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Vessel
Rift EP
Liberations Technologies
I can't even ?nd the
words to explain what
this is? Popstep? OK, how
about weak, sickly shite?
Now excuse me while I go
wash my mouth out.
Misery Is A
Communicable Disease
8.0
Dope three-tracker from
Vessel here, employing
a distorted vision of
electronic euphoria
whilst clearly clunking
about in an avant-garde
fashion in his dad's
shed. Like.
Demon
Therapy
6FBS
6.5
Something a little
more experimental
from the 'dyed in the
wool' dubstepper.
Brooding acidic techno
on 'Therapy' and more
swaggering syncopated
tech on 'Frontline'.
Play ME
0.5
Will Ward
Violiners
Deadplate
6.5
'Violiners' is the joint
to absorb here, a wavey,
bassy number with
delicate synth work and
vocal snippets that get
the pathos receptors
?ring.
Singularity
Mumdance & Logos
Genesis EP
Keysound Recordings
8.5
You can always tell the ones
that innovate from the ones
that emulate. These chaps
are ?rmly in the former camp,
I mean, have you heard 'In
Reverse PIV'? It's feckin'
bonkers. Still, that aside, the
rest of the EP is soaked in UK
dance music empathy — grime,
drum & bass, garage, hardcore
— but twisted and mutated
into beautiful bastardised
formats that vary the musical
gene pool, rather than
muddying it. Hurrah to that.
reverbing the Right Guard off the
bedside table. The rest of this
trap-come-grime EP is also worth
a listen, with '124th' rounding
things off nicely with some
darkside screwface action.
Pearson Sound
Lola
Hessle Audio
8.0
Mark Pritchard
'Lola' is a delicate ?ower of a
track, mincing along at a delicate
116bpms. Only to get showered by
a grimy puddle as the juggernaut
of 'Starburst' hurtles by at least
17.3 miles an hour over the speed
limit, as punchy basslines rage
from the Yorkie-chomping, Daily
Sport-littered truck cab. Best
thing from ole PS in a while.
Warp
Plastic Soul
Make A Livin'
7.5
V.I.V.E.K. SYSTEM/ DEEP MEDI
01. V.I.V.E.K ‘Rockers’ Dubplate
“New bit from myself, where I mixed it live on a desk. I have ?ve versions of
this track. Dubbed out with a deep sub-line.”
02. V.I.V.E.K ‘Chopsticks’ System Music Dubplate
“Far Eastern ?avours with spaced-out atmos and deep sub-line.”
03. KAHN ‘Over Deh So’ Dubplate
“Love this one from Kahn, wicked groove on the bass as per and great
percussion.”
04. KROMESTAR ‘Mere Shere VIP’ Dubplate
“Krome killing it with a re-lick of one of THE dubplates at the mo... whenever
I play this, instant rewind!”
05. PINCH ‘Tropical Fever’ Dubplate
“Pinch at his best... amazing percussion on this one.”
06. GANTZ ‘Second Nature’ Dubplate
“Eastern strings with classic Gantz groove. Deffo one to watch.”
07.
LAS ‘Malfunktion’ Dubplate
“Brutal track from LAS, love the bass on this.”
08. GOTH TRAD ‘Sunbeam VIP’ Dubplate
“GT goes in on, for me, one of his best tunes, and ?ips it to a lurching 70bpm
monster!”
09. ISHAAN ‘Namkha Dub’ Tectonic Dub
“Boogied-out Bristolian ?avours... sick sick riddim.”
10. V.I.V.E.K ‘Mantra’ System Music
“Forthcoming on my next release. Music I like to think to.”
Retiring Africa Hi-Tech, Harmonic
313 & 33 in favour of his birthing
name is a shame really, as they
were all pretty good. There are
other culprits who should deffo
take a leaf from his book of non
de plume creation. Still, 'Make
A Livin'' is a killer four-tracker
from the Antipodes-dwelling
beatmaker incorporating highoctane footwork, jungle and an
echo of 8-bit wonkery, yet it's the
title track that comes through
strongest. Solid as ever.
Mssingno
Mssingno EP
Goon Club Allstars
8.5
"Make sure you frisk me good,
check my panties and my bra" is
a regular saying in my bouncer/
doorman repertoire, which
therefore makes 'Skeezers' by
Mssingno a bona ?de anthem.
A big, bellsy number with bass
I Got It EP
West Norwood Cassette Library
7.5
WNCL head honcho Bob Bhamra
teams up with old buddy Paul
Bateman to form Plastic Soul,
which sounds like a blatant
opportunity for them to piss
about making badass dance music
with plenty of bass, pace and
sancti?ed soul. Tight 4/4 garage
skippery provides the foundation
across this EP, with plenty of
subtle gospel, disco and popcorn
soul references throughout. A
strong DJ tool if ever I heard one!
Rain City Riot
Rain Maker EP
Rain Maker Records
7.0
"Stop your grinning and drop
your linen" is de?nitely a classic
line for any wannabe Lothario,
and got me listening to this tidy
EP from newbie Mr RCR, who has
decided to debut his ?rst release
on his own label. Brave move, you
say? Well, Defected and Toolroom
aren't far behind. And you can
hear why. 'Dim' is a solid, partystarting bumping garage/house
groove, 'Your Clothes' is sadly
forgettable in comparison, but
'Waiting For Me' rallies quickly
with a sleaze-infested electro
moocher.
Torus
Feeel
Sonic Router
8.0
The second EP from the young
Dutch producer is everything
you'd expect from an artist who
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