REVIEWS KILLERS
THE CUTTING-EDGE RELEASES YOU NEED IN YOUR LIFE
dBridge/ Danny Breaks
Instra:mental ‘Volume 1 (Logistics
‘Wonder Where/No Future’ Remix)’
Non Plus Hospital Records
myspace.com/nonplusrecords hospitalrecords.com
This burning double offering Logistics dig deep into their
marks a standard-setting de- vaults and drag Danny Breaks’
but from Non Plus — the new cult ’94 classic ‘Volume 1’ into
label from alt. d&b visionaries a new era.
dBridge & Instra:Mental. One of the deeper moments
Lying menacingly in a Instra:Mental delivers the from jungle’s fi rst fl ush of is the unexpected drop into
brooding territory between minimal code red dystopia of innovation, the Cambridge the second breakdown where
dubstep, d&b and ambient ‘No Future’, which draws on duo take the original’s mind-transportation melo-
electronica, dBridge’s dark the darkest machine menace unmistakable Eastern chimes dies and sweeping strings set
soul cruiser ‘Wonder Where’ of classic Detroit and injects it as their starting point before the scene for ET to announce
comes laced with evil tech- with panic-stricken 21st cen- shattering a tidal wave of sub his arrival at AWOL.
bass wormholes but drapes tury angst before dropping a missiles and tearing Amen Sigma drop the huge ‘Paint It
them in his own searching voodoo rhythm to devastat- breakbeats over proceedings. Black’ on the fl ip.
tones and spacey melodies. ing effect. The magic moment, however,
Claude Von Stroke MJ Cole feat Digga
‘Aundy’ ‘Gotta Have It’
Dirtybird Prolifi c Recordings
dirtybirdrecords.com myspace.com/prolifi crecordings
Distilling the refl ective es- UK garage’s original produc-
sence of the most classic LTJ tion pioneer, MJ Cole has
Bukem and PFM material into always had a knack of produc-
seven minutes of ocean deep ing pop-friendly, musically
tech-house bliss, ‘Aundy’ sophisticated grooves without
again draws on CVS’s roots But where ‘Whose Afraid of falling through the com-
in drum & bass. Compari- Detroit?’ was all about edgy mercial trapdoor of molten Keeping one creative foot
sons with ‘Whose Afraid of urban groove, dirty bass fromage. fi rmly in the underground,
Detroit?’ are inevitable and bumps and sinister twilight Recruiting rising male vocal- MJ’s own funky dub is the
there are common themes — hour strings, its sun-sedated ist Digga, MJ’s latest offering one to pack in your CD wallet
a spine-tingling and subtle cousin is a blissful oceanic is one part old skool 4/4 skip- thanks to its clever cutting-up
use of melody, an infectiously cruise through sunlit keys, per, one part summer bassline of the original’s joyous keys,
minimal bass roll and a clini- lush subs and deep, slow- bumper and one part urban cheeky bass ripples and soca-
cal precision of arrangement. burning aquatic textures. pop dynamite. styled funky groove.
VITAL LABEL
REBIRTH
Who’s behind it?
Italian DJ/producer Shield, aka
www.rebirth.dj
Daniele Contrini, former A&R for
respected house label Oxyd Records.
He set up Rebirth in 2006.
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