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	This week's dubstep selections Friday 20 July 2018

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Flowdan

Shell A Verse
Tru Thoughts

Within the grime scene, Flowdan has earned his respect as one of the most consistently shelly MC's out there, regularly returning to 140 with a new belter for the dance. This time he teams up with Tru Thoughts to release his brand new single 'Shell A Verse', a dancehall infused shackout, built up with triplet drum patterns and pulsating subs, topped off with dubbed out chord delays and subtle horn section pressure. As a bonus, this release comes complete with the instrumental and acapella, so you can expect to hear versions of this one all around the country over the festival period.

Various

Leftfield Bass Selections Vol 02
LW Recordings

As ever with the mighty LW Recordings, when we saw this one pop up in the delivery bay we were over the moon. As a label, they have become synonymous with high quality multi-genre releases, primarily balanced between deepening dubstep and tearout bassline. As the second edition of their 'Leftfield Bass' series, it fills the niche perfectly. For us the immediate highlights have to be the swampish textures and dirty bass remedies of 'Motion' from RUFUS! along with Babie GION's incredible 'Princess Takiyasha' mix of Cam Lasky's 'Summoner'. A special mention also has to go out to Venz for his fantastically nostalgic bassline creation in 'Dun Yas', featuring Swiftz on the vocal stabs.

Sebastian Paul

Trojan Horse
Mad Decent US

Mad Decent's latest member Sebastian Paul is cooking up a truly unique brew right here. Vocal, broken, hazy, bass with a little lo-fi and a lot of psychedelic soul, right now the music is speaking for itself as there's very little to know about Sebastian's identity for now. From the molten blues and thick trippy textures of "Vanilla" to the woozy hues and swaggering beats and horn textures of "This Crippling Youth" by way of the recent teaser single "Lust Drunk", Paul's created a singular sound that sits somewhere between The Weeknd and Jamie Lidell. The start of something special.

Dayzero

Hatched 18
Hatched

It's time for some serious stepper vibes as Dayzero steps up upon the Hatched imprint for a weighty five track selection. We kick off with the super swingy subs of 'Frog Squash' before rolling further into the swamp with 'Gun Pop' which machine guns it's way through pulsating 808 bass tones and shuffling drum arrangements polished off with some well sliced vocal additions. Next up, the tripletted power of 'Ishval', which rolls out some unpredictable percussive lines before we hit 'Pluto', a dubwise spacey womper. We then finish up in style with 'Symbolic Meaning', a super swung journey into the unknown, packed with crunchy bass sounds and dubwise fx design.

Oakin

Dub Attitude
Surfase

German deepsmith Oakin makes his debut on the ever on-point Surfase. "Cognitive Process" takes the lead with a strong sense of jazz to its mournful introspective chords while "Dub Attitude" lives up to its name with impeccability, all sub-drenched and swaggering like a purring Truth cut. Last but not least we're bounced from here to the heavens on "Mystic Path" thanks to a beautifully rounded and bulbous bassline that vaults through the dubspace with serious funk.

Pushloop / Frequency Dreams

Axis
Dank N Dirty Dubz

We have a winner... Frequency Dreams entered Dank N Dirty Dubz' Pushloop remix competition last year and this epic three tracker is the result. Building on his Version Collective and Dub Sector releases, Frequency Dreams hits home with a trio of tightly coiled vibes; "Axis" is a well oiled machine humming with pneumatic funk, "Radiate" is a little more introspective with its heavy atmospheres and gutter scuffing bass while his remix of Pushloop's "Secret Society" provides the grand finale where a whole new quirky staccato riff ups the energy while paying full respect.

Macabre Unit

The VIPs
Nomine Sound

We find your lack of faith disturbing.... Nomine fires up the dance with two insanely heavy VIPs from the man like Macabre Unit. "Darth Vader" keeps the 70-a-day breathing and ominous tones but jacks up the riff into something much choppier and wilder while "Mash Up Da Place" enjoys a subtler shake up with tripped harmonics laced into twisted bass riff. These are what VIPs were invented for.

Various

Elements Part 1 EXCLUSIVE
Cue Line

Cue Line bring home the bacon once more with this homage to the essential elements in life RDG & Cessman bring the air vibes with the breezy, rejuvenating atmospherics of "Guidance", Gaze Ill & 3WA bring us down to the earth with their rich grainy warm bass on "Manipulated", Binary & Zygos are all about the water elements as the technoid bass hits us with oceanic wave after oceanic wave n "Existence" while Murk & Shiva close with pure fire as the "Akousma" scuffs, scraps and savages you with roaring, uncontrollable drum pattern and skin singeing sound design. Bring on part two.

