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Played by: DJ Rachael EC
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Review: Ghetto Dub Recordings have a long history of putting out music that takes no prisoners on the dancefloor and, whilst we're still clubless, this superb breaks-focused various artists compilation is sure to get your gun fingers raised at home. 'Feel' is the most interesting of the bunch, with an almost grime like approach to its steppy percussion and structured drum claps that reminds us of Diemantle. 'Nastya' is the other highlight, with a piercingly choppy arrangement that sees jabbing stabs tumble over on another in their haste to mess you around, all tied together with a massive reece bass. Oh yes.
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Review: It appears that the Ghetto Dub Recordings team has assembled one hell of a roster for this one as they unleash the fully unmixed version of the Dubz: ReRubbed album project, allowing us to enjoy each and every tune in its full majesty. We find the perfect balance of high intensity dancefloor danger and more stripped back rollers throughout the compilation, from the Phibes remix of Wrecked from Vinyl Junkie & Sanxion giving us a gritty, synth lead smackdown to the much more junglist inspired recreation of Java's 'Screwface' from Aries. There are a few standouts throughout this eclectic selection, including Epicentre's monstrous sub-driven rework of 'We Up There' from Bill & Ed, alongside Veak's neurotic overhaul of Subcriminal's 'Mack 10' and the system rattling recreation of Flat T's 'Proceedings Closed' from Durban. What a selection this is!
Vinyl Junkie/Various
Vinyl Junkie/Various
Played by: Sikka
Played by: Loop Skywalker
Played by: STRICTLY RAGGA JUNGLE
Played by: DJ Rachael EC
Played by: DJ Rachael EC
Played by: Sikka
Various/Rachael E.C
Review: Rub-a-dub-dub, a bunch of producers in the tub, none of them are clean because they're all making proper stinkers for Ghetto Dub. And these are a handful of examples. As the label unleashes the parts to some of its many key recent releases to four exciting talents. Man-of-the-moment Sikka takes the lead with a crucial tear-up of Vinyl Junkie & SR's "Peace Pipe" while Ly Da Buddah adds a whole new twist to Rachel EC's "All Rudeboys & Rudegirls" with an immense chainsaw bassline that cuts right through the mix. Elsewhere we get tremendously woozy and wonky with DJ Gaw's remix of Bill & Ed's "These Streets" before Dublic closes the show with an absolutely savage junglised slap-down of "Paradise Lost". Rerub? Rewind more like!
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Review: Fifty tracks from Ghetto Dub. We'll repeat that; FIFTY tracks right here from the Bristol badassery stable! Fresh from the stashes of SR, Kumarachi, Aries, Vinyl Junkie, Conrad Subs, Octo Pi and many more on-point junglists across the generations, many of these tracks are brand new and all of them are heavier than a night down the Weight Watchers. Highlights include Conrad Sub's skanky groaner "Good As Gold", Jaguar Paw's utter filth session "Southside", Jay Aftermath's gnarly tech/soundsystem hybrid "The Jungle" and the pure rave purrs of Vinyl Junkie & Sanxion's "Outlandish"... But that's not even touching the sides of the fifty track attack. Dig deep and get rolling.
Review: The Ghetto Dub Recordings imprint make a feisty return here as they bring in X-E-Dos for four monstrous originals. We begin with the industrial drum work and high end synth stabs of 'Mescaline Paranoia', before we hit the stunning drum arrangements and sweeping reeses of 'Flutey'. Next up we hear the more experimental textures and spacey backing synthesis of 'Yosemite' before we finish up with an explosion in 'Jibber', an extra terrestrial composition focussing on distorted 808 stabs and widened break patterns.
Review: Bristol badsmith Vinyl Junkie lets loose on Ghetto Dubs with four of his best pals. The results speak for themselves; "Mind Games" sees him tagging in with Ikon B with some powerful soaring, roaring drone bass licks, "Come Rudeboy" (with Sound Shifter) is a lesson in breakbeat ruffage while "Paradise Lost" (with long time collaborator Rachael E.C) is all about the spring bass that coils itself tightly around the slithering drum arrangement. Finally Adam Mercy joins the party for a darker slab of drum funk laced with rippled detuned synth shadows. As you'd expect from Ghetto Dub it's another smoking "Joints" series.
Review: Get your lengers out! Bristol's Subcriminal makes his debut on Ghetto Dub with this scorching six-tracker of authentic jungle flavours. "Raised In The Hood" breezes with a classic old rave feel to the synths before dropping into a brazenly buzzy bassline, "Cocobutter" gets us ready for the summer with its sparkled skanks while "Fractal" is all about the wobbled and warped bass funk. Elsewhere we're treated to an early 2000s Full Cycle style gully funk jam on "Boom Bang", we go gangbanging to the heads-down driving riff of "Mac 10" before "Run It" rips down the walls with pure jungle wizardry.
Played by: DJ Rachael EC
Review: Pow: Vinyl Junkie and Rachael EC's Ghetto Dub imprint is raising the heat with every release right now. Next up: 36 Hertz affiliate SR with a quartet of raw jungle escapades. "Marble Madness" is an all-out amen attack that refuses to quit before "Armageddon" reveals deeper layers with its spaced out breaks and dark funk twists. "Emoji" commands every love heart and happy face you can muster with its classic rave vocal, eerie pads and sense-blurring drum edits. Finally "Special Ops" is straight back to 94 with drums chops fizzed up by the devil himself.
Played by: DJ Rachael EC
Review: A collection of modern dancefloor jungle, remixed and released for your pleasure. 'Nah Matta' is based round a forward moving, fast shuffle decorated with sirens, a ragga vocal and a big fat sub. 'Blackout' is a powerful beast of a track with hard and heavy hitting drum and a weighty bassline, lightened with the occasional classic 90's female vox. 'Lionheart Bizzness' is a loud and crashing sonic assault with a techy break down. 'Stay Tough' has a cinematic vibe, straight out of a thriller, we have a spoken warning and a killer sub.
Played by: DJ Rachael EC
Review: Long-standing break merchant X-E-Dos returns to Vinyl Junkie and Rachael EC's Ghetto Dub for more break-addled jungle mischief. Squeezing the dark-vibe-o-meter until it turns blood red, each track is that the cutting edge of jungle Rupture-style. Expect to be flattened by bass oceanic synths and growls on "I Wonder How" while "Possession" will hypnotise with its paranoid arpeggio worming in and out of the sheet metal drums. Elsewhere "We Wil Come" is the sonic equivalent of a wolf pack, ravaging through its latest kill with no sense of decency or manners while "Did You Know" could flatten cars with its rattling snare and dense atmospheres. They often say "Possession" is nine tenths of the law, we reckon it's nine thumbs up.
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Played by: DJ Rachael EC
Played by: DJ Rachael EC
Played by: DJ Rachael EC
Played by: DJ Rachael EC
Played by: DJ Rachael EC
Played by: DJ Rachael EC
Played by: DJ Rachael EC
Played by: DJ Rachael EC
