Emalkay At Juno Download

Review: The highly anticipated and much praised album by Emalkay finally hits the shelves and marks the release of the first full length LP on Dub Police. Weaving the Jungle-drenched sounds of cuts like "Crusader" together with ubiquitous synth-soaring UKF anthems such as "When I Look At You", Emalkay shows himself to be a master craftsman, expertly adept at bringing different sounds together. Elsewhere, heavy dubstep bangers like opener "Fabrication" or "Metropolis" sit side by side with funky, reggae tinged collab with Rod Azlan - "Flesh Bone" or the vocal led "The World" (feat. Lena Cullen). An essential purchase.

Review: Emalkay's pummelling "Fabrication" has been a staple of the Dub Police family's DJ sets for a hot minute now and Caspa's label finally relent and give the track the twelve inch release it deserves. Commencing in the soft atmospherics of a gentle vocal coo, it' not soon before Emalkay brings through the bass and all chaos breaks loose. Stripping back the percussive leanings to just a skeletal stepping rhythm, the all encompassing bass is left free to terrorise -something done with gleeful aplomb. Flipside excursion "Massive" lives up to its name, shifting up the mid range pressure way past eleven with a panned bassline filled with jagged menace acquiring a crazed edge as the track rumbles on.