DJ Earl At Juno Download

Review: Still exceptionally young, yet already a legend in juke's evolution into footwork, DJ Earl returns with six new essential 140+bpm beats on the Triple Threat EP. Creating hazy polyrhythms akin to his contemporaries DJ Rashad and DJ Spinn, Earl sets off with the Eastern tremolo stutter of "Triple Threat" before launching into the furious 'work of "Dragged" and the insane soul-sampling "Make U Mine". Sub hits and Dilla-esque cuts dominate "Flexin" while "Without Love" mixes the smooth with the ruff perfectly.

Review: The French were on to the sounds of juke and footwork well before the sound really took hold in the UK, and Moveltraxx have been pushing their own particular taste for the jagged sample loops and nagging drum machines for some four years. This compilation finds DJ Earl in fearsome form, with a nasty vocal getting rowdy with a siren screech of a synth. EQ Why takes things on a deeper level with some moody keys, but it's 'Clent's Knee Deep' that really kills it with a killer slice n' dice of Funkadelic's '(Not Just) Knee Deep'.