Browse by Artist: DUSK + BLACKDOWN

Artist:	DUSK + BLACKDOWN
Title:	Submerge
Label:	KEYSOUND RECORDINGS (UK)
Format:	12"
Price:	$11.00
Catalog #:	LDN 001EP

"'Submerged' is a testament to uprising. The first kick rises out of a 'Submerged's' keysound: a murky, bubbling, primordial soup. The kick coalesces into a live, organic rhythm, leading onwards. At first tiny shards of light filter through the mire, before a weak sun breaks through the grey clouds. 'Drenched' is a snapshot of urban underground living, spread wide across one 12". Tense, intense, compressed, it begins on a south London train, reflecting the rhythms and textures of our surroundings. the train heads south through some of dubstep's birthplaces: Streatham, Norbury and Norwood, ending of course, in Croydon. The recording was made late on a Sunday night, heading for one of Digital Mystikz' Dub Sessions parties."

Artist:	DUSK + BLACKDOWN
Title:	Mantis
Label:	KEYSOUND RECORDINGS (UK)
Format:	12"
Price:	$11.00
Catalog #:	LDN 003EP

"From the influential stable of Martin Clark's Keysound label comes Dusk & Blackdown's latest plate; the anthemic 'Mantis'. The kids are ready for deep bass and sparse beats, so who are we to disagree? Beginning with a sample from some unknown Eastern cassette tape we are instantly in dubstep nirvana -- one foot firmly in China and one foot in a muddy puddle on the Estates of South London. As leaden beats tumble over ear-pummeling bass it becomes obvious that the man Dusk intended this to lay waste to the world's growing soundsystems. Flip over for Martin Clark's own take on 'Mantis', which spaces out the beats a little and drops a truly destructive throbbing bassline for good measure. With much of the genre taking tentative steps into Eastern experimentation it's nice to see these two producers getting it absolutely right without exploiting the 'world music' angle too intensely. Stir-fried to perfection!"

Artist:	DUSK + BLACKDOWN
Title:	Focus/Akkaboo
Label:	KEYSOUND RECORDINGS (UK)
Format:	12"
Price:	$11.00
Catalog #:	LDN 005EP

The world loves the sound of dubstep, and that's due in no small part to Martin Clark's influential writings. His detailed documentation of grime and dubstep has seen the Croydon sound travel around the world, and the kids are ready for deep bass and sparse beats. Beginning with a sample from some unknown Eastern cassette tape, we are instantly in dubstep nirvana, one foot firmly in China and one foot in a muddy puddle on the estates of South London.

Artist:	DUSK + BLACKDOWN
Title:	Margins Music
Label:	KEYSOUND RECORDINGS (UK)
Format:	CD
Price:	$14.50
Catalog #:	LDN 006CD

Welcome to Margins Music, the debut album from London-based production duo Dan Frampton and Martin Clark aka Dusk + Blackdown. Following a series of 12"s released on their own Keysound Recordings label, Margins Music takes the listener beyond what can be defined as simply grime or dubstep -- it further pushes their pioneering vision of the genre -- while at the same time being firmly rooted in their native London sound. The album is a journey through the outskirts of the real London, the heart of the capital, exploring its people, its diversity and the aspects of harmony and tension found within the inner city. Margins Music, like London itself, holds within it feelings of both familiarity and uncertainty -- try "Lata VIP," for example, with its super-minimal arrangement; its sparse 2-step break and distant female vocals, its intimidating bass line and Eastern violin, comparable at times to the murky sound of Burial. Then without warning, we're suddenly thrown into the bhangra-attack of "Kuri Pataka," with its pummeling dhol drums and seemingly endless male vocal loop. Margins Music goes beyond the expected, familiar, "old-school" sounds of dubstep and emerges harnessing new forms and influences. Here you'll find the sound of UK hip-hop, Bollywood, desi beats, ragga, grime, garage and 2-step -- you'll hear Punjabi, Hindi and Urdu voices, and much more. And there's enough knowledge of the street to satisfy fans of Roll Deep, Kode9, Skream, and Pinch.

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