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Groove Diggerz RackNRuin makes slamming General Midi MONE
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Good Times noisenik electro with a great Four Million Ways
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A tasty d&b dub with MC Dom Almond It’s a dynamic return. General Midi are (fi nally) back with
Ronnie Black’s conscious On The Mic/Ill Funk a new album, ‘Operation Overdrive’, stuffed full of large
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rhymes and Lindy Layton Pure Filth electro-breaks bangers. Lead single ‘Four Million Ways’
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vocal dashes. features the commanding vox of Orifi ce Vulgatron from
Hardcore-referencing hip-hop/grimesters Foreign Beggars, who if anything isn’t
RackNRuin hip-house rappin’ acid used enough on the cut, but it’s the intricate staccato
Skitzo/Audio Porn funk, backed with a digital electronics that turn the air purple and pink. This should
dens, London EC1N 7RJ. Future Perfect soundboy stabathon that cross over into Eddy Temple-Morris land, while ‘Dee Zed’s
screeches a little too much. Summer of Rage Mix’ is great too. Starting like Hyper’s
A smash-and-grab from ‘We Control’, it fl ips into fi dget world but this is proper
the mash-up scene as balls-out fi dget with attitude. The ‘Ginz Mix’ takes it sorta
dubstep to cater for that burgeoning scene.
Beat Assassins feat Sweetie 10 Rapid Slim Blue
Irie Minor Riot/Start Marching World Of Vibrations
Boom Style Exceptional Bombtraxx
Mofo
Heavy accentuated stabs and an evil “When one sense diminishes the other
The Beat Assassins draft in legendary bassline throb kick off ‘Minor Riot’ increases… everything’s vibrations,”
toaster Sweetie Irie for the fi rst instal- before it unfolds into a noisenik electro- runs the authoritative vocal sample in
ment of their Urban Electro project. breaks berserker. Nagging salvos and this Shaolin sizzler. After a dramatic
BEAT ASSASSINS
‘Boom Style’ features old skool yelps incessant raspy Justice fuzz march the intro the track unfolds into a gritty
MOFO RECORDINGS
and even a synth line that recalls Gat track onwards, although if anything growler. The snaking burbling bassline
01. BEAT ASSASSINS FEAT SWEETIE IRIE ‘Boom Style’ Mofo
Décor’s ‘Passion’ classic, mashed up into it’s just a tad too slow. ‘Start Marching’ weaves between dramatic strings and
“A big lead electro burner with an uber-cool vocal from dancehall legend Sweetie Irie.”
an urban electro breakbeat monster. begins with a percussion cacophony assorted tear-out nuances before it
02. TITTSWORTH FEAT KID SISTER & PASE ‘WTF (Beat Assassins
Goodie goodie tune that AC Slater takes before moving into cut ‘n’ paste heaven, goes almost Tiësto in the drop. Jinx on
Remix)’ Rat
apart for his fi dgety rework, introducing with more stabs than a yoof ruck. Pared the remix doesn’t go down the dubwise
“Deekline and The Stanton Warriors gave us 10/10 for this remix.”
more tricknology and making good use down, this is stripped for maximum im- route, except for the compression he
03. DEEKLINE & WIZARD FEAT YOLANDA & TOP CAT ‘Bounce &
of those Gat Décor-esque synths. pact. Great new signing for Exceptional. applies to the b-line, with more of a
Rebound (Beat Assassins Remix)’ Against The Grain
“We did this over a year ago but Deekline didn’t like it. Now he’s caning it.”
steppa tune.
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Quest & Mutiny Ash Hunt
BEAT ASSASSINS ‘Direct Hit VIP (Calvertron Remix)’ Mofo
“Calvertron delivered the ultimate bassline-fi dget-roller remix. Immense.” Stick Up Kid Bleeperz The Prodigy
05. DEEKLINE & ED SOLO FEAT SHYSTIE ‘Nu Style’ Rat
Functional Supatronix Warrior’s Dance (Future Funk
“A perfect bootie bounce, bottom-end banger.”
Squad Remix)
06. BAYMONT BROSS FEAT SUNSHYNE & GENERAL LEVY ‘Wine Up Ur
Functional has been getting all dubstep- The bass is pushed to the forefront on Take Me To The Hospital
Waist (NAPT Remix)’ Mofo py lately, and this salvo from Quest and the ‘Bleeperz’ original, while on the ‘Lu-
“NAPT raise a few eyebrows and take us on a steppie vibe.”
sometime collaborator Mutiny continues nar Shift Mix’ there’s a tad more squelch The track that got The Prodigy back
07. KEITH MACKENZIE & DJ FIXX FEAT SPORTY-0 ‘Guest
that interesting focus. To my mind this and bubbling lysergic tendencies as the recording together again, a tribute to
List’ Illeven:eleven Records
“Phat yet tuff bootie breaks with an amazing West Coast inspired vocal from Sporty-0.”
is a breaks steppa missing a few offbeat mix unfolds. Really liking the intricate the mad raving of their anarchic youth.
kicks. The old skool Western-style production work here. Supatronix head It’s familiar vocal sample is scarcely used
08. HEAVY FEET FEAT BUBBZ ‘I Am Here’ Passenger
“UK bassline wobble house with rave essence and a heavy rap.”
gangsta motif fi ts like a glove, and all honcho Ben Jurassik takes more of a by Future Funk Squad though, except fi l-
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the wobble is there to be absorbed. ‘One stripped down path on his slower rework tered into the dubsteppy drop. Instead
DEEKLINE & WIZARD ‘Angels (NAPT Remix)’ Against The Grain
“The drop is awe-inspiring.” Big Rhyme’, meanwhile, is a straight-up that barely sounds breakbeat at all. Glen Nicholls draws on various other old
10. BEAT ASSASSINS
burbling breaks track that’ll work well as Quick, call the breakbeat police to arrest skool sounds for a mix that really rocks.
‘Put Em Up’ Mofo
“Dirty electro, b-line bizzness with a hip-hop vocal.” a mid-set groover. this vagabond! Looking forward to FFS’s new album.
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