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Review: Camo & Krooked, the mighty Austrian duo signed exclusively to Hospital Records, return to the fore with "Between The Lines", an immense 14-track remix album which takes their award-winning debut Cross The Line to a whole new level. Particular highlights from across the selection include Inside Info's superb, tech-y interpretation of "Anubis", SubZero's turbocharged jump up remix of "Run Riot" and Funtcase's unrelenting version of "Hot Pursuit". There are also some exclusive tracks from the boys themselves, just to top things off. Miss this at your peril!

Review: Paul Rose AKA Scuba has seen his Hotflush imprint climb to revered recognition over the last year or so. Releasing seminal dubstep artefacts such as Joy Orbison's Hyph Mngo and Mount Kimbie?s Maybes pulled in huge attention for the label, despite owner Rose's debut album from the year before receiving less attention. A Mutual Antipathy is only now receiving the accolades it deserved through serving as a both a building block of the label and a marker for his new album, Triangulation.

Blurring the lines of dubstep, techno, trip-hop and electronic, Scuba provides one of the truest dubstep crossovers to date with his second full length. Now residing in Berlin, where he is a monthly resident for Sub:stance in the mighty and cavernous Berghain club, the influence of the city's deep seeded techno and dub subcultures make themselves much clearer in this follow up. Tracks like "On Deck" and "Tracers" owe much to the refined, dubby techno of Berlin as does the cold mechanical feel of "Heavy Machinery" before the wide sub bass of "You Got Me" opens up the rest of the album, allowing Rose to push the tempo that bit further. Before then, we see much of the sound that still signatures this as a Scuba record. Tracks like the spooky garage of "Latch" and the juttering "Three Sided Shape" cry back to the feel of two step and half tempo drum and bass. There are also moments of relief, such as "So You Think You're Special" and "Before" which both make use of female vocals in dub sounding trip-hop numbers.

Triangulation is a charming album that soaks influence and inspiration from across the board. Wonderfully unique and crafted with expert skill, it is the most comprehensive dub crossover offering so far. Surely now, Scuba will begin to demand the same kind of attention as the other artists on his own label.

Review: For anyone with a passion for forward-thinking bass music, Back & 4th should be essential listening. Via a sprinkling of super-hot exclusives and historic label favourites, it brilliantly celebrates the enduring appeal of Scuba's vital Hotflush Recordings imprint. For confirmed fans, it's the first new jams that will titillate most. It boasts some real killers; strobe-lit future garage, dubstep and wonky neck-snappers from Boxcutter, Rosca, Boddika, Falty DL and Scuba himself (the acid house-flavoured "Feel It"). If that's still not enough to tempt you, take a look at the previously released tracks from Joy Orbison, Mount Kimbie and Untold.

Review: Possibly one of his strongest releases to date, the inimitable talent that is Rockwell comes up with this astounding half-time D&B offering entitled "Childhood Memories" with accompanying remixes from Neosignal, Metrik and Teeth. The original is a glorious fusion of time-stretched, distorted vocals from Kito and Sam Frank, which echo, whisper and dance around one another as if from another time, glitchy SFX, clapping beats and hazy synths. In the midst of it dreamy, bleepy melodies are juxtaposed with smacking snares to add further madness to the mayhem. Neosignal provide a devastating remix which adds a generous dose of tech-ed up neurofunk to the proceedings, whilst the Metrik remix is straight up stadium-pleasing dancefloor fun with buckets of energy and Teeth provides a stripped back re-interpretation to please the deeper end of the spectrum. An exceptional release here from Rockwell.

Review: Having already hinted at it on his album Under The Ice, this represents Dutch ex-pat Icicle's first full sub-low exploration into dubstep; and each of the four tracks on offer are true, hypnotic treats. All to be filed under the more rhythmical, loopy, techno-inspired dubstep sub category; "BNC" struts with fancy footwork and deep chilling synths, "Acid Step" slithers with a slinky, stripped back formula that'll work well for warm ups and transitions, "Need A Job" takes dubstep by way of Detroit while "Together In Dust" finishes the set with a truly trippy signature.

Review: Terror Danjah's hotly anticipated Dark Crawler finally arrives in the digital domain! This album is every bit as good as we'd hoped, with the title track taking the producer's grimey strings to a new level. With a 70-strong orchestral swagger behind it, the panicked stabs take on a blockbuster scale which only serves to hype up Riko's rootsy flow to a nail-biting, cliffhanging, car-chasing showdown of a track. The production pyrotechnics are all in full effect throughout the album, a killer 14-track set that features collabs with Champion, Trim and more. One of the year's best.

Review: Sporting the quintessential neon-lit flair that typifies much of Hyperdub's output, D.O.K bowls onto the radar after something of a potted discography to date. As the EP title might suggest, there's plenty of G-funk styling at work on the synths, daubed across the top of some rigid drum machine breaks. The VIP of "West Coast" wins out over the original's half-step lurch, with a manic approach to the rhythmic content. That said, "East Coast" will do more favours on the dancefloor with its rugged drum machine backbone capturing the ghetto-tech resurgence in fine style, albeit maintaining the lurid melodic content.

Review: Dub Police mainstay Subscape prepares us for his debut album with this delightful trio of flavours that develops on the same wide-eared progression he hinted at with his "Elements" release last year. "Beautiful People" is as close as dubstep will get to a ballad; with a sexy slurring beat and washes of synth emotion, it's an end-of-night hug-out for all corners of the dance. "Can't Go On" takes the emotion to a higher level thanks to a series of kicking rave breakbeats and stirring trance-like synth work and delicate pianos. Missing the nasty evil vibes Subscape is more commonly known for? Then head directly to the screaming, siren-heavy banger "No Time To Chill".

