From obfuscated tapes of post-rave skits to slick and grimey bangers, theres something slippery about the way Filter Dread operates, and its led to a highly individual discography that spans 10 years and labels like Ramp, Unknown To The Unknown, Fresh 86 and No Corner. His sound has a stark immediacy that revolves around sampling just watch him work a live set on his Digitakt and youll understand everything. Through simple approaches comes the flexibility to glide between styles, displaying a virtuoso affinity for grime, jungle, dancehall and plenty more, with the means to put his own stamp on everything he touches.

On this new 12 we get six new slabs which slip between rave touchstones with poise, marrying up garish square wave womp with something akin to electro, slipping down into a more overtly grime-licked swerve, nodding to the early sublow days on Asid 88 and generally doing mad things with gargantuan bass and tuff, deadeye drums, Its moody in a truly UK, spliff-friendly tradition, but its also plenty playful, with enough freakiness to get limbs loosened and a little heat up inside the place.