Latest Purchase - Untold

Untold - Stereo Freeze (R&S Records)

I'd missed this recent release on revitalised R & S Records until Rothko was playing me some of his latest new records. I immediately went daft for the lead track on this single.

Stereo Freeze is a monster of a dubstep/electro banger. I've been playing it a lot, and mainly at ear-shredding volumes. This is easily the best track I've heard by Untold, but is so good that I'll keep checking them out, just in case there is more as good as this.

The flip side isn't quite so good. There are excellent elements and sections, but the whole is a little disappointing. Much more the Untold I'm used to. 

I picked this up in Undergound Solush'n in Edinburgh when I ventured through there to celebrate my brother's birthday.

 

Latest Purchase - Orphan101

Orphan101 - Propa/Disemble (Apple Pips)

 

More hybrid weirdness from Apple Pips. I've been buying these on sight for some time and even though the artists are usually new to me, they are often a gateway to quality and unusual stuff.

Orphan101 gives us pair of understated tracks that could both probably be called dubstep, but there is a definite electro feel to the lead track, while the flip is more techno to my ear. I reckon I prefer the A-side as it has a great pulse and generates an unusual atmosphere. The flip has a little strangeness that I think could get on my nerves after a while.

Latest Purchase - Zomby

Zomby - Liquid Dancehall (Ramp)

 

Catching up on another older tune i missed first time around.  Zomby has made a lot of records that have attracted my interest over the last wee while. Some of them have been straight up genius like The Lie, while others just haven't moved that much at all.

I had thought that this was one of the singles that left me a little cold, but I reckon that is because I'd paid too much attention to the A-side, which I'm still not very keen on. I heard Rothko playing the flip side recently and was straight over to find out what it was. I saw that I could get a copy as a pair with the Peverelist of the previous post and here we are. 

 

Latest Purchase - Peverelist

Peverelist - Infinity Is Now (Tectonic)

I've been on a bit of spree recently and haven't really been writing about the records as they came in. A lot of gear from the internet so it was all coming in dribs and drabs. I decided to wait until everything had arrived before posting, but i'm feeling the backlog is getting a little out of hand.


This is an older release on Pinch's label Tectonic that I missed when it was first released.  Punch Drunk boss Peverelist gives us 2 excellent techno flavoured dubstep tracks. Nice effort in mutual back scratching with the back and forth of releases on each other's labels. I always like that kind of thing as it makes it easier to keep exploring and discovering new music through the connections.

I reckon I prefer the flip Junktion for its unusual rhythms and weird atmosphere, but they are both quality tunes.

Latest Purchase - Slackk

Slackk - Theme EP (Numbers)

 

Didn't know anything about this until I saw this in the racks in rubadub. Numbers is the label they are running now and I've not been that interested in many of the releases, but I still check them out.  This wasn't a hard decision to make.

rubadub say something like the title track ‘Theme from Slackk’ brings back the raw aggression of the aptly named Underground Resistance classics Fury and Punisher and intermixes it with the tribal energy of UK Funky". I think this is pretty accurate, although I did change one of the track titles. It certainly put ideas like that into my head before I'd read their blurb.

I had a huge smile on my face as soon as I heard this, so it was definitely coming straight home with me. The two versions of Theme are great fun. The only real difference is that the dub doesn't have the voice spelling out S-L-A-C-K-K.

The other side 'Fireflies' uses similar sounds, but is maybe a little more 'serious'. This is a quality single and I'll definitely be keeping my eye out for Slackk in future.

Latest Purchase - Future Bass Compilation

Various Artists - Future Bass (Soul Jazz Records)

I've been a big fan of Soul Jazz Records for a while now, particularly for their reggae, funk and soul complilations.  While I haven't always been so convinced by their electronic music complilations, I felt this was just too hot to resist.

I saw this in rubadub last week when I was picking up the Model 500 single and got it put by with another couple of things to collect when I had more cash. 


Featuring contributions from Mala and Coki from Digital Mystiks, LD who has released on Hyperdub and elsewhere, Ginz who has collaborated with Joker and is in Emptyset, Four Tet, Untold, Ramadanman and Kevin Martin's latest outfit Black Chow this album is a really good cross section of the adventurous side of current UK Bass Music.  There are also tracks by artists that are new to me which are very interesting and will require further investigation, particularly V.I.V.E.K and Sub Version


There is a wide range of styles on this triple pack, ranging from out and out rampant bangers to more subdued introspective moods. I'm looking forward to getting better acquainted with all of these.

Latest Purchase - Cooly G

Cooly G - Up in My Head/Phat Si (Hyperdub)

Finally managed to pick this up.  I mentioned my Hyperdub obsession before and this record specifically.  I liked one of the tracks off the last cooly g single so much that I bought this one without listening to it first.

I'm not too sure about the A side as it's a wee bit R&B for my taste, but the B-side is a winner.