Review: Well established Croatian dubsmith presents his most diverse and boundary-pushing body of work to date: Brainstorm. A genre-defying project that applies his grimy, unforgiving tightly textured funk in a number of tempos and contexts, this is an album that seamlessly takes us from the light, loose-limbed 125 styles of "Ground Zero" to the brutal steppy D&B funk of "Clap Back" in the flick of a switch. Other brain-bending moments include the steady dub kicks and pranged out tones of "Acid Dust", the dusty jazz key strikes on "You Knw Wsp" and the pulverising halftime punch of "Shocker". The only shocker here would be to sleep on this... Easily one of Macabre Unit Digital's boldest and most boundary-less releases to date.
Review: Slime have a history of putting together really colourful, original underground releases, and this latest project from Aaron Static embodies everything they are about. We see him team up with the truly stunning vocal textures of Akacia, who really brings this one to life. The composition itself is a slower, more emotive piece of soundscaping, with twisted bass tones writhing left right and centre beneath blissful pad work and spacey vocal inputs from Akacia. This is definitely one to finish the night on for any DJ. On remix duty, Blackboxx reworks the structure into a 4x4 garage rhythm, adding a whole new depth to an incredible idea.
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Review: As Afrikan Sciences, Eric Porter has been pushing his own brand of freeform sonic experimentation incorporating elements and ideas from soul, jazz, broken beat and house in an abstracted manner that veers far off-grid. Far from prolific, Porter's project does share a close bond with the Deepblak label run by Aybee, who have issued all Afrikan Sciences material to date. With whispers of Afrikan Sciences material surfacing on PAN, Porter graces Deep Blak with a wonderfully unique second album entitled Theta Wave Brain Sync. Manipulating rhythm in a manner that's already quite hypnotic and meditative, the 11 tracks live up to Deepblak's billing that it will "let you go as deep, and far as you desire" and then some!
Review: With Innamind Recordings being such a forward thinking label project, we were absolutely thrilled to see this one land in our store as Ago steps out for a full length LP project, showcasing his versatility within the expansive realms of 140. What a project it is as well, from the smooth celestial synthesis of 'Above' and 'Deer' to the more dubwise influenced rolling percussion of 'So I Smoke' and 'Dragon Love'. Our highlights for this project however have to be the unpredictable yet incredibly smooth sounds of 'Blur', along with the sumptuous dubby switch ups and tumultuous sub pressures of 'Deer Dub'.
Review: We are very excited to get stuck into this new selection from Al Wootton, who touches down on Trule with a bag of creativity and originality laced between three smashing original designs. The title track 'Natural Forward' is a breaks infused monster, pulling together some incredibly unique drum patterns and wavy atmospheric layering for a super groovy piece of bass music. Next up, 'Rahma' arrives with a bag of bouncy energy, from its dubby chord delays to its shimmering drumwork, before we finish up with a look at 'Power Must Change Hands', a lively housey number, putting the finishing touches on a wicked selection from all involved.
Review: Whenever the VIsion Recordings banner is unfurled, we know it's time to crank up the system, with this latest dreamboat collection from ALEPH further proving our suspicions correct. We open up with the stunning soundscapes of 'IF U WANT', a monstrous combination of bubbling synthy glitches and affected vocal chops to give us a touch of aquatic mastery. From here, 'GRADIENT' dives into a more spacey, purple-infused soundscape as unique synthesiser runs and clicky atmospherics give us one of the most uniquely designed originals of the year so far. Masterful stuff!
Review: Next up from the Jah-Tek crew, a spicy fourth release as they welcome the soul-warming styles of Ape Suit inside, delivering four absolutely sumptuous originals,excavating the more mellow side of dubsteps many avenues. We open up with 'The Overview Effect', a truly beautiful original recording that focuses on bone-melting sub textures and uplifting melodic taps, with 'Stress And Love Compounding' then deploying an additional layer of sweeping LFO's to the table. We then dive into the abstract sub-layering and harmonic structures of 'Karoshi (Death From Being Overworked)', a truly beautiful soundscape littered with blippy percussion, before the face-slapping snare slams of 'Humans In Unison' bring us to a vibrant close.
Review: This latest outing from Apolo-Apolo is a great deep-dive into the more emotive areas of 2-step and dubstep ideals, with all four tracks involved offering up a refreshing take on new school melodies. If we take 'Love' for example, we are immediately embraced by aquatic sounding sublines with glittering soundscapes and tidy garage-style drum rolls to match, with the charming, lounge-like flutters of 'Charlie The Ghost' then following in hot pursuit. From here, the more mind-boggling soundscape action of 'Alone' moves into the spotlight, focussing on much slower drum syncopations and a mechanical sounding overhaul, with 'Someone To Hold' giving us the final dash of juice to see things off in style. A truly enjoyable sonic adventure.
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