The Caracal Project

The Caracal Project, the moniker of French producer Félix Burnod, represents the vanguard of the 'New School' drum and bass movement. Emerging in the late 2010s, Burnod quickly distinguished himself through a production style characterized by extreme technicality and a genre-fluid approach.

While rooted in DnB, his work heavily incorporates elements of halftime, glitch, and UK garage, often blurring the lines between club-functional tracks and experimental IDM. His rise coincided with a broader shift in the scene toward 'deconstructed' club music, where sound design and texture are prioritized over traditional song structures. Critically, he is lauded for his 'surgical' precision; his tracks often feature hundreds of micro-edits and unique foley samples that create a dense, immersive sonic environment. He is frequently associated with peers like IMANU and Buunshin, forming a loose collective of producers who have redefined the aesthetic of the Vision and Critical Music labels. His evolution from a duo to a solo project has seen his sound become increasingly personal and abstract, moving away from dancefloor tropes toward a more cinematic and restless form of electronic expression.