Didz At Juno Download

Review: Some crisp and dubby garage treats from Cardiff's Didz, who's previously had his beats released on Ten Thousand Yen, Step2Records and NSA Dubs. This new double-tracker out on Stoke Audio features the mighty "Jus Like" - a mix of technoid hats, deep Detroit pads and some swirling purple lead sounds, all given a spacey, echoed texturising and anchored to punchy kicks and snares. The brilliantly titled "I Think It's 4am Mate" is also on the release, and Didz strips everything down on this one to twitchy garage beats and thick, dark chords with great success.

Review: Didz steps up with the "Rum 4 Cover EP" on L2S Recordings. Kicking off with "Somewhere Out There" it's all choppy, distorted female vocal, euphoric rave chords and shimmying percussion for the main part. Don't rest on your laurels though as Didz switches things up in "Special Ting", up next, which builds from a sultry, subdued intro into a disorientating main part with muffled vocal and hissing hi hats. "G Party" changes the pace and changes the style once again with a tense, bleepy intro it becomes a slick, R&B-influenced venture, before "You Don't Hear Me" brings the EP to a close with a more stripped back finale.