Martyn - Fabric 50

01. Hudson Mohawke – Joy Fantastic feat. Olivier Daysoul
02. Alec Wizz – Drummin’ (Louis Benedetti Drumminpella)
03. Nubian Mindz – Bossa Boogie
04. Maddslinky – Lost On Tenori Street
05. Altered Natives – Rass Out
06. Zomby – Little Miss Naughty
07. Uncle Bakongo – Afar
08. Zomby – Light Cycle
09. Deepgroove & Jamie Anderson – The Clock (Ben Klock’s Timepiece)
10. DJBone – We Control The Beat
11. Detachments – Circles (Martyn’s Round & Round Mix)
12. Joy Orbison – Brkln Clln
13. Cooly G – Feeling You
14. Martyn feat. dBridge – These Words (Roska’s Speechless Mix)
15. Kode9 – Oozi
16. Roska – Without It
17. Martyn – Friedrichstrasse
18. Levon Vincent – Air Raid
19. Martyn feat. Spaceape – Is This Insanity? (Ben Klock Mix)
20. Martyn – Seventy Four (Redshape Mix)
21. Actress – Slowjam
22. Zomby – Mercury’s Rainbow
23. 2562 – Flashback
24. Martyn – Vancouver
25. Jan Driver – Rat Alert
26. Dorian Concept – Trilingual Dance Sexperience

Like most of the artists that sign up to Fabric’s mix series, Dutchman Martijn Deijkers defies easy genre categorisation. Debut full-length Great Lengths fell nominally within the boundaries of dubstep, but like many at work within the form in 2009, Deijkers’ music was of interest mostly for the ways it wriggled shy of convention – a mellow and colourful twist on the sound, informed equally by his past in house and techno.
What this means for his Fabric mix, loosely, is a whole lot of variety. Deijkers claims it’s not specifically made to work on the dancefloor, but beyond the opening Joy Fantastic – one of the more Outkast-flavoured tracks from Hudson Mohawke’s Butter album – if anything, this mix is conspicuous for the upbeat tempos and exquisite complexity of its rhythmic programming.
While steeped in the post-UK garage and UK funky sound, it is nonetheless dominated by producers keen to put an individual stamp on their productions. So, Zomby’s Little Miss Naughty is a future-tribal bounce pockmarked with air horns and junglist slogans. Roska’s Without It is sparse UK Funky with blink-and-you’ll-miss-‘em keyboard stabs. And Dorian Concept’s Trilingual Dance Sexperience is a splattery, scattershot take on hyped-up G-funk that’s almost quease-inducing in its wonky sensory overload.
Too much of this stuff can rot your teeth, though, so Martyn also dips a little into the more reliable step of 4/4. A Ben Klock remix of his own Is This Insanity featuring sometime Kode9 collaborator Spaceape is an appealing change of pace, while DJ Bone’s We Control The Beat is crisp Detroit techno that makes its home here chiefly thanks to the clean wooziness of its synths.
There are a few jarring moments – a Martyn remix of electro-pop trio The Detachments is an ill fit, the vocals standing out like a sore thumb – but largely, it’s testament to Deijkers’ way with a slippery beat that this holds together so well.

Zomby - One Foot Ahead Of The Other EP

1. One Foot Ahead Of The Other
2. Helter Skelter
3. Pumpkinhead's Revenge
4. Polka Dot
5. Godzilla
6. Expert Tuition
7. Bubble Bobble
8. Mesculine Cola
9. Firefly Finale

Zomby finally follows up his Hyperdub doublepack with an album of future-shocking manoeuvres for Ramp, loaded with nine tracks of style surfing riddims and mind burrowing bleepage. In our books, this is one of the most anticipated and in-demand records of the year so far. His precocious productions since 2007 have taken R'n'B infected grime, dubstep and bassline as starting points before crumbling them with nimble digits and reassembling them in his own skunk smudged vision, practically instigating a movement behind him and seriously blazing a path into future rhythm construction. Any keen followers of the style will have noticed tracks from this album cropping up in places like Blackdown's Rinse show or in DJ sets from Kode 9 or Ikonika, most likely soundtracking those head-in-hands "WTF?!?!" type moments their recent sets have delivered. The scheme for 'One Foot Ahead Of The Other' is generally fixed around funkin' 4/4 patterns nudged, pushed and squeezed into constantly morphing shapes with a fizzing energy centre of UK rave spirit at it's core, picking up the baton from thousands of raves gone by and running headlong in the future, shooting lazers from every orifice and dripping psychoactive sweat all over the dancefloor. We'll shut up now and just let the music do the talking, but for what it's worth, this is one of the best records you'll hear this year.

