[re]views

I found out on a forum this morning that the Scuba record, "A Mutual Antipathy", has been delayed a week, however i managed to get an *ahem* listening copy today. I'm on my second listen and enjoying it a lot. Forget any preconceptions about it being a dubstep record, its just a really great electronic record with super sweet production on it. Occasionally The synths and melodies can sometimes tend a little towards the sacharine for my taste, but theres ample low-end and rhythmic/percussive inventiveness to keep interest fully engaged. I really like how its all basically mixed together, one track flows straight into the next and as a whole its a really well thought out album that ebbs and flows in a really organic manner.

Bought a few other downloads this morning too:

Disrupt / Rootah split digital release. Both of these are listed separately as physical 10" releases, but sold together a one digital download which is pretty decent. Both sides are really damn good, but i think the Disrupt side pulls a little higher - production sounds authentically old and analog, big aquatic basslines carefully woven together with 8-bit melodies and bounced seemingly endlessly through echo and delay. Rootah side is slightly more traditional reggae sounding. Both releases feature Mikey Murka's vocal, with a soft rolling singing mc style, which I just found out is called singjay. factoid of the day!

Starkey - Bounce/Prism. Didn't know anything about this guy before, but just readin on his lastfm biog entry that he's an american, out of philly with releases on Slit Jockey and Werk. I really like these two tracks, taking a slow dubstep bassheavy template as a starting point, and applying it to a more slowed down hip hop/bmore/party sound. I might need to check into the rest of his releases too...

My excuse for buying more records than i can afford this week, is that i'm now DJing on saturday. Its the last.fm/presents Boy Better Know party at The Old Blue Last, with JME and Skepta. I'm on early, opening the proceedings, but if yer the neighbourhood, come say hello!

Labels: dj, reviews