Favorite Release/Label of 2008

[swomp]

Dubting, Heavy Artillery & Argon

[hawstyle]

Feelin these labels

Lo Dubs
Argon
Tempa
Chest Plate
Hot Flush
Destructive

[dj_syte]

way tooooo many

[peak]

Tempa
Tectonic

2562 - Aerial
Headhunter - Nomad

i have played with 2562 2 weeks a go... was amazing!!!

ohh, you will love this one!!!

http://www.boomkat.com/item.cfm?id=144002

[Brisance]

I can't believe, no-one has mentioned OSC - Bless Up, that thing just rips you to shreds

[ad3n]

dmz
planet mu
hyperdub




....textboooook haha

[sully_harmitage]

soul motive/hyperdub/hessle

[konfusion]

Matty G "Take you back"

[dz]

Starkey - Ephemeral Exhibits (Planet Mu)

it just is...

[spooky]

fav release

Kromestar - Pissed Off EP
Nevamis - Down South Dub 003
Kromestar - Badman / 10/30
Skream - Skreamizm vol 5
Coki - Bloodthirst
Jack Sparrow - I & I / Preditor
The Others - Fun House

fav label

Tempa
Dub Police
Deep Medi
Sub Soldiers

[syhr]

Deep Medi

Quest - Stand / Eden

[brut willis]

Matty G - Take You Back

Best release of 2008.

Damn i fuckin agree!!!!!! I didn' listen to it when i made my first post in this topic, but now that i put my ears on it... WAOW!!!!
Fusion of old electro hip-hop 808's and dubstep, the vocals are great, certain times simply gorgeous.

[brut willis]

And also props to Silkie's "Sky is the limit", one of the best tune i heard this year and think this will last for years, what a tune!!!!!! It has a metaphysical appeal, when you hear this one on big soundsystem it realy makes you feel like sky's the limit

[pidge]

Punch Drunk
Deep Medi
Kapsize
Hyperdub

[killer b]

punch drunk
hyperdub
eight:fx
insectmind
narco.hz
lo dubs
and many more great ones out there...

[grievous_angel]

It's been a really good year. In fact in retrospect, it's been a much better year than it seemed to be at the time. In particular because, reading this thread, there's been a load of high quality, smart, danceable dubstep that I didn't get round to buying. And I bought a lot... though I've been buying heaps of old grime and 2step.

Overall tune of the year for me is Paleface ft. Kyla: Do You Mind (Crazy Cousinz remix).

Dubstep tune of the year for me was Pangaea's You and I. Absolutely mentally good, though Ramadanman.

Album of the year has to be Dusk and Blackdown's Margins Music. Superb. Though my non-dubstep album of the year is either The Imagined Village (it's a folk album!), Rachel Unthank (another folk album!), both of which just kill me, or Heatwave's An England Story.

Label of the year - toss up between Hyperdub, Hessle, Deep Medi and Hotflush, but there's a HEAP of good little labels.

Special mention to Anti-Social who are rapidly turning into the best dubstep / future garage producers around.

One tip for 2009: watch out for Untold's remix of Toasty's The Knowledge. You have been warned...

[dubsta]

my favourite labels were in this year:
Compound One, Argon, 7even, Tectonic, Digital Soundboy

releases (there were so much fantastic releases I can't decide )
Luke Envoy & Headhunter > M.U.G.E.N. / Trapdoor > Wonderland
Appleblim & Peverelist > Circling / Over Here > Skull Disco
SP:MC / SP:MC & Joker D > Trust Nobody / Future > Tempa
Benny Page > Step Out / Swagger > Digital Soundboy Recordings
Compound One > Cohaagen / Get Scared > Compound One
Shackleton > The Rope Tightens... / ...But The Branch Is Weak / In The Void / Shortwave > Skull Disco
F > Phase One / Icon > 7Even

[datilt]

Tuneage:

Uncle Sam - Round The World Girls VIP
Tes La Rok - Livin Fire
Skream - Hedd Banger
RSD - Jah Way
Synkro - Jah Love
12th Planet - Control (Skreamix)
OSC - Rockers Delight
WAR 005 - Ganja Farmer
F1 & Kromestar - High Grade
Clouds - Under The Dancin Feet
Emalkay - My Story

Label of the year:

ARGON

[saba]

Label:
Hyperdub
3024
Tectonic
Hessle Audio
Punch Drunk

[bassbeyondreason]

Kuma - Dawn Stepped Outside.

Continued proof of dubstep's uncanny ability to sound fuck all like itself and still be undeniably dubstep.