Dispatch Recordings is proud to present "Short Cuts", an album project created by two long-term friends and favourites of the label. With numerous solo releases and their previous collaboration on the "Most Violent Year" album series, NC-17 and Dauntless will be well known to fans of Dispatch. When we were approached with new collaborative material, the "Short Cuts" project was born.

Drawing on 2000s-era DnB influences, they set out to create something tech-influenced whilst maintaining musicality and that much-needed funk. The pair found a unique creative flow that allowed their styles to gel and enhance each other's productions.

Dauntless and NC-17 channelled the energy of those early days into an energetic and future-thinking album, citing many legends of that prolific era of drum and bass as influences. Benefitting from a modern approach to mixdown and structure, the resulting album is a varied and multi-layered representation of their shared artistic vision.