Paradise Lost At Juno Download

Review: Having flirted with various on-point labels over the last six months, Aussie dark-stepper Droid Sector (real name Tom) has found his spiritual home on Paradise Lost; a label known for subverting the deep formula with altogether beefier, more confrontational jams. "Slenderman" is a rough-housing riddim-chomper that purrs with all the gusto and precision of a fine-tuned combustion engine. "Lifesigns" is more your classic dungeon affair but with great attention paid to the haunted vocal loop that adds a twisted, insane flavour to the trip. "Cleanse The Universe" takes more influence from classic electro with an android breakbeat and chilling synths while "Obscured" ends us on an almost jazzy skank, and wheezes and pleases with some paranoid minor key swoops.

Review: If you're in the market for woozy, slurring dubstep then you're in the market for Ill K... Taking the UK dungeon sound and adding more of a low-fi distorted techno twist to proceedings, he's mastered an applause-worthy level of weight and depth. Highlights include the strange squelching squeak-riff and foot-flipping riddim-switches of "Time Machine", the King Tubby style 4/4 dub thrash of "Lighter" (classic sample!) and, of course, the industrial level slouch of the title track.