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Five Steps: Nymfo
February 10, 2014 | Jack Smith
Since his debut release in 2007 Bardo Camp aka Nymfo has not only engineered some of the finest ‘rollers’ to grace the scene to date but has also cemented himself as one of its finest DJs, especially when championing the … Read More
Five Essentials: Amoss
February 7, 2014 | Jack Smith
To celebrate the launch and first release on the new Melbourne-based Plasma Collaborative imprint, we welcome Amoss to the fold with a new round of Five Essentials. It’s a pretty damn weighty selection as you might expect… Big ups to Andy and James, … Read More
Five Steps: Voyager
December 26, 2013 | Jack Smith 1
As one of the key exponents of GLR-era atmospheric jungle with a plethora of releases reaching as far back as ’94 with his ‘Knowledge’ Remix on Lucky Spin, Pete Parsons aka. Voyager returns after a four-year hiatus with an emotionally- … Read More
ROTW: VA – Evolution Of The Giraffe LP [Diffrent Music]
December 13, 2013 | Jack Smith 1
I’d like to say Diffrent really have stepped it up a gear with Evolution of the Giraffe but that would be a huge disservice to the countless, quality releases to have come from the label since their somewhat telling debut … Read More
Five Steps: Dom Petrie
December 6, 2013 | Jack Smith
First off, big respect to Ingredients for throwing out a seven (!) track extended player from a relative unknown with undoubted talent who goes by the name of Dom Petrie. Very rare in this day and age indeed, as is … Read More
Five Steps: Need For Mirrors
December 6, 2013 | Jack Smith
Following on from the release of his remix of Skittles’ ‘In For Me’ and Emilio N4M’s solo departure from the name (who is now operating as HLZ), Joe Need For Mirrors is showing no signs of letting up moving towards … Read More
Spotlight: VIVEK
November 15, 2013 | Jack Smith
If there’s one person truly flying the flag for deep – no, positively subterranean – dubstep in 2013, that person is VIVEK. Release number one on his label System was a clear call-to-arms for the sound, not simply because the music was … Read More
Five Essentials: Gremlinz & Homemade Weapons
November 11, 2013 | Jack Smith
A pair of producers whose depth-excess 170 have been causing quite a stir in 2013, Gremlinz and Homemade Weapons are finally set to come to the fore after a string of brooding, razor-sharp cuts as solo artists on Doc Scott‘s … Read More
Five Essentials: Logos
November 1, 2013 | Jack Smith
One of the biggest exponents of guttural aggression at 130 BPM in 2013, Keysound have always veered engagingly away from the usual confines of the rather derivative ‘bass music’ monicker, and its latest solo artist LP from London-based Logos conforms … Read More
Five Essentials: EHL [Warm Comms]
October 24, 2013 | Jack Smith
Texas-based Warm Comms have always been a reliable outlet for off-centre yet uniformly engaging beats around the 170 mark, and with its sister outlet Pushing Red replicating that success with a string of visceral Techno releases they’re now ready to … Read More