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absolutely fl oors me that people can still bat Brother antics? As someone that’s been following her
on about how the scene ‘is not what it used to since her early days, Sov’s landslide decline is just going
be’. People like Martyn and Four Tet are coming at from disappointing to depressing. When I caught her
it from totally leftfi eld angles, borrowing from just smashing it up in fabric’s main room at Run The Road,
about any source without prejudice or restriction. Your Sov seriously looked like the girl to rescue grime from
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proved just how much self-deprecating, cheeky, witty, silly and pant-wettingly
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innovation is still bubbling second was laughably uninspired. Now she’s bratting it
Fresh news, videos,
and breaking through. up in front of the entire TV-addicted nation. Not really
And while I can’t say I the best way to regain all that lost credibility. Sov where
mixes and charts
know all that much about did it all go wrong?
SOS, it sounds like they’re THE BRUVNA, LONDON FIELDS, VIA EMAIL
doing some seriously
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crossing over a lot of will come good in time. Ms Dynamite seems to be back
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TOPIC: be doing something a bit different. CHRIS CV: Yes some of it is UK Funky
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Martyn ‘fabric 50’
But what is this... UK funky on a and Martyn is known for his dubstep,
Fabric CD. Not even a FabricLive CD. but when you listen to the UK Funky
CHRIS CV: Think this is pretty good. Hope this is not a sign of things to here its actually just African-
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Still not sure about the UK funky stuff come. I really want a Fabric CD that is infl uenced house with extra VOORN
at the beginning but he runs through just a straight up deep tech-house dancehall/bashment rhythms. And
Dutchman Joris Voorn
the motions very well. It could maybe mix of pure quality. the dubstep Martyn plays has similar
do with a little more punch, but it is layers to deep house,
goes from strength-to-
an interesting addition to the series. BUDDHA: Not feeling the fi rst track, Detroit techno, as well
strength
but gets nice and chunky midway as close
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