SKINS Vinyl & CDs

Review: Sauce Direct makes its first plea to become your go-to outlet for muscular drum & bass workouts here and a solid shout it is too. Skins is behind the beats and there are four of them across this white label, hand-stamped 12". 'Split!' is all about crashing amens and taught bass, while 'Route R' has a more minimal drum line and soulful synths. 'Mind Expander' is pure dark energy for the dead of night while 'Frostbite' has the most textural and crashing breaks of the lot, with oversized blasts of bass and restlessly jerking rhythms.