Review: Seven years have passed since Burial first stopped us dead in our tracks with this universally acclaimed second album.. Sounding so different, so removed and far away from anything else, it changed the game entirely - and created a whole school of imitators in its wake. Now repressed by Hyperdub, this is a rare opportunity to grab it on fresh wax. Even if you have this on other formats in your collection, the dusty weight and chasmic crackles sound so much better on vinyl.
Review: DDD fam since 2019, Costa Rico artist Jleon comes correct with this wildly ambitious debut album. Conceptually it's a deep dive into the fantastic as he re-imagines the Spanish conquistadors being met by an angry octopus (Sibu) Musically it's just as much of a scuba operation as go 20,000 leagues deep through all manner of rhythms, textures and strange trippy sonic realms. From the system-shaking strut of 'Boruca Mask' to the psychedelic sludge of 'Control Denied' by way of the eerie and tense 'Visit', this is an exceptional album that wraps you up and seems to digest you whether you're locked in on the dancefloor or headphones. Wakey wakey.
Review: The Plymouth soundsystem and collective known as No Ice Cream Sound take their namesake after the historic Johnny Osbourne song 'No Ice Cream Sound', which hears one of the many most popular faces and voices of reggae decry "ice cream sound", his shorthand for tunes and soundboys who'd dare soften the original intended rawness of roots music. Here the boys take a thousand-watt megabulb to a gelato the size of a glacier with 'This & That', which hears residents Charlie P and Jman go back to back, trading verses and rhythms in a soundsystemic pattern. Fusing influences of both rubadub and roots, the two versions featured here are truly twin whirlwinds, not for slackened belts by any stretch.
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