Leo | Cicada Burnt LPManchester's Leo steps up with an ace new LP of dub deconstructed club music on the excellent Peak Oil label. Showcasing the power of percussion and bass when it's given more space to breathe "Cicada Burnt" is an exhilaratingly fresh journey into the cavernous depths of bass music via a minimalist dub aesthetic where the strength lies more in what is left out than what is put in. Tracklist 1. Qwershape 2. Jetti 3. Cicada Burnt 4. Descant 5. Spirit

A2 Freedom Roots

Loads of crazy spaced out FX and lasers bouncing around all over the place alongside fragments of Danny's vocals

Beautiful record

Beautifully presented in a heavyweight tip-on sleeve with a nicely designed and informative insert written by producer Kaoru Sato who provides the fascinating background story to the record

Dubwise Vinyl · The Rootsman - Roots Return - Pre-Order 12" at Dubwise Vinyl

Italy's Real Rock Records strike gold with the first ever vinyl reisssue of this much sort 1977 LP from 4th Street Orchestra

Tapes doing what he does best on these - matching up infectious space age synths with seismic low end frequencies with predictably deadly results

A mix for every occasion

Bristol legend Rob Smith takes on Al Green's immortal 'Let's Stay Together' in a soulful dubwise breakbeat style characteristic of his late 80's/early 90s productions and the results sound like a long lost Smith & Mighty dubplate (i

Make sure you also check the dub on the flip which is pretty special bringing in additional instrumentation and synth elements

Heartbreakingly beautiful vocal cut from Stranger Cole on the same rhythm as Tom Drunk also dating back to 1971

Both sides delivered discomix alongside some seriously amazing dubs