This Week

Review: A large serving of aggression with plates of euphoria and filth on the side, sir? Coming right up... The mysterious AWE has cooked up a five track menu that reveals, as EP title suggests, his most free-spirited fusions of funk and fire. From rifle-like trap grooves ("Rust Lung") to concentrated star-gazing halfstep euphoria ("YYY") via utter bass chaos ("Jurassic"), every meal is as tasty as the last.

Review: To do "Disrepresentation" a disrepresentation would be to call it a happy, feel-good track. To do it further disrepresentation would be to call it a banger. No siree, we're talking moody, cold, subby and dark. The bass drones with a slight hollow timbre, giving all the drama it needs through understated means. "Data Touch" is a little more upbeat thanks to some very nifty double kicks but the vibe is still as icy and unforgiving as you want it to be. Don't do yourself a disrepresentation... Jump on this today.

Review: While the cover artwork may make Benton look like a moody former member of an R&B boy band, the music contained on Reflections is as robustly underground as you'd expect. Moving from Burial-ish paranoid atmospherics to deep dubstep-soul via a series of sparse, moody and emotion-rich soundscapes, it portrays the London-based producer as a man for whom the simple pleasures of form and function are just not enough. Along the way, there are growling, murky floorfillers (check the hissing "Herman's Hideout" and "Defect Mind"), dubwise steppers ("20/20 VIP") and occasional blasts of piano-laden beauty (the intricate "We're Both Lost").