Counterstrike

Formed in Cape Town, South Africa, in the late 1990s, Counterstrike brings together Justin Scholtemeyer and Eaton Crous around a dark, fast and frontal drum and bass, situated between techstep, darkstep and industrial influences. Active since 1998, the duo initially developed on the South African scene before circulating in several European countries, in parallel with the rising visibility of a harder sound within drum and bass. Counterstrike released very early a series of maxi-singles, then refined an aesthetic made of massive basslines, broken rhythms, continuous tension and occasional borrowings from metal or EBM in the textures and the sampled voices. Its discography spans labels such as Moving Shadow, Barcode Recordings, Human Imprint, PRSPCT Recordings and its own Algorythm Recordings. Among career milestones are the albums Can’t Let Go - Biological Warfare in 2004, Us Against the World in 2005, Insubordination in 2008 and VIP in 2011. Counterstrike has also multiplied collaborations with producers linked to the most abrasive drum and bass scenes, notably Eye-D, Donny, Limewax, Cooh, Zardonic, Black Sun Empire or The Panacea, which illuminates the project's place at the crossroads of the roughest neurofunk and hardcore drum and bass.