Basic Rhythm

London's Anthoney J Hart reconfigures his pirate radio influences into stripped-down yet rhythmically complex club tracks with his work under the aptly named Basic Rhythm moniker. Sharing the name with an obscure breakbeat hardcore act from the early '90s, his work nods to jungle, garage, and grime without sticking to a particular formula. In addition to his own Basic Rhythm releases, such as 2021's Electronic Labyrinth, he's also issued several DJ mixes that chronologically chart the history of early-'90s U.K. hardcore and jungle. Hart was born in Hastings in 1979. While the...