Disfigured Dubz At Juno Download

Review: Bearing witness to Skream's more understated appreciation of all things disco, his Disfigured Dubz label drops this very wonderful slice of boogie-shaped brilliance this week courtesy of Brian Gibbs (aka Echo Park). Reminding of greats like Change, Bill Wolfer and Yarborough & Peoples, Gibbs keeps things slow and assured on this lush single, complete with a gravelly and slightly vocodered vocal. Instra:mental's Jon Convex has recently followed his partner Alex "Boddika" Green into the solo-sphere and turns in a blinding minimal bass remix complete with detuned robo vocals, while 12th Planet & Finch work up a hot dubstep rave mix to round off this excellent release.

Review: The dubstep don turns his hand, as he is apt to do, to a bit of jungle. Returning to where he left off with "Burnin' Up" in Sept '09, Skream re-works the Loleatta Holloway sample, adding some warm, reverberating bass and clinking piano keys to "Hats Off" alongside rolling breaks and euphoric builds. "Heavy Hitter" does exactly what it says on the tin with smashing snares, grizzled b-line and thumping kicks, Hatcha style. "Rigging" is a bit more grimey, dominated by groaning SFX, clashing SFX and murky subs. "Sea Sick", possibly the rowdiest of the three dubstep cuts with wrenching synths a-plenty, concludes the EP.