INGI’s The Spark bridges UK bass and minimal techno on Meld Records

INGI’s The Spark is built to sit between hypnotic UK bass and driving minimal techno, and that crossover is what gives the upcoming Meld Records release its weight. Arriving June 12 as a compact four-track Bandcamp package with a remix, it reads less like a routine EP and more like a deliberate hybrid statement from Leslie Andrews, the Iceland-born artist based in the United Kingdom.

Meld Records, the London-based imprint behind catalog number MELD012, has placed the release in Breaks, Breakbeat and UK Bass. The tracklist is lean and purposeful: The Spark, Sitac, FaceUp and Sitac (Farsight Remix). Beatport’s metadata gives the original title track a 5:59 runtime at 83 BPM, FaceUp a 5:12 cut at 98 BPM, and the Farsight Remix of Sitac a tighter 5:15 at 141 BPM. That spread tells its own story, with the originals sitting in a heavier, lower-slung pocket and the remix pushing the material into a faster, more fractured lane.

The release framing does the rest of the scene-signalling. The Spark is presented around serious low-end momentum, with the groove stripped back to essentials and the basslines left to do the heavy lifting. That approach is exactly what makes the fusion credible for minimal-techno listeners: the record does not bury itself in arrangement tricks or overbuilt percussion, but keeps the pressure on the loop, the sub and the swing. In practice, that makes the package sound designed for long blends, after-hours rooms and selectors who want utility without losing character.

The structure also matters. A title track, a second original, and a remix of Sitac point to variation rather than a single blunt peak-time tool. The Spark, especially with the Farsight pass at 141 BPM, gives DJs a second route into the same material, which is often what separates a good club record from one that travels across sets and scenes. Meld Records has long described its lane as bass, UK techno, breaks and more, and The Spark fits that brief cleanly. For INGI, it looks like a small release with a clear thesis: not just another four-track package, but a compact bridge between two adjacent underground traditions.