Time Is Now Vinyl & CDs

Review: Toby Ross sure does explore some Tuff Breaks on this new EP for the faults Time Is Now label. The title cut is a fury of steely metallic sounds, crashing hits and devastating breaks with plenty of jungle signifiers also thrown into the mix. 'Barracks' is another high octane thriller with more old school jungle and rave motifs and 'Anarchy' keeps the rawness coming, this time with some chopped up vocals stabs thrown in over the relentless, crushing drum pressure. 'Voyager' shuts down with the sort of wire, intense electronic collisions that blow brains.

Review: Toby Ross joins the Time Is Now family with four massive bass-driven bangers. Clean yet raw, airtight and hermetic breaks come among slews of laser faller SFX, sampled David Rodigan hypeups, and offbeat bubbles on 'Foundation', while the ensuing 'Stamina' prefers to wobble away next to "rudeboy!" shouts and patois murmurations. The B-side's 'Sekkle' takes a deeper dark garage turn, wresting our attention with "yos" and "yeahs", not to mention a massified sub-bass; finally, MC PAB delivers a wonderfully laid-back flow over the top of 'Make It Thru', getting at the quintessential character of UK breaks and garage today.