Zinc At Juno Download

Review: The latest in Zinc's Crack House series boasts no less than six tracks, each one of them reminding us why the erstwhile junglist is one of the most consistently respected producers in London Town. "Only For Tonight" will hog most of the spotlight thanks to the emphatically delivered vocals by Sasha Keable, but it's the underground bass-busters that will cause the most damage on the underground with cuts like "Overdrive" "Family Riddim" and "Plugtastic" all riding on major sub-shock-out levels. "Forest Gate Funk" is a whole arena for Zinc and is waiting for a crack team of MCs to spit over it. "Feeling My Way" is the true treat for Zinc heads... It's his first D&B tune in years. But don't go expecting the Zinc of old; this dreamy melodic beauty is next level.

Review: It's quite a turnout for the books to see Zinc delivering a release for Rinse, and he weighs in heavy from the off with 'Sprung'. Deploying a fat breakbeat reminiscent of 'Fat of the Land' era Prodigy, he rinses out a fat mid range riff against a sample intoning 'let's go' repeatedly. It's not the most original material, but Zinc makes this irrelevant, with an ability to make the masses move in ways that other producers can't. Elsewhere, 'Unlike Me' utilises lots of loud tricks and plenty of gusto, while "Unlike Me" sounds like the perfect hybrid of big room electro and UK funky, with a hollow bassline that mines grime for its sound to great effect. Finally "Recovered" utilises a similar formula, utilising an ascending melody and aggressive vocal looping to round off a bombastic EP.