Review: Next up from Strictly House And Garage, the crew continue their hot streak of top quality UKG drops, this time welcoming founder Skillz back into the mix, alongside the ever-ready powerhouse skills of Joedan, for a fiery two track display. First up, a funky-influenced bop by the name of 'Love Dub', a truly smokey display of quirky percussive grooves and tightly woven drum sounds, giving us a good vibe from the jump. Next to this, 'Roll To The Dance' puts a strong focus on warbling sub lines and clunky percussion for a more old school feeling, giving us a nicely balanced A/B selection to play with.
Review: Whenever the Strictly House And Garage crew come to town, we know it's time to put on the dancing shoes, with this latest collection exploring six, spicy 4x4 rollers. We open up with the bubbling bass bounces of Dubzta's 'Things We Do For Love', taking a classic vocal sample and working it into a catchy riff, before the nostalgia inducing basslines of Liam B Line's 'Joop And Gel' and the smooth vocal displays of 'Do It Rite' from Littlefoot give us a taste of something a little different. We then proceed into Relik, a seriously weighty piece of weaponry, focussing on LFO grooves and distant vocal chops, before Ross Boss ups the groove with the vibrant sampling of 'Ironside'. We then close off with two final feasts, firstly with Skillz delivering a moogy masterclass in 'Gold Diggers' and Spa Street Sound giving us a final punch of subby satisfaction on 'Closer Than Close'. Lovely work!
Review: It's always great to see the Strictly House And Garage crew get back to business, with this latest offering of futuristic garage flavour seeing them unleash 7 speed garage originals. We open up with label-founder and long standing Sheffield veteran Skillz letting loose on the bubbly pulses of 'Dibble Dab', followed by Liam B Line's masterful rework of The Streets in 'Pirate Lockdown' and the explosive rethink of Rip Groover from Local Dubz, giving us a classic a powerful rethink. Next, J69 strips the sound back to its niche-driven roots as '97' gives us a shuffling bassy showcase, next to Spa Street Sound's warbling speaker wrecker in 'All Cru'. Finally, the party feeling is stripped back to the minimum as the glitchy chord progressions and vibrant drum skips of 'Gonzales' from Mattik sees the project close out in style. Excellent work!
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