bass clef - May The Bridges I Burn Light The Way
Since the release of his debut album (A Smile Is A Curve That Straightens Most Things) in '06, Ralf Cumbers has occupied a niche position as an experimentalist outsider within the wider dubstep community. With his sophomore LP 'May The Bridges I Burn Light The Way' he expands on his theme of elastic bass and beats with trombone, including extra percussion from Frank Byng and Brass from The Hackney Memorial Free Jazz Marching Band. This makes tracks like 'You Do My Head In' bounce with a tribalist jungle feel that releases his music from the halfstep flex, and lends a swinging broken beat feel to 'Night On Mare Street'. However it's still Bass Clef's name on the masthead here, and it's his deft bassline manipulations and electronic processing that makes 'Heartbreak Soca Cascade' and the Flaming Lips feel of 'Broken Love' a diverse yet tightly engineered work that should earn him respect far beyond dubstep circles. Recommended!
Punch Drunk Records
CD // £8.99
NOW: £4.99
A killer, full-bodied experience, combining techno, dub, D'n'B and the all important 'step.
Tempa
2CD // £10.99
Latest double CD set from Tempa with Ramadanman and Chef at the controls...
Get Up (Guido / L.V. / RSD Mixes)
TECTONIC
CD // £3.99
Pinch's dubstep soul 'Get Up' gets remixed by RSD, Guido, L.V, and Jack Sparrow...
VARIOUS PRODUCTION & GERRY MITCHELL
Fire Records
CD // £10.99
Various Production with a long awaited new album, working with spoken word elements courtesy of Gerry Mitchell
Ramp Recordings
CD // £7.99
Nine tracks of style surfing riddims and mind burrowing bleepage. In our books, immense.
Mordant Music
CD // £8.99
Killer 11-track compilation from Mordant featuring a half dozen rarities and exclusives from Shackleton!
Hyperdub
12" // £5.99
Killer 12" from Ikonika taking in 8-bit machinations, synthfunk and heavyweight bass manoeuvres...
Punch Drunk Records
MP3 Download // £1.70
FLAC Download // £2.50
Bass Clef heads up his first record of 2011, on Punch Drunk no less.
A Smile Is a Curve That Straightens Most Things
BLANK TAPES
MP3 Download // £6.99FLAC Download // £8.99
Damnation poisoned with rainbows
MAGIC & DREAMS
MP3 Download // £4.99FLAC Download // £5.99
This is something special – a collection of modular electronics from Ralph Cumbers aka Bass Clef.
EKOCLEF (EKOPLEKZ & BASS CLEF)
MAGIC & DREAMS
MP3 Download // £4.50
FLAC Download // £5.50
Ekoplekz cements a strong year, here in collaboration with Ralph Cumbers aka Bassclef.
EL GUINCHO / BASS CLEF / PRINS THOMAS
Antillas (Bass Clef / Prins Thomas Mixes)
Young Turks
MP3 Download // £3.05FLAC Download // £3.95
Trebleo
MP3 Download // £2.95FLAC Download // £3.95
Take Records
12" // £5.99
Featuring two deadly remixes from Spatial, and a sick Chicago jacker from Bearweasel - big recommendation!
Jahtari
MP3 Download // £2.95FLAC Download // £3.95
Absolutely incredible tape-hiss digidub and hypercoloured synth roots from Tapes - A MUST!!!!
HARMONIA & ENO '76 / SHACKLETON / APPLEBLIM
Harmonia & Eno '76 (Shackleton / Appleblim & Komonazmuk Mixes)
Amazing Sounds
MP3 Download // £1.95FLAC Download // £2.95
Shackleton & Appleblim's mixes of Harmonia & Eno = Totally Essential!
Planet Mu
12" // £5.99
Two hyper-syncopated Funky mutations in the increasingly defined Notts style...
Tempa
MP3 Download // £1.70FLAC Download // £2.70
Ultra minimised dubstep purism from MC/Producer SP:MC.
APPLE PIPS
12" // £5.99
Amazing twelve with shades of T++, Breakage and Scuba rolled into a stunning deepstyle rollers groove.
INFRASONICS
MP3 Download // £1.70FLAC Download // £2.70
Absolutely deadly post-garage flexes from Spatial.
Build
12" // £5.99
Brand new label from the Multiverse family, dipping toes into sick UKF featuring Roska!!!
Osiris Music UK
MP3 Download // £1.70FLAC Download // £2.70
Prime sci-fi techsonics that lovers of Burial or Clubroot will snap off in a shot...
Hotflush Recordings
2x12" // £10.99
Prime doublepack shifting from halfstep D'n'B to Workshop style slowhouse to mutant UKgarage. Killer!
Hotflush Recordings
MP3 Download // £3.50FLAC Download // £4.50
Prime EP shifting from halfstep D'n'B to Workshop style slowhouse to mutant UKgarage. Killer!