RSD - On Deck / Accepted

A. On Deck
B. Accepted

Old-skool trooper RSD rocks up two winners for Sheffield's R8 records with some proper future roots fusions. 'On Deck' ploughs his years of Sound System experience in the bass cradle of Bristol into a nu-Roots stepper riding propulsive 4/4s and topped off with weirdly ascending melodies sounding like he's smoked one jazz-snout too many. 'Accepted' switches to a halfstep swing on the flip, creating a feeling of impending doom with cavernous dub stabs and a red-eye staring swagger riddim to darken up any rave space...www.boomkat.com

Reso - Heavy Arms EP

1. Beats In The Basement
2. Busted Crunk
3. TikTak
4. Smash Yer Face In
5. Identity (ID Remix)

Grotty, liquid, dark, brutal and lush are all words used to describe the music of 25 year-old Alex Melia aka Reso. Such a contrasting set of adjectives are hard to understand but after a listen to this EP and his other productions, you begin to understand why. A drummer at heart, these natural patterns of “skin hitting” are engrained within his brain and shine through on his digital programming and productions.

Reso’s aural identity is a densely layered, high octane tapestry, rich with musical texture and colour which really sets him apart from the minimal sparseness of many of his fellow producers. Mary Anne Hobbs has been a fervent supporter of the young producer, commissioning a special 20-minute mix for her Radio One Breezeblock show back in Jan 2007. Reso is certainly one of the most technically gifted producers to have sprouted from the dubstep scene and is fast gaining recognition from the techno, glitch and breaks scenes for his own twisted take on the dubstep sound.

This EP cements his stature in more than one genre. “Beats In The Basement” will undoubtedly be one of this years biggest dubstep releases; “Busted Crunk” is as crazy as it gets with its wonky rave style, and is very reminiscent of early Planet Mu releases but with a fresh twist; “TikTak” is a techno/glitch house assault which DJs will be tripping over themselves to play first; “Smash Yer Face In” does exactly what it says in a dubstep style; and finally “Identity (ID Remix)” has a definite nod to the old school with some very clever rave drum programming going on.

Reso’s previous release “If Ya Can’t Beat Em” was #1 in all dubstep and dance charts and “Heavy Arms EP” we know will do even more damage!

The amazing artwork for the EP has been designed by Terratag no less.

Audio Phreaks Presents Bar9 In Da Mix

IN DA MIX:
1. Bisweed and Siprut – Ruined Town
2. Quantum Soul – Waiting On Dub
3. Scuba remix of Pull of Guilt (Org. Zen Militia)
4. F-One – Swagger
5. Kromestar – Budwise
6. Cluekid remix of Murda Sound (Org. BAR9)
7. Wivek – Natural Mystic
8. TRG – Killed It Dead
9. L-OW – Reflector
10. Hektagon – Strange Voices
11. Synkro – Wasting Time
12. Spherix remix of Moment Of Truth (Org. L-OW)
13. Rob Sparx – Bloodbath
14. Kromestar – Late
15. Nero – Something Else
16. BAR9 remix of Bad Trip (Org. Nero)
17. Reso remix of 2 Faced Rasta (Org. Rob Sparx)
18. BAR9 – Pussyhole V.I.P Mix
19. BAR9 – Midnight
20. BAR9 – Murda Sound V.I.P Mix
21. Nero – This Way
22. BAR9 remix of Music Makers (Org. Synkro)
23. Rusko remix of When Science Fails (Org. Mike Lennon)
24. BAR9 – Malicious Tactics
25. BAR9 – Smokestack
26. Nero – End Of The World

BAR9 BONUS CD:
1. Shaolin Style
2. Distant Roots
3. Untitiled Sumphony
4. Pussyhole
5. Pulse
6. Extort
7. Midnight
8. Shut Ya Mouth
9. Malicious Tactics
10. One
11. Murda Sound
12. Submerged
13. Bakin Bread
14. Rapture

Dubstep ravers rejoice! Your prayers have been answered in the form of Bar9's first Audio Phreaks mix CD collating the very best of that underground and niche subdivision of Dubstep forged by himself and a motley gaggle of like minded producers. Forcing 26 tracks into 1 hour of relentless drops, brukkouts, wriggles and stomps, Bar9 has truly outdone himself this time. For your hard earned you'll get tracks from Kromestar, Vivek, TRG, Cluekid, Rob Sparx, Nero, Reso, Rusko, L-ow, Synkro, F-One, Scuba and Spherix besides enough Bar9 tracks to scare an elephant into submission. Not for the faint hearted or part-time dubstep head, dis is real dubstep rave!.

