...according to our Brett on Thu 11 Dec, 2008.
Tempa Allstars Vol. 5 is in, kicking off with a very tidy tune from some chap called Seven, who no doubt wears hoodies and baseball caps while pulling hard faces.. 'Siren' definitely seems like a sign of good things to come! TRG and Luke.Envoy have contributed a couple of quite accessible dancefloor-friendly efforts but I'm particularly impressed by the slower, more dub-infused tracks from Pinch and Ramadanman. The ubiquitous Skream also goes down the laid back route to decent effect. Good stuff as usual..* This is the fifth instalment of a genuine collectors item, where established and usurping talent rub shoulders over two heavy-weight cuts of the black shiny stuff.
* This time we announce the arrival with íSirení by Seven, the fanfare Riddim which DJs including Youngsta and Benga have been using to intro their sets of late, to devastating effect. (Drum & Bass fans may know Seven better as his alter-ego Eddy Woo).
* New kid on the Tempa block, TRG follows up with íSurreal (5am)í, an early hour dancefloor rub from the man that brought us the original of the now classic, Broken Heart.
* From Romania we travel to Bristol to see Pinch where we pick up the ethereal, light-headed íMotion Sicknessí.
* From Bristol we íHitchí a ride down the M4 to Croydon and collect a new joint from Skream, by this time weíre rid of our motion sickness but still left with a very magical headyness as lasers dart across our view leaving a hazy, purple trail.
* Luke.Envoy rolls up next with íSoí a production which has something of Todd Edwards about it. Like classic Todd, thereís something evangelic about the chopped vocals here, giving the bass, which is all too often painted with a
negative and aggressive brush, an altogether more angelic hue.
* The collection comes to a close with Ramadanmanís íBidding Warí, a progressive excursion built of ghostly stabs and rising tensions.
* Tracklist:
A>> Siren by Seven B1>> Surreal (5 AM) by TRG B2>> Motion Sickness by Pinch C>> Hitch by Skream D1>> So by Luke.Envoy D2>> Bidding War by Ramadanman
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