Review: With garage once again becoming the darling of UK dance music, from the more commercial charts all the way through to the basement rooms of dances nationwide, seeing a new 'Best Of UKG' compilation is always going to spark some excitement, especially when it's Elektroshok on arrangement duties. This collection is solid to say the least, exploring some very cool futuristic production themes and rhythmic experimentation from start to finish. The variation is what catches our ears, from the electronic euphoria of Basstyler's 'Feel This Way', and groovy crunches of Temgri's 'Olive Cream' through to the pure gnarliness of Destroyers & Murix's 'What You Say'. The project breathes pure originality in sound, with our favourites including the grizzly synthesiser work of Pavane's 'Sleeping', next to the seriously gritty arrangements of Javy Groove's 'Sequences', which is definitely one I'll be saving for the rave!
Review: The Distorsion team have gone out of their way with this brand new compilation drop entitled 'Breakbeat Essentials', which sees them pull together a super impressive twenty-part selection, showcasing the best of breakbeat artists right about now. From the more twisted bass designs of 'Fucking Beat' from Hankook and Eztereo's 'Have To Go' to Yo Speed & Mutantbreakz's super techy arrangements of 'Need More Dog', we see this compilation explore such a vast range oft he breakbeat sound, shining a light on some of the more under-appreciated areas of the sound. Some of the immediate standouts have to include Suga7's super intricate bass soundscaping on 'Let Me Hit', alongside the crunchy, horn-like textures on Kid Panel's 'Kasmir'. Awesome work!
Review: After a year of releases, 83 are taking stock with 83 Showcase 01, their first label compilation. It kicks off with the utterly monumental opener "Around The Corner". Crafted to perfection by Suga7 it's all loose and slow funky drummer beats and haunted bass. Elsewhere across these ten tracks we have all sorts of other discoveries too including the stark, dry and claustrophobic vibes of "Get Down" by Javy Groove and the doomy ghetto swing of "Underground" by Guau, a jam in possession of one of the most evil build-ups ever.
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