Planet Mu

ecuadorian_bass, Nov 01, 2006

I think its quite interesting how Planet Mu has appropriated dubstep as its new protege of sorts. Whereas Mus contemporary Rephlex packaged up the sound in its Grime compilations, and Warp dipped its toe in with Something J & DJ Maxximus Mercedes Bentley Vs. Versaci Armani - Planet Mu has gone all out of late.
Hawerchucks first ep Camel Toe/Caned Peas in 2004 appears to be the starting point of Mus daliance with dub/grime sub sonics, albeit in an experimental manner. But since that time they have added act upon act to their rosta of dubaholics.
Now we get to experience the bass weight sonics of some of dubsteps heaviset hitters: Distance, Pinch, Benga, Mark One (Mus first major dubstep signing, along with his Virus Syndicate project),Vexd and even Loefah and Skream who provide remixes for Pinchs sub aqueous wobbler Punisher.
Alongside these maestros we also bear witness to those producers who use dubstep as an influence upon their musical output such as: Boxcutter - Squarepusher style skitteriness meets dubstep, Milanese - glitchy-breakwhore- dubwise-grime and Neil Landstrumm - wobbly fuct-techno uberlord meets electrostep (interestingly enough Landstrumm has already had his ear to the sublow ground as can be heard on his own Scandanavia imprint release The Life Of Grime EP).
I think its great that one of the most respected electronic music labels in existence is pushing this sound forward. I suppose it is yet another example of Mike Paradinas label being at the cutting edge of high quality electronic(a) experimentation.
They might not have been there at dubsteps infancy, but they are making a hell of an effort to be there for its formative years.

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