It's competition time again, this time we've got 5 copies of the new Scuba album to give away!
To enter, simply reply to this post, and on the 22nd of March 2010 we will randomly draw 5 lucky winners who will get to download the album for free from Digital-Tunes (http://www.digital-tunes.net).
We've been listening to this one in the office and loving it. It's a big change from the "A Mutual Antipathy" album, which wasn't so dancefloor friendly, and much more experimental-sounding to our ears. This new album is definitely going to be one of the big releases of 2010.
Tracklisting:
1. Descent
2. Latch
3. Three Sided Shape
4. Minerals
5. On Deck
6. Before
7. Tracers
8. You Got Me
9. So You Think You're Special
10. Heavy Machinery
11. Glance
12. Lights Out
Heres the blurb from Hotflush:
Scuba, aka Paul Rose, has been at the forefront of the dubstep scene since its birth. Having
founded the innovative and influential Hotflush Recordings label in 2003, he has continually
brought colour and depth to an advancing genre, expanding its sonic structure and increasing its
influence on the wider electronic scene. Through Scuba and seminal work by central figures
including Distance, Vex’d and more recently Mount Kimbie and Joy Orbison, Hotflush remains
crucial to the immediate moment and the developing future of the most exciting aspects of
electronic music.
Following the first Scuba LP, A Mutual Antipathy (2008), and the more recent Aesaunic EP
(2009), this album takes the Scuba sound to a new level. The collision of dubstep and techno has
produced startling music from a wide range of producers in the last few years, none more than
Scuba, and that has been well documented. But Triangulation moves past the dubstep/techno
axis and into new territory. Working at multiple tempos, the album covers an area ranging from
house to experimental drum n bass while retaining the Scuba sound that has become so
distinctive.
You Got Me and So You Think You’re Special, released as an advance 12”, reflect the range of
the album with the huge bass and frenetic energy of the former contrasting with the melancholic
atmospheres and melodies of the latter. The listless beauty of Before, the aggressively percussive
Minerals and the hyperactive electro of On Deck provide further stylistic variation, but this is not
simply a collection of tracks – for the best sonic results this album should be listened to in full.
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