Hardcore / style

Review: Hamburg herberts Sozialistischer Plattenbau get busy with the 21st edition of their breakneck funk Dubcore series. This time label regulars We Rob Rave and Polish duo Riffz & Dubskint take a tune each per side. R&D's 'Like This' is straight from the book of 92, all big pianos and feel good flavours while WRR's 'Weedless Bacon' takes things into much darker territories. Flip for more hardcore solutions as 'Team Bird Up' goes full on 4x4 before Riffz & Dubskint sign out on some manic Dreamscape tip. Hardcore, we suspect you know the score.

Review: Ugly Duckling mints a new Erupt label with a super bouncy new house and hardcore fusion that will electrify any floor. 'Eediyat Skengduck' races out of the blocks at a hundred miles an hour with crashing break beats and neon synths all run through with manic synths. 'Lock Down' is built on hyperdrive drums that stomp and push their way forward under news snippets featuring talk of food banks and Boris Johnson's lockdown speech. 'Should've Thought About It' is a real headwrecker with dense drums and 'Better Than Your Cult' closes out with another infectious and hard techno groove.