K SONIC 🇦🇹 – Just Wanna Know / Bad Clash ft. Dub Ten
Yamatai Records 🇬🇧 — YAMREC065
Release Date: 12 June 2026
Genre / Style: Drum & Bass / Minimal D&B / Intelligent Drum & Bass
Review by Infectious Unease Radio / Subterranean Zone Radio — Voice In The Void
Written by Gordon Lawrence Taylor
Yamatai Records returns with YAMREC065, a sharp two-track single from Austrian producer K SONIC, joined on the second cut by fellow Austrian artist and Yamatai core figure Dub Ten. Titled “Just Wanna Know / Bad Clash ft. Dub Ten,” the release arrives on 12 June 2026 and marks K SONIC’s debut on the label.
The release is introduced through Yamatai’s continuing mythological language, this time connected to Yasha — night demons from Japanese folklore, supernatural beings associated with wrath, violence, darkness, and spiritually corrupted spaces. It is a fitting frame for a record that does not simply aim for clean dancefloor function, but carries a darker symbolic charge beneath the surface. Yamatai has always understood how to connect atmosphere, mythology, visual identity, and underground club pressure, and this release continues that world-building with real confidence.
There is also something important about the geographical focus here. Yamatai describes this as the Austrian takeover, and the phrase feels less like marketing exaggeration and more like a statement of intent. Austria is often recognised globally for its historic musical legacy, but here the focus shifts into contemporary underground drum & bass — into producers working inside modern digital spaces, club systems, and minimal pressure. K SONIC and Dub Ten are presented not as outsiders passing through the label, but as artists whose development Yamatai has watched closely and supported over time.
Track 1: K SONIC – “Just Wanna Know”
“Just Wanna Know” opens the release with K SONIC standing on his own, and it works as a strong introduction to his place within the Yamatai catalogue. The track sits inside a minimal and intelligent drum & bass framework, where the impact comes not from overcrowding the arrangement, but from control, space, and movement.
There is a sense of restraint in the writing. Rather than throwing everything forward at once, the track allows its pressure to build through careful production choices. It feels designed for the club, but not in a disposable way. It has that late-night drum & bass quality where the groove pulls the listener inward, giving the rhythm room to breathe while darker textures move around the edges.
What stands out is the balance between accessibility and underground tension. “Just Wanna Know” has enough directness to work on a dancefloor, yet it still carries atmosphere and detail for deeper listening. It is the kind of track that does not need to shout to make itself felt. It operates through precision, tension, and forward motion.
As a Yamatai debut, it makes sense. It shows K SONIC as a producer with control over space and rhythm, someone who understands that minimal drum & bass can still be emotionally charged and physically powerful when the writing is handled properly.
Track 2: K SONIC & Dub Ten – “Bad Clash”
The second track, “Bad Clash,” brings in Dub Ten, and the collaboration adds another layer of weight to the release. Dub Ten has already become part of the Yamatai identity, not only as an artist but also through mastering work, and his presence here strengthens the sense of this being a close creative family rather than a random label pairing.
“Bad Clash” feels like the darker, more combative side of the single. Where “Just Wanna Know” introduces K SONIC’s controlled pressure, “Bad Clash” pushes further into confrontation. The title itself suggests impact — a collision, a system test, a moment where rhythm and tension meet head-on.
The collaboration works because it keeps the focus tight. This is not a track overloaded with unnecessary decoration. It feels built for movement, for sound systems, for rooms where the bass and drums need to speak clearly. The minimal D&B structure gives the track power through space, letting each element hit with purpose.
There is also a strong sense of underground confidence here. “Bad Clash” does not feel like a track trying to chase trends. It feels like two producers locked into a shared language, working from instinct, friendship, and an understanding of what makes this side of drum & bass effective. It is clean, sharp, and direct, but still shadowed enough to fit the Yamatai world.
Final Thoughts
K SONIC – “Just Wanna Know / Bad Clash ft. Dub Ten” is a strong two-track statement from Yamatai Records. It introduces K SONIC to the label with confidence, while also strengthening the connection between Austria’s emerging drum & bass talent and Yamatai’s wider underground network.
The release works because it does not overcomplicate itself. Both tracks are club-focused, but they carry atmosphere, identity, and intent. The music sits in that space where minimal drum & bass becomes more than just rhythm — it becomes pressure, mood, architecture, and movement.
Yamatai Records continues to build releases that feel connected to a larger mythic and visual world. With the Yasha concept, the Gaijin Graphics artwork, and Dub Ten’s mastering, YAMREC065 feels like another carefully shaped transmission from the label: dark, precise, international, and built for the underground.
The Austrian takeover may be imminent.
And on this evidence, Yamatai Records has every reason to sound excited.
Release Details
Artist: K SONIC 🇦🇹
Featuring: Dub Ten 🇦🇹
Title: Just Wanna Know / Bad Clash ft. Dub Ten
Label: Yamatai Records 🇬🇧
Catalog Number: YAMREC065
Release Date: 12 June 2026
Genre / Style: Drum & Bass / Minimal D&B / Intelligent Drum & Bass
Artwork: Gaijin Graphics
Mastering: Dub Ten Mastering
Tracklist
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K SONIC – Just Wanna Know — 4:24
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K SONIC & Dub Ten – Bad Clash — 4:11