dubspeeka – She Loves

Finally for today (well, apart from the round-up which I'll do this evening) we move closer to home… TIWWD's current home of Bristol, that is, which is also home to dubspeeka.

Who here serves up a three-tracker for local techno imprint Skeleton Recordings. She Loves itself is, in its Original form, a tough dark-room techno workout, long on scary reverb'd drums and cavernous production, while the remix from deep house hero Glimpse is in a surprisingly similar vein, albeit with the 'splatter movie soundtrack' vibe dialled back a notch or two. The standout of the EP for me though is the other original track, People – a slightly groovier, housier cut with disembodied vocal snips but still with enough of a dark, moody feel to work on techno as well as house floors.

Out: This week

About: You can find Skeleton Recordings – which might actually be dubspeeka's own label, though I'm not entirely sure – on Soundcloud and Facebook.

dubspeeka – Pixel Kiss/Waterfall

More quality deep techno action here from dubspeeka, who like TIWWD is based in sunny Bristol though I can't say our paths have ever crossed.

Actually, I say 'deep techno' but with genre boundaries as blurred as they are right now, I can't see Waterfall with its simple rolling groove having any problem appealing to deep/tech house lovers as well. Pixel Kiss, on the other side, I'd say IS more definitely 'techno' but again, it's the kind of deep, groovy techno that househeads can also enjoy. Well, this househead can, anyway!

Not being a techno person I'm not entirely certain but there doesn't seem to be HUGE amount of buzz about dubspeeka yet. But there ought to be – he's got that rare ability to balance the darkness and the funk perfectly.

Out: This week

About: This comes on Skeleton Recordings, who can be found on Soundcloud and Facebook. Or you can HEAR THIS at dubspeeka's own Soundcloud page.