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Dubstep Allstars Vol.02

Finally back in stock! The new hybrid is well and truly out of the bag. In his, as ever, fully informed sleeve notes, Martin of Keysound recordings notes the collision of "dread dub b-lines, dark jungle energy, funky reggae skanks and soaring Detroit melodies". Since Hatcha's awesome volume one in this series, which we still rotate regulalry, this music with a name has blown up big style, yet there's still tunes on dubplate, exclusive to that compilation which have yet to the see the light of day. There's five full unreleased dubs here, from Loefah & Skream's awesome "28 grams" which we gather may well see a full release sometime soon, through to further Digital Mystikz' mightiness. Youngsta loves his closest producers, drawing from a contained well of talent he can rely on - if you had Skream, Loefah, D1 and the Mystikz making slates specifically for you, how much other music would you really need! In addition he's pulled out forthcoming gems to drop in the hopefully near future on Soulja, DMZ and of course Tempa. At 20, Youngsta has already been jockeying for 8 years, making his debut on Freek Fm back in 1998, and clearly has the world at his feet, but as he'd no doubt agree, its really all about the music - and as we can all attest, its vital, sometimes brutal, but always life-affirming stuff. So the man say "powerful, enthralling, mystical margin music" - buy!