Dubfire’s currently riding his largest wave since the peak of The Dish over 10 years ago with his own killer tracks, DJing and a barrage of top tackle on this label of his. He’s got a knack of reeling in formidably-talented likeminds and for the eighth release Stockholm’s Johan Emmoth and John Andersson turn in another two-headed monster which will slaughter large gatherings with a mixture of innovation and good old roof-raising trouser-destruction. ‘Crysis’ hangs an insistent, striking melody with twinkling, glittering long-johns, pulsing away washed with sonic rain and moody swells until the lengthy drop when it returns with a new motif which does nothing less than invoke the ghost of Moby’s ‘Go’ and the Twin Peaks theme. If that’s simply glorious, ‘Your Way’ mines deeper stratas, building on huge subterranean bass drones and flicking percussion and gradually rising into an all-consuming beast which is unlike anything else out there and could become a deadly weapon in the right mix. Twin peaks indeed.
If that wasn’t enough, also around is the first single from the pair’s upcoming third album No Place Like Home. ‘Technik’ starts like a techno’d-up Jaws theme over which Sooty’s mate Sweep masturbates himself into a frenzy, sparking liftoff a few minutes in. intense and chaotic it bodes well for this currently unstoppable duo.
5 Out Of 5
Reviewed By: Kris Needs
