No Money Enterprise Continue Their Dominant Emergence on Presto

It’s been just over 18 months since the explosion of Aussie Drill. With the upload of The Message on March 31st, 2019 Western Sydney’s OneFour took a thriving underground scene and delivered it on the world stage. Aptly titled The Message echoed across the Australian music scene as old industry heads tried to work out where exactly OneFour had even come from.

In the 18 months that followed, countless artists have emerged and asserted themselves in the booming new wing of Australian music. From the reinvention of heavy electronica in Hooligan Hefs to the straight run hard hits of HP Boyz. Millions of streams, subscribers and followers from parts of the Australian population previous entirely untapped by Australian music. Diverse and representative of communities that are far too often forgotten or actively shut down as part of contemporary Australian culture, drill music suddenly thrived.

Amongst all the noise, one act stood head and shoulders above the rest from debut to today. No Money Enterprise from the deep south of Brisbane are untouched for quality, consistency and their undeniable ability to produce an absolute jam. Latest single Presto continues that dominance.

Lyrically Presto walks the familiar territory of being at the top of the game, making money and being the baddest of the batch. Yet the flare in delivery takes this well trodden path and lines it with gold. Lyrics continually jump from the beat and snap fingers for attention. Lines like “Pull up like Jehovah and witness, the baddest in the business” from Tommy OT cracks a smile on every listen, whilst “Put you to sleep, until you hear the birds singing haha” from Stallyon Junz rips you back into the reality of how hard NME hit.

However, it’s the intelligence in their choice of beats that sets No Money Enterprise ahead of the pack. The beat behind Presto absolutely shines. Sounding like it has been cut straight from Mark Hunt’s walk in music, Presto pops with a vibrant, energising and fresh brass loop being bounced off an ever present dark bass line that grounds and carries the track. Combined with cash register, bird and scratch samples and Presto absolutely struts from start to finish.

With the film clip for Presto acting as an introduction to each member of No Money Enterprise, setting up a narrative mimicking a Guy Ritchie film and teasing a part two, it feels like now is as good a time as ever to give No Money Enterprise all your attention if you weren’t listening already.