Review: This latest collection of rave-ready rollers comes to us from the Celsius Recordings crew, a collective who have assembled a very tidy collection of artists across this vibrant new collection exploring six tracks of dancefloor-ready bliss. Opening up with the throwback subs sweeps and groovy percussion of Al Pack's 'Don't Cry', next to Seathasky's emotive vocal bubbler in 'Sprites' and a tidy rap-along original from SundayGrooves entitled 'Raindrops', we can see the project kick-off in real style. Next, Sykes unleashes some real dynamite across the grizzly subs of 'Desire', next to Aleyum's gnarly subby sizzler in 'Saturday Superlative', and WUFO's tidy closer with the sumptuous pad synths of 'Echo Chamber'. Some fantastic work on display here from the Celsius crew!
Review: Original Key's Faces Of Jungle series has been a consistent and prolific platform for some pretty exceptional and heavy hitting slabs of breakcraft sorcery in the last year. Name a currently active artist in jungle and D&B and there's a chance they've flexed here... As collection of the last four VAs proves. All styles and sounds should be expected from the juicy jump-up disco funk of Bassface Sascha & Fiendsoul's 'Back To Basics' to the Amen artillery of Sykes' 'Exit' via Veak's wild sub soaker 'Rebel' and Bring The Beat Mack's party-blazing 'Oh My Gosh', this collection digs deep across the board giving a lot of hugely talented artist a platform and spotlight. Face the music!
Review: Fokuz welcomes Sykes once again for another lesson in timeless jungle craftsmanship. Four cuts in total, each one rattles and slaps with precision breaks, hard-hitting twists and more sub bass than your doctor would recommend for a whole year's intake. From the opening dubwise ripples of 'Da Licence' to the final closing shimmers and sways of the finale cut 'Velvet Space', everything is exactly how it should be. Gold.
Review: Say 'Rotterdam' to most electronic music lovers and the first thing they'll think of is likely to be gabber and other harder techno styles. Now, in a bid to challenge that stereotype, Boogie Cafe bring us a six-track EP showcasing "the more soulful, jazz-influenced sound emerging in the city". What that means in practice is six broken beat/nu-jazz cuts, coming by and large from the more dancefloor-friendly, less noodly end of the spectrum with Sykes' 'No Way' playing us out on a slightly more dreamy, midtempo note. Dikkens' 'The List' stands out, just for the untoward use to which it puts a Bananarama vocal!
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