The first time I heard clips from Slugabed’s “Ultra Heat Treated” E.P.  I thought to myself, “Who the hell would want to listen to this?”  I had really never heard anything like it.  The rhythms sound a bit off, the synths sputter and arpeggiate all over the map. As a matter of fact everything sounded [...]

Jamie Teasdale, formerly one part of UK dubstep pioneers Vex’d, comes at us with his first release under the Kuedo (pron. “Q-doe”) moniker.  The Dream Sequence E.P. is miles away from the menacing, stark creations found on his work with Vex’d.  Forgoing the hoover bass wobble so prevalent in the dubstep sound, Kuedo seems to [...]

I’m not sure how I managed to miss hearing Terror Danjah’s work as he has been an active producer in the UK grime scene since 2003. Luckily Planet-Mu has managed to put together a compilation of his work from 2003-2009 that contains singles that are long out of print and hard to find. “Gremlinz (The [...]

Burnkane, a.k.a. Richard Wilson of Washington D.C., debut’s his mutant dub stylings on a very curious 12” for the mighty UK based Planet-Mu records.  “You Know”, starts with a reverb drenched cello and unconventional, tribal sounding percussion.  A highly treated female vocal hypnotically hangs back in the mix on this haunting and understated track.  After [...]