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TRG - Generation [Breakage Remix] - 29-Oct-09 07:03 AM
Breakage and TRG go head to head on a heavyweight slab of stepping futurism for the freshly squeezed Naked Lunch imprint. TRG continues to defy belief with yet more seriously high quality cuts on 'Generation' and 'Soho girls', continuing to find niches and twists on the heavy 2-step mutation he's made his own with a a darkside roller with killer dub chords on 'Generation' and coming with some proper edits on 'Soho girls', falling somewhere between Todd Edwards, SND and er... himself with another dancefloor devastator. Breakage's remix of 'Generation' finds him dropping from his usual higher tempos into dubstep mode and working some serious bass pressure into a more spacious revision of TRG's furious original, all cut deep and long for the DJs.

Jus Wan - Submersive - 29-Oct-09 07:03 AM
US Dubstep head Jus Wan serves up the latest Naked Lunch 12" backed with a Scuba remix. His Apple Pips and Tube 10 releases were interesting when they worked on an uptempo movement and here on the slower half-tempo 'Submersive' his production sounds more heavy and claustrophobic. 'QB-41' kicks up a couple of gears with crisp breakbeats and full sunken bass unlike either of his previous records. Scuba's version of 'Submersive' on the flip is a multifaceted construction, conducting a first movement at halfstep tempo with enough bass to fill both sides, before steppin' up with a rolling 4/4 more inspired by Soundsystem Steppers than techno and finally back into the halfstep swing.

Instra:Mental* / Breakage - Futurist / Late Night - 29-Oct-09 07:02 AM
Instra:Mental and Breakage have both furrowed an incredibly fruitful path between the connected but often misaligned worlds of dubstep and drum & bass, with Instra:mental developing the stripped rhythmic genius of vintage Photek, and Breakage applying luxurious and menacing low-end weight to a deeply textured and evocative percussive template. Naked Lunch not only manage to bring the two together for a split 10" of truly exhilarating proportions, but also somehow coax some of the finest material we've heard yet from both sides. Instra:Mental takes charge of the A and deploys a more textured arrangement than anything we've heard from him to date, the percussive line borrowing much from Shackleton's signature Arabian slant but with the chords channelling a warm, widescreen element you'd more readily associate with classic Detroit Techno. It's simple, deeply effective stuff. Breakage rises to the occasion with a flipside cut doused in atmosphere, almost melancholy, tubular keys delivering the central hook while a Martyn-style shuffle provides the requisite propulsion. With Dale Cooper adorning the sleeve, it's just an out and out winner

Scuba (4) - Speak / Negative - 29-Oct-09 07:02 AM
Career defining tracks from Hotflush head and techno/dubstep physicist Scuba. This is easily one of the best records we've heard from the current Berlin resident, preceding a rumoured mix CD for a very special German imprint, his Sub:stance event, and off the back of a successful 18 months bridging the gap between UK-based steppers rhythms and Berlin's dub-techno structures. 'Negative' is the result of some focussed research, a blend of halfstep-swung snares and powerfully driven but subtly clean subbass with expertly manipulated dub chords carefully eschewing the formulaic pitfalls of operators we won't care to mention. However, the solid-gold is saved for the flipside, finding a glowing sweetspot at the centre of Basic Channel indebted dub-techno, Artwork-styled 2-step rhythm alchemy and the sort of lonely post-Garage-soul he shares with Burial or Peverelist. A sound that's been informed by time well spent in clubs studying the physical impact of tracks, hence the attention to detail and resultant tension of flexible bounce with a heavy heads-down effect that many attempt to nail, but fail to execute.