Description:	12" on Killtone in fancy stenciled sleeve, limited to 500
	Format:	12" (vinyl)
	Genre(s):	Dubstep / Bass Music
	Label:	Killtone
	Price:	£6.19
	Availability:	In stock. Dispatched in 1 working day.

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...according to our Brett on 22 April 2009.

What was the last aXXo you downloaded? I reckon mine was The Lost Boys. It's depressing how they all used to be loads older than me and now they look like little nippers with their bikes and their haircuts and their oily saxophone players. Anyway this aXXo comes on vinyl with a tasty spray painted inner sleeve that almost knocked Phil out yesterday when I shoved it in front of his face, such was its solvent freshness. Our Anthony wrote an essay about the debut release from this shadowy lot and it was certainly a bit of a beauty, brave then for the follow-up to be so different but they manage to pull it right the way off. These four tracks take a slower, more traditionally dubby tack and can only really be classified as 'dubstep' by the wobbly waves which tend to be used more as a higher frequency melodic device rather than as dancefloor vibrating trouserflappery. In terms of an eerie atmosphere this is conjuring up comparisons to Portishead as well as the quality experimental dub On-U Sound used to put out back in their glory days.. We can also hear some Renegade Soundwave in the mix although it obviously doesn't have the slightly dated feel of that stuff. If you think the dub's been falling out of dubstep of late and you want to get yourself a fix then the fantastic 'No Idlers' will do that job for you with a minimum of fuss and a surplus of quality.

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Sound clips for No Idlers by Axxo: on vinyl at Norman Records UK. 12" (vinyl), Killtone, KILL002, £6.19.

What their label says...

Following the success of the super heavy and instantly sold-out “Silvah Bullet” EP of
2008 (Single of the week at Boomkat, Piccadilly etc.) Killtone are proud to bring another
aXXo special to the table.

aXXo are a duo of dub enthusiasts who borrow from the old and new school of bass music.
They mix angry twisting, dubstep bass growls with vintage (studio one style) spring
reverb and tape effects. This is future music owing a heavy debt to 70’s dub. On this EP,
produced exclusively for Killtone, we see them moving yet further away from the
mainstream of dubstep towards deeper dread filled space experiments. Sometimes ultra
minimal, sometimes ultra hectic but always working the lowest of bass frequencies with
deceptive weight (turn it up and you’ll understand).

The release is limited to 500 copies. Like Kill001 it will feature stenciled inner sleeve
artwork from cBloxx, the graffiti artist extraordinaire, who took time out from her busy
schedule (exhibiting alongside banksy no less) to give yet more kudos to this limited
edition heavy hitter.