Komonazmuk At Juno Download

Review: A key lynchpin in Bristol's ever-burgeoning dubstep scene, ex-D&B producer Komonazmuk gets down to business with Dance Too, the latest release on Appleblim's Apple Pips print. A strong, weighty bassline predominates with chiming stabs and plenty of slow-burning, ganja hazed appeal. It's nicely crafted, with a glowering hum and subtle, driving current beneath it. There's no sense of dubstep's big, bad "bro-step" doppelganger in here, friends. In fact, it lends itself incredibly well - almost too well - to the deep house re-fix which Lee Jones gives it on the flip; it's stripped back grooves all the way here, with a nice use of spaciousness and vocal snatches amongst the woodpecker beats, which almost surpass the original in fact. Perfect chill out material.

Review: With its theme framed by spoken word samples in the intro, "Underground" is Bristol born Komonazmuk's love letter to his younger days listening to and playing on pirate radio. The track itself, taken from his forthcoming album, sees him leave behind his moodier rollers for a bright, funk infused house number that could only come from Bristol, with a killer vocal hook that nonetheless maintains all the bass weight of his earlier material. On the flipside a renewed Paul Woolford takes some time off from his Special Request project to rework the track into a dark, bass-heavy hybrid form with hints of the Autonomic sound in its fast rhythmic cuts and moody synths. Awesome stuff.