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Review: A splinter project from hardcore American D&B outfit Evol Intent, Bro Safari brings a whole new intensity to Moombahton with this killer EP on T&A. "Avalon" for example piles on the bass around that distinctive reggaeton drum pattern, a trick repeated on the pounding "The Clap" which keeps the elements refreshingly simple - chopped, detuned vocals, thick 808 kicks and short LFO squeaks all structured into a sure fire floor-worker. "Cold Turkey" takes a rare trip into the higher bpms, while mixes from Jay Fay and Codes maintain the levels of tweaked-out lunacy that runs through this heavy release.

Review: New on Tittsworth and Ayres' T&A label, Southern duo Clicks and Whistles drop a hazy, low slung bass gem in the form of "Neva Get Caught". With a crunky, purple vibe to the slow pitch-shifting pads and a 808 kit straight out of Girl Unit's folder, "Neva Get Caught" is a big winner, as is the accompanying "Raw Passion" which sits nicely against recent releases from Joy O and Pearson Sound. Mixes from the label bosses, as well as are dark banger from Starks & Nacey, make this a hugely essential bass release.

Review: One half of production duo Team Canada, Grandtheft throws out a pair of blinding, club-shaped revisions of post-2000 hip-hop classics on this new release on T&A. "Gangsta Musik" chops the acapella from Camron & Juelz Santana's "Dipset Anthem" and layers it over a spectacular tropical house beat, with some subtle wobble added for good effect, while Ludacris' "Splash Waterfalls" gets a smart revisit on "Splash". Speeding up the beats whilst keeping both the original's cheek and glacial cool makes it a true DJ treat and a effortless party starter,

Review: Formerly of gonzoid ravers Guns and Bombs, Johnny Love is back (away from his Deathface alias) on T & A with this excellent EP of tropical electro blasters. Title tune "The Switch" will make fans of LOL Boys, Mele and Canblaster giddy with its heavily warped vocals and insistent kicks, while "Are You Ready" is a +130bpm riser that sounds like Afrobeat gone Dutch. On a more Latin tip, "Sonora" keeps a cha-cha sample buried in the mix until halfway through when it's dropped perfectly as the start of a never-ending build. Perfect stuff for tropical rave fans who like their tunes at a furious tempo.

Review: Having already made his debut on T&A with "Shottas", Dominican-born producer Munchi is back for a second bite of the cherry with this remix package. Among those making use of Mr. Lexx's deep booming vocal tone include Alvaro, who constructs a thin, tropical beat to wrap it around, while Bertonbeats makes use of the original's skanking sections to get his dubstep fully on. FFF get brilliantly hectic by speeding things up to an insane degree, adding the Amen beat for good measure, while Nguzungguzu drops a perfect minimal Bmore reworking that will leave you simply breathless. Seek out further mixes included here too from Unsub, Harikari, Shaun D and the mighty Schlachtofbronx.

Review: New from T&A Records, Canadian club-killers Smalltown DJs smash it in a dancehall/electro style with "Loving The Vibe", which mixes Trigga Nom's fresh, rootsy flow with a wobbly beat and some hard-rocking tropical snares. Among the excellent remixes included, it's hard to pick a favourite between the punchy Bmore/breaks makeover from Deekline and Lars Moston's subtle bass refix

Review: Party rockers Dj Ayres and Jesse Tittsworth have built up a huge following over last 5 years off the back of hundreds of cheeky Baltimore Club remixes, covering everything from The Ramones to Daft Punk and everything in between. They pretty much rule the east coast - hosting the infamous It's The Rub parties in NYC and through to Washington where Tittsworth's just opened his own venue.

On top of all this, their label T&A is in rude health and now drops this fourth compilation of various goodies guaranteed to kick a party off in a matter of seconds. The extended T&A family are all here - Dave Nada, Rob Threezy, Starks and Nacey and Fool Gold boss Nick Catchdubs - and the result is a winning combination of styles. Keeping things on a Bmore tip, Tittsworth's mix of Threezy's Round House rearranges the big electro stabs into a pumping and expansive peak-time banger while Dave Nada's Drummer's Rock is a stone-cold classic with chopped-up brass riffing on the seminal Bmore anthem Samir's Theme. Rob Threezy's The Chase was a huge tune last summer, getting plays from Diplo and A-Trak amongst others, and Ayres weighs in with a funky minimal version of his own on Bustin' Loose.

Dubstep gets a look in on Udachi's mix of Got Me Gone, while 12th Planet and Flinch do some serious damage on their mix of Apocalypse Theme, which contains enough wobble to choke a horse. Ayres's hip-hop cuts with rapper GLC are yet another successful shift in styles, with Got Me Gone both excelling in it's smooth and polished original form, and also in spaced-out mixes from Cabin Bwoy and Southern Fried's Proper Villains. Add to that the chunky crossover electro of Steve Starks and the 70's disco swagger of Smalltown Romeo's mix of Lydia and you've got a heavy collection of brilliant dance floor workers all wrapped up and ready to go!

Review: Known best for his production work with Spank Rock, Kele and Kid Sister, XXXChange has kept his remixes and originals held back for a while now. However, he's back out front on this new release on Tittsworth and Ayres' T&A label. On a heavy electro tip throughout, title tune "Bounce" flips Bmore rhythms with a touch of dubstep crunch while the excellent "Scrying Over You" is an astral delight, rendered via some trippy arpeggios and tasteful filtering. Possibly best of the bunch though is the hyper-fast old-skool Dutch raver "Panic Panic", which kills it in a brutally minimal way.