Narkotiki - Planet Love

01. Puma
02. Give it to me
03. Menty fun
04. Bumbastik
05. Falls in love
06. Joseph Kobzon
07. I drink the blood of
08. Free
09. La-la-la
10. Pistol
11. Clog
12. Have fun
13. Punk (less)

Narkotiki (Russian - Наркотики - drugs, narcotics) is a band of two young men from Moscow, who play disco tunes with hip-hop singing, that is filled with extreme levels of joy and humour...www.last.fm

Starkbass: A Continuous DJ Mix By Starkey

01 Starkey - Trouble In Starkville Ep: 3
02 Cardopusher - Colours
03 DZ - Oooh
04 Toast - Puppy Phat
05 Starkey - Strike Now (VIP)
06 Food For Animals - Mutumbo (Rafferties Bigger Bass Remake)
07 Drop The Lime - Crazy Love
08 Bok Bok - No Need To Front 2009
09 Raffertie - Antisocial (Dev79 Remix)
10 Kotchy - One For The Money (Starkey Remix)
11 Meesha - Clack
12 Syntonics - Material (Bombaman Remix)
13 Zomby - Aquafre5h
14 Starkey - Swollen Glands
15 Geeneus ft. Riko, Wiley & Breeze - Knife & Gun (Blackdown Devil Mix And Remix)
16 XI - Twin Stars
17 Wonder - Give It To Ya
18 Pacheko - C Walk
19 Joker - Solid State
20 BD1982 - Seeing Orange
21 Starkey - Murderous Words
22 Stenchman - My Willy
23 Dubsworth - Done Gone There
24 O-Dessa - Deeper
25 Starkey - Crippling

Starkey packs out the second Lo Dubs mix CD with a rampant selection of UK and US synth ridden grime and dubstep styles in heavy style. Unusually for a mix CD, Starkey has given brief notes on each track selection in the case liner, citing his love for Drop The Lime and Joker and giving a little background on each track. The actual selection is a hyper coloured and ADD affected run of clacking snare driven and bass rubbed riddims including tracks from cardopusher, DZ, Drop The Lime, Kotchy, Syntonics,
XI and Pacheko from the Lo Dubs label, mixed with some killer UK joints from Joker Solid State, Zomby Aquafre5h, and the huge Bok Bok bomb No Need To Front 2009 alongside more from Wonder, Geeneus and Stenchman. If you fancy getting synth-lazered and bass battered into submission in the comfort of your own home, car, shed or wherever this is probably the best way to do it. Ace!

Fenech-Soler - Fenech-Soler (demo)

1. The Cult Of Romance
2. I See Stars
3. Lies
4. Black Keys
5. Format Disco
6. Get Up!
7. The Fight
8. Fashion
9. Open Eyes
10. Airbrushed
11. One Night Only - You And Me (Fenech-Soler Remix)

Fenech Soler are an exciting 3 piece from London (via Oundle) on the fast track to big things. They play catchy electro with unadulterated enthusiasm, infectious even at 4pm on a Sunday.

If they play a venue near you, check them out, if they play one far away, make the effort...

Anavan - Cover Story

1. Pregnancy Test  

2. Take it Back  

3. Traumatology  

4. Work it Out  

5. The Perfect Sound  

6. Skin Like Heather  

7. Queen  

8. Not Sure  

9. BOOM  

10. Off To A Fighting Start   

11. Never GIve It Up (RMX)

Trash fashion - Nights of Error

01. Track One
02. Track Two
03. Track Three
04. Track Four
05. Track Five
06. Track Six
07. Track Seven
08. Track Eight
09. Track Nine
10. Track Ten
11. Track Eleven
12. Track Twelve
13. Track Thirteen
14. Track Fourteen
15. Track Fifthteen