Just one listen to Emika’s ‘Drop The Other EP’ — out 18th
January on Ninja Tune — was enough to convince us that
one of 2010’s most compelling female talents has arrived
already. An eerie, alt. r&b grind of neo-classical pianos,
shuddering dubstep subs, skittering beats and Emika’s
breathy, seductive vocals, ‘Drop The Other’ is an instant
classic — joining the dots between dubstep’s seeping bass
heaves, Aaliyah’s darkest work with Timbaland and the
melancholic trip-hop complexities of Portishead.
At once cinematic and catchy, it’s also a tantalising taste of
what’s to come from the intriguing Emika. A former London
grime producer who found dubstep’s low-end theories when
she moved to Bristol, Emika’s relocation to Berlin has seen
an absorption of Berghain’s brooding techno intensity to
her complex palette of sonic influences.
With her full artist album due later this year, keep an ear out
for Emika’s deep, moody dubstep ballad ‘Double Edge’ and a
more techno-influenced pop sound, as well as a collabora-
tion with MyMy on Will Saul’s Simple label. ALLAN MCGRATH
Emika
German-born Marc Pop- as a solo artist and DJ
pcke sees himself first and in his own right. His
foremost as a DJ and then warm, disco-marinated
as a producer. “I really workings have already
like to produce my own caught the attention of
m
tracks, but to play as a DJ the likes of Buzzin Fly,
is what I’m living for,” he Freerange, Darkroom
enthuses. Dubs and Moonpool. ar
Marc’s quest is to show And this year Marc will
dancefloors where the continue to spread the
origins of house music lie. good word and whet our
“That’s why I’m playing appetite by sprinkling his
originals from the ’70s in magic dust over remixes
C
my set at the moment,” and productions, as well
he continues. as setting up his own Po
visionary label Soulfooled
Originally co-producing with Alex Niggemann and
with Daniel Solar as Solar Superlounge. HELENE
& Poppcke, Marc is cur- STOKES
rently breaking through
PPC
k
Listen to the delicately layered grooves Since he joined up with Third Ear Record-
E
of Wbeeza and you’d probably assume ings, Wbeeza’s four-track EPs have been
they hail from Detroit or one of Europe’s the antithesis of transient, carbon copy

cooler postcodes, rather than London’s throwaway tech with each of his compo-
SE15. Not that the prodigious Peckham sitions unravelling all of these influences
producer follows the path well trodden. into their own unique, richly textured
Having produced the breakthrough grooves — his forthcoming ‘City Shuffle
grime hit ‘Uumm!’ for fellow South Lon- EP’ traverses the low-lit warmth of
doner Giggs, 25-year-old Warren Clark ‘Candle Groove’, the deep, snare-shuffled
claims to listen to almost no modern day tech of ‘A116’ and ‘Hip Op’’s washed-out
house and draws most inspiration from rave stabs and the jazzy, spaced-out UK
the timeless grooves of ’70s funk, ’80s hip-house of ‘All Those Beats’.
rare groove and jazz greats like Donald ALLAN MCGRATH
Byrd and Roy Ayers.
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