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Headhunter, Nomad
[Tempa] I have to admit that it took me a while to warm to dubstep. The spare hypnotics of Shackleton and the inimitable, tinder dry soundscapes sculpted by Burial immediately appealed but then their...
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Zomby, The Lie
[Ramp Recordings] Zomby sees himself as part of the undead but with a taste for skunk weed instead of flesh. He is a resolutely anonymous producer whose publicity photo has few clues into his...
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Various Artists, Round Black Ghosts 2
[~scape] While compilations by Soul Jazz and Skream have highlighted the rude bwoy and raved up ends of the dubstep oeuvre respectively, the Round Black Ghosts compilations have become the touchstone...
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Martyn, Great Lengths
Picture courtesy of the Daily Mail [3024] After notching up a slew of killer cuts last year and an equally impressive array of remixes, ears have been pricked in anticipation of Martyn’s full length...
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Ike Release/Hot City, Ike Release vs. Hot City
[Infrasonics] I think we can pretty much all agree that when we’re talking about dubstep these days, we’re only nominally talking about dubstep. Like the theorized supermassive black hole at the...
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LWE Interviews Mary Anne Hobbs
Having hosted the experimental new music show on the BBC’s Radio 1 for over ten years, Mary Anne Hobbs knows her stuff. She wants to know what else is out there, and she wants to share it with you....
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Distance, Reboot
[Tectonic] Distance has been applying industrial metallic textures to his bleak and foreboding productions for over half a decade. One of the “school of 2004″ dubstep originals, his sound has always...
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LWE Interviews Pangaea
Photos by Sarah Ginn Kevin McAuley has long provided a tense, shadowy musical counterbalance within the Hessle Audio camp. From his early days releasing sparse and rolling dubstep, he has latterly...
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