Review: Dub Police are on fire as of late, and this latest unmixed collection of tracks from the one like Subscape really speaks for itself - over 35 tunes long, he paints a fine picture of the latest in bass news; his initial "I Need You", coupled with other tracks like "Just Coz", "Graveyard Shift" or "Beautiful People" are perfect examples of his own skills as a true modern bass scientist. There's plenty to be heard here but if we have to pick some highlights, then we'd go with Pixel Fist's "Let Yourself Go", a raucous wobble-stepping jungle mutant, "Beneath The Fold" by Mydas, another bass-emitting belter, or even "The Promise" by Breakage, a surprisingly balearic 4/4 spin-off. In all honesty though, Subscape gets it right from start to finish.

Review: If the eye-popping, cranium-crushing end of dubstep is your bag, it's likely you own at least one release by the Dub Police imprint. Here they're in prime form, giving space to Subscape to showcase their electro-heavy take on the dubstep wobbler. For the most part, the Universal EP is surprisingly charming, fusing sweet, bleep-heavy electronica melodies with the sort of heavyweight bottom end usually found on far more aggressive records. It's a curious mix, but one that pays dividends - particularly on the title track and chiming "Cadillac Jack". There are bona fide dark moments, too - not least the warped opening and closing tracks - but they're buried underneath a mask of quiet beauty.

Review: Making his debut on Tempa, multi talented MC, producer and one third of the Code 3 collective, SP:MC steps up with a couple of killer cuts on the legendary London imprint. "Oh My Gosh" is a slow paced, super sleuth of a track with low slung, undulating bassline, gently hissing hi-hats and clipped breaks with a retro edge. It harks back to the early days of dubstep, with a hint of Benga in there. Title track "Hunted" is another gnarly cut, with gritty, warping b-line, paranoid SFX adding further menace to the already darkened soundscape. Well worth checking!

Review: Since their rebirth a few years ago, R&S have been at the forefront of a new wave of exciting dance music, being instrumental in pushing names like James Blake, Blawan and Space Dimension Controller into the collective consciousness. This compilation sees them revive their long running In Order To Dance series, with a monster 22 track compilation; 12 tracks of selected highlights from the last 18 months of R&S releases, with modern classics such as James Blake's "CMYK", Untold's "Stereo Freeze" and Space Dimension Controller's "Transatlantic Landing Bay" all receiving pride of place. But it's the 10 unreleased tracks that will excite most, with contributions from the whole roster. There are numerous highlights; the piano riff of Lone's "Cobra" is as deadly as that on any of his previous productions, The Chain's "Suffer For Your Art" evokes the Detroit masters of the original days of R&S and Pariah's "Left Unsaid" sees the young producer move away from the UK garage inspired Safehouses EP to explore dense, claustrophobic textures. In a word: essential.

Review: Sacred Frequency sees New York based producer extraordinaire Machinedrum whet appetites ahead of his forthcoming album for Planet Mu with four tracks of dizzying rhythms and kaleidoscopic sonics. Intriguingly it is the title track alone which will feature on Room(s) - and "Sacred Frequency" is a real delight, filled with fluttering psychedelic touches and dizzying beat programming. Alongside this, "Flycatcha" splays a multitude of scratched melodic touches over a scattergun juke beat, whilst "Fantastix" is a similarly breakneck paced approach to schizophrenic UK rave replete with requisite chipmunk vox. The retooled descent through Motor City Soul that runs through "Listen 2 Me" provides a suitably captivating end to a brilliant set of tracks.

Review: Here, digital DJs get a rare chance to own a slew of previously vinyl-only plates from Mala's Medi Musik imprint. Deep Medi Releases 3 continues the format of its two predecessors, including cuts from 12" singles released in 2008 and 2009. For fans of good quality dubstep, it's well worth a look. While there's the odd intense dancefloor wobbler (Goth-Trad's busy "Saturn", Skream's "The Shinein"), there's also plenty of depth, melody and beauty amongst the trademark low-end pulse. Look out in particular for a pair of luscious, emotion-rich cuts from Quest, a pleasing bleep-fest from Truth, and Clouds' brilliantly far-sighted "Protecting Hands" - here available in two stunning mixes.

Review: A much-rinsed release on the dubstep circuit, Emalkay's latest offering on Caspa's Dub Police label sees the maestro team up with vocalist Lena Cullen for a superb uplifting, bass-heavy beauty. Taken from his recently released album "Eclipse", the original is a perfectly balanced mix of snapping snares, tense atmospherics, sonorous vocals and enormous bass weight. Trolley Snatcha transforms it into a rambunctious dancefloor nugget, whilst Mr Mageeka adds a funky, late night groove for the hipsters and Subtitles boss Teebee ups the tempo for his pumping, darkside D&B version. "Transpose" wraps things up with a Doctor P style attack of screeching synths. Huge.

Review: One of dubstep's meanest minimalists, Cyrus returns to Deep Medi after his excellent Manhatten Blues EP earlier this year with more of that oddly funky drum programming. "The Calling" employs the odd eerie tone here and there, but really it's the gentle building up and dropping down of the beat that takes precedence. "Visions" is more rolling in its snare deployment, but uses even less to furnish the beat. It's certainly tracky stuff, ideal for the DJs who want to work their mixes good and proper.