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LV & UNTOLD / MOUNT KIMBIE - Beacon (Mount Kimbie Mix)

2010-03-10T13:00:00+00:00

LV & UNTOLD / MOUNT KIMBIE
Beacon (Mount Kimbie Mix)
HEMLOCK
DUBSTEP / GRIME / FUNKY
12"

**SHIPS FRIDAY** Untold and LV step into the future with a slab of advanced Afro-tek backed with a Mount Kimbie remix on Hemlock recordings. The collaboratory effort on the A-side is exceptional, with Untold kneading maleable subbass into fluid forms at the bottom of the spectrum while melodic percussion plugs the gaps between post-garage shuffle and shoulder-dipping Afro-flex. Noticably LV's contribution comes in the stealthy camouflage of smoked dub vibes, favouring spooked FX and crackling textures woven into the rhythm with a deft crispness. Providing a lighter counterpoint on the flipside Mount Kimbie stir effervescent jazz chords over a slightly unstable garage rhythm, using only fractions of the original to make a frothy swoon of IDM-debted steppers rhythms for the club, car or headphones. Absolute killer.

SCUBA - You Got Me / So You Think You're Special

2010-03-10T13:00:00+00:00

SCUBA
You Got Me / So You Think You're Special
Hot Flush
DUBSTEP / GRIME / FUNKY
12"

**SHIPS FRIDAY** Whetting the appetite for the forthcoming 'Triangulation' album, Scuba gives two varied rhythmic vantage points on Funk and neo D'n'B from his Berin/UK perspective. Both tracks display the huge advancements in his sound from the 'Mutual Antipathy' era, taking on Funky-synced traits in the percussion of 'You Got Me' while adding a melancholy build of glossy synthlines, while 'So You Think You're Special' comes from the emotionally charged halfstep angle of the Autonomic crew with interesting percussion and a sci-fi female housed at it's melodic core. Strictly limited copies, DON'T sleep!

SHORTSTUFF & MICKEY PEARCE - Tripped Up / Coconuts

2010-03-10T12:00:00+00:00

SHORTSTUFF & MICKEY PEARCE
Tripped Up / Coconuts
Ramp
DUBSTEP / GRIME / FUNKY
12"

**SHIPS FRIDAY** Blunted Robots' Shortstuff and Mickey Pearce (aka Martin Kemp) merge talents on Ramp's latest. Both sides rank among the best we've heard from these two, crashing multiple styles like a skanker in a china shop. 'Tripped Up' trims B-more, Electro-funk and clipped party-step into a thrilling mass. There's shades of Kingdom's NYC ruff-house bounce, splayed with a sense of stylishly controlled UK urban flavour to fire up the party good and proper. Wile out fun! On the flip 'Coconuts' slashes dischordant strings over grimy bass splurts and Zomby-esque wonky synth bobbles to strut with a neon rudeboy flex that's been heating up the sets of everyone from Bok Bok to Scratcha DVA and Jackmaster in recent months. Large and in charge!

RHYTHM & SOUND - No Partial

2010-03-10T12:00:00+00:00

RHYTHM & SOUND
No Partial
PK
DUB / REGGAE
10"

Another chance to cop one of the most essential dub 10"s ever. To our knowledge this is the third official repress of Rhythm & Sound's 'No Partial', the opening track from the R&S compilation CD and one of the most important foundational tracks for the Berlin dub style. The only drawback to this 10" is that they've now omitted the original Wailers cuts on the flip, but on it's own 'No Partial' still remains one of the most immersive seven minutes of dub purity from recent years. You should know the score with this, if you dont already own it, make the investment now and thank yourself later. ESSENTIAL.

VARIOUS / HONEST JONS - Watch How The People Dancing

2010-03-10T11:00:00+00:00

VARIOUS / HONEST JONS
Watch How The People Dancing
Honest Jons
DUB / REGGAE
2LP

CLASSIC compilation from Honest Jon's Records. Focussing on the killer new dancehall vocal and dub's that the Unity Sounds label and sound system dropped to mad effect in the mid eighties. Genius through and through with spot-on basic channel mastering from the man himself Moritz von Oswald at Dubplates & Mastering, Berlin. Informative liner notes, lush high quality sleeve makes this as essential a reggae comp as 'Darker Than Blue'. Legendary material, reissued with love.

