Dead Beat Vinyl & CDs

Review: Maltese producer Acidulant lands on Deadbeat for the label's sixth release, and it's a new five-track barrage of 303-laced pressure i unfiltered, club-facing and fully committed to the cause. 'Planet Jack' opens with a tough, relentless bassline that hits like it was ripped straight from an afters at six in the morning, while 'Taken A Trip' goes wide-eyed and cheeky, stretching out into classic acid house territory with a breakdown that feels like pure joy. 'Taking Orders From Machines' nods to Kraftwerk but reimagines them in a warehouse full of strobe and smoke, all syncopation and snap. On the B-side, breaks enter the mix and shift the record into darker, more physical territory i 'Coming Down To The Underground' growls and surges with real low-end weight, before 'Space For Crap' flips the energy with a huge lead hook and sudden lift. It's acid house done with total conviction i raw, playful and fully locked in, with just enough chaos to keep things interesting.

Review: From San Fran to London, US beat-sculptor Farsight follows the likes of Rnbws and Oldfield with this debut on the burgeoning underground imprint Dead Beat. And what a debut! Picking up where cuts like 'Triangulation' and 'Renegade' left us last year, the full EP ranges from abstract, deconstructed club vibes ('Sorry Mate!') to the more robust and venomous electroid spikes of 'Runneth Over' and the bright and bashy bumps of 'Empty Agent'. Complete with a series of links with kindred beat-splicing spirit Eradicate, this is an unmissable full flex across the beat spectrum. Essential.

Review: London underground night train riders Deadbeat Records prioritise techno-breaks handmade for late night and early morning dancefloors, times when both the best and worst comes emerges from each of us. Their inaugural Deadbeat Breaks compilation hears six out of ten full digital curations brought to a shadowy, space-invaded black vinyl truncation, with modern talking synth vomits from Olly Rant, booty bass hups from Hunter Starkings, hackney parroting hurtles from Rnbws, and a closing breakstep broil from Hooverian Blur.