Surusinghe Sharpens Her Club Vision on New EP Cutting Thread
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Surusinghe returns to dh2 with Cutting Thread, a new EP that confirms her position as one of the most vivid voices in contemporary bass-forward club music. Out June 12, the release finds the London-via-Melbourne producer expanding her already distinctive sound into a sharper, more physical and more emotionally charged form. Across four tracks, including a collaboration with legendary Jamaican MC Warrior Queen, Cutting Thread celebrates the many dimensions of dance music: its release, its discipline, its communal urgency and its capacity for abandon.
The EP arrives after a period of growing international momentum for Surusinghe. Following her 2025 dh2 release i can’t remember the name of this, but that’s ok, as well as previous records on AD 93 and Steel City Dance Discs, she has continued to build a reputation for club productions that are both highly functional and unmistakably personal. Her performances at Glastonbury, Dekmantel, Gala, Making Time, Dour and ADE, alongside her ongoing Drifting events in London and Melbourne, have positioned her at the centre of a global network of inventive, bass-heavy dance music.
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On Cutting Thread, Surusinghe channels that movement into a record shaped by both the body and the club. The project carries traces of her formative years in ballet, especially in its visual direction and sense of physical precision, while also acting as a love letter to nights out, shared sweat and the need to lose yourself on the floor without guilt. In response to the “party guilt” she has observed in club spaces, the EP argues for nightlife as nourishment: a place where balance is not found through restraint alone, but through surrender.
Musically, Cutting Thread opens in striking fashion with lead single “FRIED”. Built on rubbery acid licks, gated pads and Surusinghe’s signature three-dimensional sound design, the track moves between melancholic suspension and rave-ready force. Its cello-led drops bring a dramatic, almost theatrical weight to the production, cutting through the atmosphere before the bass hook locks the track into full-body momentum.
“Party Criminal” pushes the energy further, pairing Surusinghe’s high-definition dembow pressure with a commanding vocal from Warrior Queen. Originally sparked during a Pirate Studios session, the track takes on a new identity through the Jamaican MC’s searing delivery, turning the idea of the “pirate” into a sharp commentary on sinister forces encroaching on club culture. The result is fierce, cinematic and built with blockbuster intensity.
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Elsewhere, “Rubbing” leans into the heads-down momentum that defines Surusinghe’s DJ sets, but it never settles into mere functionality. Razor-sharp techno drums, atmospheric synth sweeps and tightly controlled tension give the track a restless internal charge. “Dips & Dexies” closes the circle by drawing more explicitly from house and techno, using a solid 4/4 structure as a frame for percussive flickers, disorienting sound objects and playful, hand-crafted kinetic energy.
There is a clear sense of evolution throughout Cutting Thread. Surusinghe widens her tempo range, deepens the physicality of her production and brings a more tactile, out-of-the-box approach into the studio. The result is an EP that feels both precise and unruly, disciplined and ecstatic. With Cutting Thread, Surusinghe does not simply deliver dancefloor weapons; she makes a persuasive case for the club as a vital space of release, connection and renewal.
