Enigma Dubz - How It Is EP

This is one of the bits I didn't get round to last week, but a) I'd been feeling bad about that, cos it's really rather good, and b) the Geddes rub of Raffa L has put me in a garage frame of mind. So here we are.

In its Original form, How It Is is probably best filed under 'future garage', with its long, dreamy intro, looping, cut-up male vocal sample and busy, 2-step-ish rhythms, though unlike a lot of such tackle it's also pretty energetic and upbeat.  Elsewhere on the EP, Feelings Gone operates in more typical late-night future garage territory while We At War is perhaps better described as UK bass/post-dubstep. Rounding out the EP, Dancing In The Dark is an excursion into the dubbiest of late-night pastures, and one to melt into the sofa to.

A very strong EP all round.

Out: Last week, but what's seven days between friends?

About: This comes from the slightly mysterious but always checkable Four40 Records, who can be found on Soundcloud and Facebook.

Morcee – It's You

A trip into garage/dubstep territories now, with the latest from Four40 Records.

In its Original form, It's You fuses elements of dubstep and vintage rave, with a vocal that owes a great deal TO but isn't, I don't think, sampled FROM Onephatdeeva & Lisa Millett's Bad Habit. The Lakosa Remix is a deeper, darker and dubbier pass with lashings of sub-bass, while Majora's Unorthodox Mix veers towards dubstep's more experimental fringes with its chopped-up beats and heavily treated vox.

If pushed it's the Lakosa mix that's doing it best for me, but all three mixes are very respectable and, most importantly, not one of them feels the need to get all stoopid and gnarly for the sake of it. Excellent work.

Out: This week

About: You can find Four40 Records on Soundcloud and Facebook.