Mista Men At Juno Download

Review: The ever reliable Greenmoney Recordings returns to the business of releasing music with this incendiary three track EP from Doncaster's finest (only?) garage/UK funky duo, Mista Men. The Cardiac Arrest EP opens with "Baby Charm" and it's pure fire, with stuttering rave stabs underpinned by a rugged UKF beat and occasional lashings of fun bass squelches. Up next the title track goes in on a darker tip - check the menacing drop into the sound of a respiratory machine half way through! - before "Daylight Robbery" rounds off a must-check EP with swirling synths and scattered rim-shots. You'll find a bit of everything on this EP and it's all the better for it.

Review: A trio of dirty house dons from Yorkshire, Mista Men continue to keep things bubbly on this latest EP of grimey/funky house bangers via the Greenmoney label. Switching styles nicely between deep tropical beats ("Pantha") and jacking, full-pelt techno ("Kranky"), it feels like no style is beyond MM's grasp at present. Check out the minimal Miami spank of "Sweatshop" as proof of that - a brilliant mix of classic Detroit textures with fast 808 beats that DJ Assault would most certainly approve of. The floaty textures of "I'll Still Love You" rounds off very solid EP.

Review: The Unknown To The Unknown juggernaut shows no signs of slowing down as they absorb UK garage heroes Mista Men into the fray, delivering three club-ready bombs from the duo. "Labrini" takes it back to '97 with its steel pan percussion and bright streaks of neon intersecting its passages of sticky bassline action. "Forget U" opts for the darker approach, offering only snatches of vocals from its foggy bass, while "Hard Drive" takes some bracing synth stabs and puts them together with some breathy vocals and junglist airhorns to create a devastating combination. Right now only Disclosure can match this pair for such impeccably produced garage inspired beats - big tip!

Review: The first release on Greenmoney's new label, "What U Do To Me" is a sparkling newie from Doncaster's upcoming trio of bass brothers, Mista Men. With a subtly shifting feel running throughout the song, vibing between sung hooks and bubbly lead sounds, it's a future-garage slayer with a sly dubby mix also included, this time from Welsh crew C.R.S.T. With another new MM tune, "Hold On" also thrown in, this is a great start for a label that'll no doubt be making big noises over 2011.