Firestarter EP below, and don't forget to drop a like!