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Review: Originally produced exclusively for the Japanese market, this one-off, limited CD contains the elusive Burial's two most recent EPs for Hyperdub - Street Halo and Kindred. By now these should need no introduction, but those unable to appreciate the vinyl versions of the aforementioned EPs should waste no time in snapping up a physical copy of the producer's strongest work to date.

Review: In response to overwhelming demand for a vinyl companion to Burial's triumphant debut CD, Hyperdub cap off an especially enjoyable summer with this new EP, which includes 3 of the album's most played tracks, "Distant Lights", "Gutted", and "Pirates" plus a new Kode 9 remix of "Distant Lights". Expect a mountain of reviews and floods of radio play right around town as soon as the test-presses emerge from the Hyperdub bunker. BTW, the repress of Burial's "South London Boroughs" EP (including "Southern Comfort" and "Broken Home" which also appear on the album) will finally be heading your way this week.

Review: Hyperdub return in majestic fashion, clearly relishing the extended play possibilities of their new 12" format. The title cut here is an immense underground tune, mercury bass styles, quicksilver minimal rimshots - a tempo redolent of a possessed drive out of the city. Weak hearts may find it just a little too dark - we're just simply blown away by the exhilaration this music provides, a whole new dimension of dub. 'Southern Comfort' again has an almost liquid feel, but wields an enhanced and brutal bass presence, the hi-hats are choppier, messier and this lends a disorientating feel to the delayed pyrotechnics taking place somewhere above and inside your head. 'Broken home' is perhaps closest to the half-speed mesmeria of 'Sign of the Dub' from the first 10", a delightful lick of dancehall vocal, more for melodic purposes than anything else, and a heavily muted trumpet sounding for all the world like miles. The most other-worldly tune ushers in a percussive shaker with chasm deep breakdowns 'Nite Train', certainly the track for the ladies, the beat is tougher than you ever expect - providing a great counterpoint to the female vocal and echoing mayhem of effects. Hyperdub - every release is an event in its own right.