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Review: Philadelphia based producer Starkey returns with Space Traitor Volume 2, another outer galactic odyssey that showcases his unique take on grime, dubstep and breaks. There are seven original productions featuring a couple of killer vocal contributions from Charli XCX and Curly Castro - all worth checking, especially opening cut "Lost in Space" and the beatless atmospheric soundscape of "Craters". Remixes from Darling Farah, Om Unit, Innerpartysystem, Distal, Monky and the Elementz round off a bumper package on Civil Music.

Review: Acclaimed Philadelphia based street producer brings it with his unique take on grime/dubstep/bassline/breaks, in the first instalment of his Space Traitor EP series. "Robot Hands" kicks things off with a Rustie style synth work out, with robotic rhythms and a mechanised thump/bleep pattern. "Playing With Fire" builds from the grandeur of the intro into an experiment in menacing minimalism. "Holodeck", with its vintage film samples and twee melodies leads nicely into dreamy, vocal-led "Paradise" and finally future garage tinged "Lenses". There's a whole heap of remixes from Egyptrixx, Ital Tek, Kaiser, Rudi Zygadlo, ARP101, +Verb aswell. Big.

Review: Blimey! Barely a month's passed since Civil gave us Reso's breath-taking debut album, they're now giving us Starkey's inaugural longer player. Naturally it lives up to the expectations he's set with his scene-inspiring singles. From the Trentemoller-meets-Daft Punk string-drenched sadness of "G V Star Part 1" to the gritty ghetto-take bass of "Command" to Orbital-like solar hug "Lzr", this resonates with undiluted psychedelia, melody and the deft art of audio surprise. Essential.

Review: Philly's own bass champion Starkey is in stadium-filling mode on this new EP for Ninja Tune. Treated piano and strings, played out in a bombastic key and built up for maximum dramatic impact, abound on the lead track. Before long the fist-pumping synth grind more typical of Starkey comes screeching in for the last quarter - immense! Elsewhere the man is on more familiar territory with the agitated brap of "Blood Roses", and the chiming half-step of "Rayguns". The whole EP is blinding in its hyper-produced sheen, which should see it getting lapped up all over the shop, and rightly so.

Review: Previously given away for free last summer, Starkey returns to this momentous musical atom-splitter with a clever VIP. Where the original leans back on a much starker 808 trap recipe building up to the big blast drop, the VIP slam-dunks you in deep before you even get to tie the laces on your raving shoes. Two different grooves for two different shades of the night; usually a VIP outshines the original, but here we have two really interesting takes that could quite feasibly be played together with maximum potential to teasing the Dickens out of your audience.