Nato Feelz

It Don't Stop
Firepower

Hot on the heels of his "All I Do" EP, LA's Nato Feelz returns to the mighty Firepower with three absolute stinkers. From zero to headbang in 0.2 seconds, "It Don't Stop" throws us into the mosh unapologetically with a grotty stadium-blazing riff and dramatic chords, "Woah" flips the coin for a much deeper, trappier twist with smoking 808s and ever-flowing liquid textures and "Crazy" closes with the show with a high voltage vibe that more than lives up to the title. Crazy? You will be if you sleep on this!

Qant

Siberia EP
Indigo Movement

We wade into murky waters on this brand new project from Indigo Movement as they team up with Qant for the Siberia EP. The selection kicks off with the 8bit driven glitchy rhythmics of '13_12' before rolling into a darker more spaced out territory as the unpredictable lasers and numbing subs of 'Alienated' take over. Following this we hear the scattered drum grooves and LFO expansions of 'Few Moments Later' before landing on the title track 'Siberia', a shuffling showdown, focussed on unpredictable syncopated percussive placement and haunting atmospheric synthesis. Excellent work!

Major Oak / RUFUS / Reaction

The Descendants EP
Biscuit Factory

Wake up and smell the bake up, Walsh's Biscuit Factory have cooked a fresh batch from three relative newcomers and the results are highly scrumptious; Nottingham three-piece kick off with abyss plunged bass tones and more space that Professor Brian Cox's daydreams, Rufus!'s "Slug Crawl" lives up to its name perfectly with molten rhythmic elements and stacks of tightly coiled funk in the groove while Reaction closes the show on a mystic introspective tip. Grub's up!

Provoke

Deeper Waters
Rebel Traxx

As big fans of Provoke, we were ecstatic when we heard tell of his new album 'Deeper Waters', as we knew from the jump it would be jam packed with vibrancy and finesse. Upon listening it immediately becomes clear that it is a project of diversity with styles stretching from the stunning soundscaping of 'Fate' to the more intense melodic movement and drum designs of 'Lost In Time'. Our highlights for the overall project have to include the incredible melody design of 'Chasing You' which blends subtle growling reeses with airy atmospherics and soft vocal expressions. Another special mention has to go out to the stunning sub processing on 'Musical Language' and the emotive harmonies on 'Thoughts Can Change', both of which also prove to be standouts from this impressive body of work.

DJ Sly & Swifta

Grimey Levels
Levels

Over the last few years, DJ Sly and Swifta have been setting some serious pace, with the Levels movement supplying them the platform to release their joint album project 'Grimey Levels'. As a full length project, it really epitomizes the breadth of musical styles the pair can pull together with ease, with a genre range spanning from grime to D&B. For us the immediate standouts from this have to be the raw power of 'Bust A Little Skank', bringing serious jump up flavour, alongside the descriptive Grimey lyricism on 'London' and the bassline infused rhythms and bass synthesis of 'Get Back'. A very complete project indeed!

Vasko

Unlock
Kwaioto

The first question you're likely to ask when it comes to this new EP from Berlin newcomer Vasko is 'what does the "Unlock" EP actually unlock?' We'll put you out of your misery; both "Symbiont" and "Telos" unlock portals into a whole new space / time dimensions where absolutely nothing is what it seems and everything you knew about 140 music is flipped on its head. The former is a super woozy sludge packer with more reverse twists than a rewind addict while the latter balances tribal and trippy with precision weirdness. More Dilla than Darqwan; Kwaioto know what they're up to.

Chris Innasound

Popped Off EP
Texture

The one and only Oris Jay relaunches his seminal Texture imprint with three crucial rumblers from long time confidant Chris Innasound. It's bubblesome business from the off as "Tall Bear" flexes a trippy underwater vibe with strange humanised harmonics, "Drop Sine" sends out a signal with creeped out J:Kenzo style minimalism while "Popped Off" flips the finale with a smouldering 85 halftime shakedown. If you know your bass music, you'll know how important the return of this label is.

Aeom

Asha Asha Remixes EXCLUSIVE
Zip Sound Recordings

The impressive output of the Zip Sound Recordings continues as they unveil their official remix EP for Aeom's highly rated 'Asha Asha'. We begin with Soble's grinding rework, incorporating grizzly electronic subs and skydiving arpeggios together to create a harmonically pleasing arrangement. On the flip, DJ Variant steps in for his punchy refurbishment, incorporating well rounded bass stabs and subtle eastern vocal snippets into the fray, creating a fantastic sense of atmosphere within the composition. Two very good remixes of a top draw original recording.

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