Review: A very interesting release here from Soulserious, a label that usually excels in the UKG and deep house side of the dance as the bossman Sunday Roast unveils his D&B alter-ego 33Reasons. Two cuts deep, it works as a nice introduction to this darker side to the label founder. 'Feel For You' is the prowling growler of the release thanks to its curmudgeonly bassline that grunts and oozes its way over the drums. It's in good company as 'Enjin' brings up the rear with more cold, spacious drums and a series of ghostly harmonics trilling and flickering over the roomy groove. Feels for this.
Review: Soulserious mainstay Sunday Roast heats it up again with a five-track EP firing in a refreshing mix of minimal dub, dank club beats and stepping rhythms. Virtual b-side burner "Teklofone" probably the best example of this. Techier still comes the rhythms and shakers in "Caspers Revenge" with its house chords landing somewhere near Sven Weisemann Jouem territory. Padded drums feel the flex of a gnarly bass in this EP's lead track with old skool dubstep and percussion adding shades of urban rave to "Trust" next to the wobble bass and ragga dub of "Watch The Ride". Call it in!
Review: Reading's Jook 10 is getting better at this album thing - it took ages for his debut album Darkside to arrive, and now the follow up, Contraversial, is here just one year later. Skill-wise, his spelling may be controversial, but certainly not his production techniques and here we get 10 impressive examples of them. Highlights include the tropical-keyboard-falling-down-the-stairs eccentricity of "How Come", the apocalyptic voodoo garage of "Feelings" and the slammin' speed garage bounce of "Fuse".
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