Jabru – Little Fire Dubs EP [SUKI017]

Little Fire Dubs EP
Jabru
LABEL: Losing Suki | SUKI017
GENRE: House / Dubstep
RELEASED: 2015
MP3 DOWNLOAD SOURCE: WEB
BITRATE: 320kbps / 44100kHz / Full Stereo
TRACKS: 3
SIZE: 40.94 megs

3 TRACKS TOTAL

1. Voodoo Bey (feat. TK-421) 6:48
2. Catch Contact 5:10
3. Bin Juice Rhythm 4:58

Total Playtime: 16:56 min

Jabru is one of those enigmatic artists that continues to maintain a constant and quality output within the UK’s underground music scene, whilst managing to remain off-radar to the wider dance community. When you look a little deeper at the artist’s output, you soon discover a musical journey gracing some of the most respected names the scene has to offer.

His productions have caught the ears of influential figures such Will Saul (!K7 DJ-Kicks), Huxley (Saints and Sonnets), Futureboogie (as Bruh Jackman alongside Hackman), Zed Bias and Joker; whilst his versatility on the decks has allowed him to DJ for heavyweights such as Hyperdub, Solid Steel and Rinse FM.

Jabru’s pedigree cannot be questioned, and Losing Suki are delighted to welcome him to their family of artists pushing the UK’s underground dance music sound to new frontiers.

True to form, Jabru steps up with a 3 track EP of dub-influenced rollers built equally for soundsystems and headphones.

The first track on the EP, ‘Voodoo Bey’, is a collaboration with Lee Waller AKA TK-421, and is a reverb soaked techno track with more than a nod to the lo-fi distortion and methodology of dub techno. Electric cowbells and crunchy percussion combine with spoken word samples and rich synth pads to create a pulsating, early-hours march across the dancefloor.

‘Catch Contact’ again borrows elements of Dub, utilising offbeat guitar stabs and melodica samples with rolling basslines more akin with the melodies and sampling of UKG rather than Dub Techno of the EP’s opener. Solid rhythms and catchy hooks make this one that won’t go quietly.

The affectionately titled ‘Bin Juice Rhythm’ sounds like UK Garage waking from brain surgery or El-B on hallucinogens. Pushing forwards through cloudy rhythms, lazy drums, dubbed out vocal samples and lo-fi growling bass lines; the track blurs the line between Dub and Garage uniquely; providing a new take on the two genres whilst adding another killer to Losing Suki’s varied and original catalogue.