Another "welcome back!" within the drum and bass scene is the one that many followers could address to Jim Kennedy, whose last release with the alias "Thrash Pilot" dates back to 1999 on Manchester-based label Abstrakt Recordings. His renaissance follows a long time of silence, which he reasoned out on the basis of the disillusion with the commercial directions dnb was following, so that he thought fit to come back by riding a new release and a brand new label, Killscreen, whose mission (bring back the darkness, keep it fresh, never imitate) sounds somehow intriguing. Besides manifestoes, the most persuading declaration of stylistical intent comes directly from Thrash Pilot's sonic equipment, which impresses upon Killscreen the seriousness of the above-mentioned mission: "Calisthenics" takes a sort of rhythmical bifurcation where dark dubstep dovetails ballistic breakcore and ecstatic moments of ambient entrancement where the sequence of inner variations are unpredictable, but absolutely homogeneous and this juggling skill by Jim, which shows an impressive mastery with percussive and sonic triggers, is likewise undisguised on the following track "Firewalker", a fey concatenation of menacing sonorities, hot pursuits, relaxing breaks, deluges of metallic clicks and hauling drums, whose general cohesion could let you think they're parts of a linear plot which look up to actions which could sound similar to some forerunning masterpieces with the prestigious imprint of Renegade Hardware or Metalheadz.