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Review: Iconic, genre-defining business from the one like Joker, and undoubtedly amongst the purple wow pioneer's best productions to date. Originally released in 2008 on Plastician's Terrorhythm, this now sees the light of day as a digital release. If you've not heard the ubiquitous sounds of Bristol referencing anthem "Gully Brook Lane" in the past few years, then just where, exactly, have you been!? That idosyncractic synth riff has "Joker" written all over it, with rippling melody, stepping b-line and buckets of grime infused flavour. "Retro Racer" tunes into an 80s vibe, taking its name from an old arcade game and using the same memorable melody in the sonic infrastructure of the tune, with smacking beats and low end pressure underpinning it.

Review: Plastician's '08 debut album gets revisited. Coming straight outta Croydon with the gnarliest beats imaginable, the legendary dubstep/grime pioneer brings us such iconic anthems as "Intensive Snare" featuring the agile lyrical prowess of East London's Skepta which is all "high hats, treble and bass!" alongside such rambunctious riddims as "Real Things" which brings in Frisco, Chronic, Tempz and Esco as well. Elsewhere, things get more dubbed out (see "Hocus Pocus" or "Shallow Grave") and mournful and melodic, like breathtakingly beautiful "Japan" which concludes the album. An outstanding body of work and an essential for dubstep heads new and old.

Review: Plastician, master of the punishing bassline, returns with his ominously entitled Straight Outta Croydon EP on Terrorhythm. Kicking off with aptly named title track "Hard Kore", it's like skullstep meets dubstep, as smashing kicks, rumbling subs, chopped up vocals and razor sharp snares reverberate and clash against one another in this violent cacophony of sound. "Plasbar" sees our man Plastician tune into a synth-led, purple wow-turned-nasty-esque sound, with shimmying synth lines, pounding bass and high pitched SFX forming a melody above the thuds and kicks. Powerful stuff here.