Underworld – Always Loved A Film (Breakage rmx)
We’re certainly partial to a Breakage remix here at the Labs with his previous reworks of Plan B and Florence and The Machine proving popular here. Next to step into his sights are Underworld. While I’ve always been a bit of a fan, recent work hasn’t exactly inspired me hugely so it’s up to Breakage [...]
Truth – Puppets
New Zealand based dubstep trio Truth have made a name for themselves with top quality 12s on Mala’s Deep Medi Musik and Skream’s Disfigured Dubz and now it’s time for them to take things up a notch with “Puppets” – their full length debut album for Australia’s Aquatic Lab Records. Packed to the brim with [...]
Foreign Beggars – Beggattron Remixed Vol 2
One of the UK’s finest hip hop exports, the Foreign Beggars recently let out a selection of tracks from their “United Colours of Beggattron” album for remix and while Vol 1 was packed with more dancefloor edged reworks, Vol 2 takes a slightly more laid back approach with some top quality house/garage and downtempo remixes. [...]
Dark Sky – Frames EP
Although this has been out for about a month, we think the “Frames” EP by London trio Dark Sky is well worthy of a mention. The first release on the exciting new Pictures label is filled with atmosphere, weaving dark and light textures through all four tracks. The track we have choosen “Night Light” has [...]
DJG – Pressure
DJG is a new name to me but after this belter of a release, it’s defo one I’ll be keeping an eye on in the future. Lush, spacey dubstep is the order of the day here with creepy atmospherics and pads wrapped around a big bundle of bass and dubbed out percussion. Lovely stuff and [...]
Katy B – On A Mission (Roska rmx)
We’re in danger of becoming the Roska fan club of late but we couldn’t let this one go by without a mention. After Magnetic Man’s attack on the UK single charts, it seems Katy B’s “On A Mission” is expected to follow it this week – with Benga on production the quality is guaranteed but [...]
Jimmy Edgar – Hot, Raw, Sex (Instra:mental rmx) – free download
Well if free downloads of both the original and the Machinedrum remix of this monster from Jimmy Edgar wasn’t enough – the lovely folk at !K7 have drafted in Phuturelabs faves Instra:mental for another installment! I think it’s the best of the bunch – quality doomy beats with the trademark Autonomic sheen. Jimmy’s brilliant new [...]
Ramadanman – Grab Somebody
Well, everyone loves a cheeky white label and this one’s not exactly a mystery but it’s a belter none the less. It’s Ramadanman at the controls and it’s a cracking wee stepper, bit dubby, bit grimey, bit good. If that wasn’t enough it’s also got some chipmunk’d vocals in there – which I feel should [...]
Skream – Outside The Box
While the tornado of hype around Skream’s Magnetic Man project continues, his own second album finally lands on Tempa and it’s been worth the wait. Featuring an array of guest vocalists, the album should finally push Skream’s work to household-name levels (if that La Roux remix hadn’t already). Opening with the beautiful ambience of “Perforated”, [...]
Tiga – Gentle Giant (Martyn rmx)
Martyn’s been a bit quite of late, but with the greatness of his debut album “Great Lengths” still fresh in our memory, he’s back with this Tiga remix. Taking the original and coating it in a smokey garage vibe with melancholy strings and atmospherics a-plenty, it’s a brilliant piece of work packed with enough sub [...]
