CARL LOBEN, [email protected]
an intricately percussive Photek cut
from his ‘Ni Ten Ichi Ryu’ era, a sorrowful sitar and sweet birdsong painting a picture of assorted rainforest
shenanigans, and ‘Nona’ — featuring
Nona Kalra from Birmingham — is a
gorgeous wailing trip-hoppy cut. Out
of this world music.
Big Beat Bronson
Nothing
Bad Boys
8.5
We like BBB, with their big ‘taches
and afros and ‘70s cop show ephemera. The original here has ravey
diva vocals and a male rap vox over
half-time beats that switch up into
breakbeat tempo every so often.
Soloing electric guitar enters the
equation later on for a song-based cut
that deserves to be a radio hit, in a
Stanton Warriors kinda way. Mike Delinquent turns it garage, Bordertown
make it tech house and goth rockers
Calling All Astronauts add more guitar
and housier beats.
Serial Killaz
Gold Dubs
Slayer Soundclash: Round
Two
Sub Slayers
9.0
The series where assorted Sub
Slayers artists face off against
one another continues. Gold
Dubs, formerly just Gold, teams
with King Yoof on lead track
‘Tempo Dub’, that utilises a
familiar weed-smoking refrain.
A dubwise breakbeat skank rolls
out into junglist riddims as it
burns down, while ‘Unreal’ with
Aries starts in a future jungle
stylee that unfolds like an EZ
Rollers cut on Moving Shadow
but with added warping bass.
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