Dubstep is 21st-century head music adapted for the body, cross-wiring the sub-bass psychedelia of dub reggae with the restlessness of jungle and garage. The Hyperdub label reps the genre's experimental side, and this two-CD anthology, split between signature and unreleased material, is a perfect primer. Melancholic visionary Burial and the eclectic label chief Kode9 are the "stars," but acts like Darkstar, whose sad-robot bounce "Need You" sounds like Daft Punk outside an ex's window at 4 a.m., wait in the wings. Tracks like Joker's "Digidesign" posit a novel experience: the meditative party jam.
(Posted: Oct 26, 2009)
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- Meltdown
- Time Patrol (feat. Cha Cha)
- Aidys Girl's a Computer
- Roller Skates
- Disco Balls
- Purple Smoke
- Fostercare
- Weekend Fly
- Tarantula
- Mega Drive Generation
- Turn Away (feat. Dandelion)
- Level Nine
- Shake It
- Bleeps from Outer Space
- Sahara Michael
- Stash
- 9 Samurai
- South London Boroughs
- Bad
- Money Honey [feat. Warrior Queen] (Remix)
- Globetrotting (Erol Bellot)
- Distant Lights
- Ghost Town
- Fukkaz
- Return
- Need You
- Spliff Dub
- Please
- Kaliko
- You Don't Know What Love Is
- Digidesign
- 9 Samurai (Quarta330 Remix)
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