Clueless At Juno Download

Review: 2011's hotly tipped newcomer, Clueless, starts 2013 with a bang with this newie on Kursed Recordings. It's good to hear that he's still pursuing his 'bass-step' agenda with an unstoppable fervour: The jumpy "Aha" sounds like a synthy vintage garage cat on a particularly hot tin roof, "Ghost Ship" is deep speed garage with sultry vocals and totally haunted bass (a la Actress), "I Feel For You" sounds like he's cut up SFA's Flowers into a jigsaw and put it back together randomly. Finally the pop vibes are dispelled by the virtually serial killer atmospherics of the monumental "Kick Dub".

Review: Having dropped his debut LP for Whistla's L2S label last year, bass-step producer Clueless has been quiet for a while now but surfaces in style on this new three-tracker for Frijsfo Beats. "Build" is a driving dubby garage ace, powered along with some crisp and percussion over deep waves of bass looping, while "Dirty Angel" is a more upfront 2-step banger a la DJ Q. The title-tune however is where the real money is - a chaotic Todd Edwards-esque scramble of chopped samples over an edgy yet wildly funky sub-beat.

Review: One of the most progressive champions of the genre known tenuously as future-garage, the L2S label has championed a phalanx of upcoming producers over the last two years and now celebrates its 50th release with this, their first full-length album. 2-step masher Clueless delivers a masterclass in beats 'n' bass here - just check out the heavy snares and jumbled acapellas in "Bruksteppa" or the effusive Detroit-in-space pads of "Phuture" to see what we mean. With the paced-up, old-school speed-garage of "Jazz Lick" also proving a favourite, Clueless has delivered that rare thing - a dance album that is all killer and no filler.