FURRESHU - Untitled / 1993 / Horizons

2010-03-10T09:00:00+00:00

FURRESHU
Untitled / 1993 / Horizons
Project Squared
DUBSTEP / GRIME / FUNKY
12"

**SHIPS FRIDAY** Impressive techno experiments from Bristol's Furreshu. In the wake of his digital-only Echodub release, this is his first vinyl release, deftly combining the strains of dub-tech and techno also explored by Sigha, Scuba or Marcel Dettmann. The A-side nearly buckles under the weight of carrying it's 'Untitled' load, where throbbing kicks rub against dry hi-hats and cracked plastic textures to create an arid friction requiring some sweaty lubrication from the dancers. '1993' meanwhile cuts deep into an electro-stepped killer with grandly spacious dub-stabs and droning industrial synths before the chilling finale of 'Horizons', meshing tautly minimalist halfstep patterns with a cloistered sense of darkness you'd usually find on a Sandwell or Fachwerk release. Aces all round.

RETAIL & LEISURE - Your Reference To Positional Stability

2010-03-10T07:00:00+00:00

RETAIL & LEISURE
Your Reference To Positional Stability
RETAIL & LEISURE
TECHNO / HOUSE
12"

From the Glasgow enclave of the Forward Strategy Group comes a new label dedicated to purist and purified techno minimalism. The first release on the label comes from Smear, who pares back the driving functionalism of previous releases to expose a pulsing mechanical core fuelled by ice-cold bleeps and subbass sculpted kicks. Fans of Sleeparchive and Mika Vainio, you've been warned! Newcomer Adrian Ross takes control on the flipside, slowing the track down to a sluggish dread throb with dense layers of drone followed by an Retail & Leisure take on dubstep with half-timed pace and stoically churning bass given surprising detours into minimised industrial funk. Support comes from Surgeon, Tresor's Marcel Heese, Giorgio Gigli and more. Big twelve.

NON PERSON - Presenser / Mi Empress

2010-03-10T05:00:00+00:00

NON PERSON
Presenser / Mi Empress
CHANNEL ZERO
DUBSTEP / GRIME / FUNKY
12"

**SHIPS FRIDAY** Wonky IDM displacements from the Helsinki-bassed Non Person. His 'Presenser' 12" follows the excellent Clouds record 'Spit' for Channel Zero with a unique sweep of elasticised rhythm programming which reminds us of Funckarma or Hermutt Lobby's considered approach. We wouldn't really call this dubstep, it's too electronic and basically not very dubby but does put an interesting spin on the style that fans of electronic hiphop will savour. Fans of Kuedo should check this!

FEMALE - Advanced Bossa Rmxs (2010 re-Press)

2010-03-10T05:00:00+00:00

FEMALE
Advanced Bossa Rmxs (2010 re-Press)
RSB
TECHNO / HOUSE
12"

*Vital 2010 reissue, stamped white label styles* One of the best techno 12"S ever - finally back in stock! Much like his cohorts Regis and Surgeon, Female has continued to pursue an uncompromising path through the most disturbed and outrageously tight Techno variants you'll ever have the pleasure of hearing. Pounding with a skittering skip that sounds like the imaginary conflagration created by Autechre had they decided to produce dubstep within a techno template - is there anyone really producing anything this heavy, sharp and innovative in the Techno community? Industrial technoid futurism that is quite simply in a league of its own. Massive.

ERRORS - Come Down With Me

2010-03-10T05:00:00+00:00

ERRORS
Come Down With Me
Rock Action
INDIE / ROCK / ALTERNATIVE
LP

Following their ace debut of two years ago, the confusingly titled It's Not Something But It Is Like Whatever, Errors return with another batch of hyper-tuneful electronic post-rock. After the stellar introductory piece 'Bridge Or Cloud?', the album really kicks in with the brilliant 'A Rumour In Africa' which takes a tightly engineered live drum kit, big brassy synths and ringing guitar hooks to fashion a very fine instrumental that manages to preserve a nice verse-chorus exchange. 'Supertribe' is better yet, propelling the band's sound into fully realised dancefloor terrain whilst never once dropping the ball as far as melodic hooks are concerned. As the album develops the band successfully deconstruct their sound into thoughtful, finely crafted synth-rock instrumentals like 'Beard' and 'Antipode', whilst even offering their own slant on the DFA sound, with 'Germany'. Good stuff.