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Hospitality: Drum & Bass 2011
Hospital

The January sales are well underway – but make sure you save a fiver for this at the end of the month. One of the UK’s very finest drum & bass labels – possibly the finest – gets 2011 underway with a ripsnorter of a compilation, bringing together some massive tracks and remixes. Jumping straight in at the deep end with Danny Byrd’s superb ‘Tonight’, where autotune never sounded so good, we are set down thoroughly exhausted at the end with Unquote’s ‘Lubov Mota’. Where Hospital have always scored so highly in the compilations is in the variety they are able to bring to the table, so that even here there is a slight dip in intensity with Nu:Tone’s moody and wonderful ‘Bleeper’ the adrenalin soon rises again through Hamilton’s remix of Hyperlogic’s ‘Only Me’. With 28 tracks in total, and a couple of exclusives, this ticks all the boxes, as well as offering you a chance to break in those new shoes you’ve just bought.

5 Out Of 5

Reviewed By: Ben Hogwood