Review: Skuff has an enviable history of producing deep, rolling beats and this EP on Ten Ton Beats is no different, with the producer perfectly blending rolling basslines with subtle sampling under the beautiful soft vocals of Iffy guiding you through the track. 'Sounds Out There' is simple in its elegance and yet rough in all the right places, with a catchy drum hook that stretches out on the intro before rollling through into a barebones main body of punchy low frequencies. 'Stories To Tell' is the softest with its funky guitar flicks, a soulfulness mirrored by the luxurious synth touches of 'Sunflowers'. It's the title track that steals the show, as a hard-hitting but melancholic arrangement perfectly summarises the beauty of this release. Yes Skuff!
Review: Five years, 50 releases, Ten Ton Beats imprint have contributed to underground D&B with a steady, gradual confidence. Not flooding the game but never falling off the radar, the label has been a consistent source of uncompromised heaviness. Here we celebrate this with a raffish cross-section of dancefloor styles that really do live up to the label's weighty title: the metallic bass rasps of "Missing In Action", the snare perfection and silky sub warps of "Deadly Force", the tongue-in-cheek Voltage-style mischief of "Funk Inspectors", the Twisted Individual barks of "Chapter". Technically some of these bangers weigh more like 12 or 13 tons. But that's our little secret.
Review: Hot on the heels of his "Fear" EP on Eternal Muzic, UK demolitionist returns to Ten Ton with another clutch of hurters. "Filthy Animal" is straight out of the classic jump-up playbook with its classic movie sample and tongue-in-cheek bassline. Digging deeper into the EP we're hit by warble inversions as "Sound As A Pound" gets all heads-down and introspective while "Hard Like A Hammer" flicks the switch with a lion-roaring bassline and amen shattering fills. Finally "Dark Moment" sees Damagement stepping away from the undiluted jump-up with a well-crafted, break-shaking roller complete with old school synths and a brain-melting breakdown.
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