Spring is here....

2006 is really hotting up now as a slew of quality releases begin to hit the streets.

The ridiculously exciting prospect of the return of the mighty Dump Valve imprint is upon us. After a long break, Geeneus’s legendary label is back with some mouth watering releases. First up is Wiley with his long awaited ‘Avenger’ rhythm, already a hit on the pirates with big support from The Plastician. To follow soon after is the Geeneus remix of Wonder’s ‘What’, another underground classic. I’ve got my fingers crossed that Wonder’s ‘Undertaker’ track may be in the pipeline for later in the year….

The third release in the Skull Disco series is now out and can’t be recommended highly enough. Shackleton’s ‘Blood on my Hand’ is immense. Other new releases more than worthy of note are Kode 9’s ‘9 Samurai’, Luke Envoy’s ‘Honour Kill’, Atki2’s ‘Guilty Pleasures’ EP featuring the Pinch remix of the title track and the timely repress of the immense Tempa Allstars Vol 2 from Tempa for those who didn’t grab it first time around.

2006 is living up to it’s high expections with some more massive releases soon to drop. Digital Mystikz ‘Ancient Memories’ on DMZ and the Mystikz double 12” release on Soul Jazz (oldies but goodies – ‘Conference’, ‘Misty Winter’, ‘Walk with Jah’ & ‘Earth Run A Red’, all bonafide DMZ classics in their own right.). The Burial album will be dropping on Hypadub in mid May, as will the Amit LP on Klute’s Commercial Suicide (the best d’n’b album to come out in years, trust me!) Blackdown's new EP on his own Keysound label featuring a remix from Burial and Bristol’s own Headhunter debuts on Ascension records with '7th Curse' too!

Also very imminent is the first part of the Tectonic label album. A 4 x 10” series of cutting edge dubstep from some of the scenes biggest names. Tectonic taking it to the next level!!! The first 10” due out in June features Skream’s ‘Bahl Fwd’ and Distance’s ‘Tempatation’, whilst part two will be DQ1’s ‘Wear the Crown’ and Mk1’s ‘Slang’. Two more 10”s will follow leading to a CD project. You heard it here first.