Chris Turner

A hand-foot-hand linear phrase borrowed from gospel drumming, dropped straight into a riff

Practise: Play it slowly hands-only first, then add the kick voice once the sticking is automatic

Comes out of: Stage 1 — Foundations — clean hands at speed

Heard in: Hansel · Escapist · Gone

An instant switch from a full blast beat into a locked double-kick groove on the downbeat

Practise: Loop four bars of blast into one bar of groove until the switch feels seamless

Comes out of: Stage 2 — Core grooves — half-time breakdowns

Heard in: Little Dove · Endeavour · Escapist

A short, explosive double-kick burst dropped into a groove to punch a riff accent

Practise: Isolate the burst at half tempo, then slot it into a groove every second bar

Comes out of: Stage 4 — Double kick vocabulary — 16ths into bursts

Heard in: Little Dove · Wide Awake · Gone

A half-time breakdown groove with ghost notes filling the space between backbeats

Practise: Play the backbeat alone first, then layer ghost notes in at a whisper dynamic

Comes out of: Stage 1 — Foundations — clean hands at speed

Heard in: Little Dove · Hansel · Wide Awake

A fast linear fill across snare and toms with no two limbs landing together

Practise: Sing the sticking pattern first, then map it around the kit at a slow tempo

Comes out of: Stage 6 — Fills & transitions — linear tom runs

Heard in: Little Dove · Hansel · Ricochet

A steady kick ostinato with hands overlaying a 3-against-4 phrase on top

Practise: Lock the kick first with a metronome, then add the hand pattern only once solid

Comes out of: Stage 3 — Signature techniques — gospel-chop linear phrasing

Heard in: Wide Awake · Ricochet · Gone

A relaxed, wrist-driven blast beat that stays controlled at high tempo

Practise: Start at a slow tempo focusing on rebound, building speed only once tension-free

Comes out of: Stage 1 — Foundations — clean hands at speed

Heard in: Wide Awake · Escapist · Salt

A single crash placed precisely on an off-beat riff accent inside a fast section

Practise: Play the groove straight, then drop the crash on a different off-beat each pass

Comes out of: Stage 5 — Blast beat integration

Heard in: Endeavour · Ricochet · Escapist

Reinterpreting the subdivision of a riff to shift the felt tempo without stopping

Practise: Play a steady groove, then re-accent every third 16th until it becomes the new pulse

Comes out of: Stage 3 — Signature techniques — gospel-chop linear phrasing

Heard in: Wide Awake · Ricochet · Our Cursed Rebirth

A sustained 16th-note double-kick pattern held through a full high-tempo section

Practise: Play the pattern for the full length of a track without letting the tempo creep

Comes out of: Stage 4 — Double kick vocabulary — 16ths into bursts

Heard in: Little Dove · Hansel · Wide Awake