Review: If there is one thing that we could never criticise about the Iron Shirt Recordings team, it's their consistency, with a bulging catalogue of original bassy slammers, they always seem to hit the nail on the head. This latest compilation plays testament to that as they unleash the fifth edition of their 'ISR' series, welcoming back a host of dubstep heavyweights, including L Nix, Roklem & Sebalo, Jaswan and more. The whole feel of the project revolves around system-ready rollers, welcoming a host of exciting newer names to the table at the same time, all of whom deliver the goods. For us, there are a few real highlights, with the clunky, clock-like drum ticks and lethal bass crunches of Basura & Dalek One's 'Pure Destruction', next to the eastern melodic flicks and grizzly synthesiser pulses of 'Ruffhouse' from JWire and the intense drum triplets of Split's 'Midnight Hour'. Another seriously beefy body of work!
Review: Next up from the WiddFam squad, we take a peek at this wavy five-producer link up as Kraken, Serpent Eyes, ZiEK, Makak and Legend4ry join forces for a sizzling six track delight. We begin with 'Salvation', an eastern inspired stepper jam, packed with catchy vocal samples and lethal subs below, before the title track 'Osiris' sees Kraken deliver a punch of eastern woodwind and precise drum processing, before 'El Dorado' deploys more mysterious pluck melodies with a much more whirling sense of bass instrumentation. The rest of the crew then get involved on remixes, with Legend4ry's 'Banging On The Percs' mix of 'Salvation' giving us a vibrant, bouncy rethink, alongside SerpentEyes & ZiEK's synthy overhaul of 'Osiris' and the floating sub-textures of Makak's 'El Dorado' recreation to round us out in style!
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