Caspa At Juno Download

Review: Having helped firm up the foundations for dubstep as we know it today, there's been a lot of speculation surrounding Caspa's new album since he first announced it last year. No pressure, then! Luckily it's good news all round: across the 15 tracks he's developed his trademark dubstep swagger AND taken trips down various other creative paths to keep both himself and the listener interested. Examples of the latter include the utterly mental "Techno Terry", the industrial strength future hip-hop ("Ghost Town" and "On It") and the piano-soaked rave-up "Reach For The Sky". Showcasing unparalleled potential in a post-dubstep landscape, Caspa's nailed this 'tricky' second album with deft precision.

Review: Dub Police lynchpin Caspa makes an early bid for "certified carnival anthem" with the soca leaning ravestep of "Fulham 2 Waterloo". One massive rave horn gets twisted around a concrete heavy half step rhythm that's poised like a sonic boom to the guts. It's essentially an exercise in the art of builds and drops - the track is shameless in its intentions to make you dance and as such is probably Caspa's best production in a long time. Be sure to check the Roska and Emalkay remixes too! Up next, "Bang Bang" is probably titled so because of the explosive nature of the drum programming - expect evil strains of mid range wobble to cut you in half.

Review: Sub Soldiers owner and dubstep pioneer Caspa comes up with another highly anticipated, souped up cut on the genre-defining imprint. Bass heavy business prevails from the off, as an accelerating intro leads into an almighty drop with gritty, drill like low-end factor and echoing tribal punches. Screaming synth work and plentiful sub bass compliments the dark, dubbed out soundscape, making for an essential release for 140bpm aficionados new and old. Expect to hear a lot of this one on the dancefloor in the coming months.

Review: Flipping the proverbial script, Caspa, once named villain of the "brostep" scene pokes fun at the chart success of unnamed individuals in the contemporary scene with his tongue-in-cheek Not For The Playlist EP. Taking it back to its aggressive Croydon roots a la N Type and Hatcha in "Sir Rock A Lot" he blends raw bassline pressure with aggressive stabbing drums and transposes this to "Champion Skank". He becomes more frank with statement piece "It Is What It Is" before finishing up with the fun, bleepy "Hot Shoe Shuffle" with its military rhythms and dancefloor rumble.

Review: Caspa, the dopest ghost in town, makes a return to his own Sub Soldiers imprint with the consciously tongue-in-cheek Sell Out EP. As well as making a political statement to his peers, Caspa also brings us some pretty good tunes here. First off we have "You Sell Out" with its smashing snares, booming foghorn bass and computerized "4...3...2...1" countdown into the drop with its drill-like synths, which are almost unbearable. Up next is "Jungle Juice" with hollow, metallic tapping, burbling horror movie style vocal in the distance and cheeky, quirky pattern of sounds, which make up the tune. "Room 324" brings the EP to a close with shimmying SFX, purposeful beats, spaced out atmospherics and an air of catharsis about it.

Review: The third single to come from his brand new album (following "War" last year and "Sexy Beast" a month back), "Setting Sun" shows Caspa at his most melodic and diverse. Laden with the most emotional strings and synths possible, both the vocal and instrumental are the biggest 'lighters up' anthems the Croydon lad's ever created. The remixes are equally engaging: Antiserum and Mayhem trip the trap fantastic while Breakage dubs us out with a sexy, low-swung swinger. Massive.