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Dubstep Allstars 06

Quite a charming work, very coherently mixed. The sound on first hearing is so luscious that it gives you a rather too enthusiastic first impression. The stabs of subbass are an oasis in the drought that is most musical styles as far as that delicious sound is concerned.

The main protagonists are Komonazmuk, Peverelist, 2562 and TRG, with a welcome remix appearance by Ramadanman.

A theme is repeated, and the root of it is just enough to justify its repetition, which really comes into its own in the heart of the sequence, at around track 13 with Bad Apple. I sat on a bridge overlooking a slightly futuristic and dramatic modernization of a capital city, in a major globalization initiative, and the effect was telling and mellow without being pretentious. Spacy music that lets you float your mind, but you will find yourself returning to those central tracks to really get the purity. All in all a very competent presentation of a very overlooked district of music.