Browse by Artist: SKREAM

Artist:	SKREAM
Title:	Burning Up/Memories Of 3rd Base
Label:	DIGITAL SOUNDBOY RECORDS (UK)
Format:	12"
Price:	$9.00
Catalog #:	SBOY 023EP

"When Skream came up with his 'Lets Get Ravey' version of La Roux's 'In For The Kill,' he was inspired by the sound of early '80s rave days, and for his first contribution to Shy FX's Digital Soundboy label, the Croydon producer takes his homage further into jungle territory. 'Burnin Up' has got it all: female vocal sample, mid tempo amen breaks, booming bassline all combined to perfection, with an awesome switch half way. Skream has lovingly updated the exhilarating sound of early jungle to stunning results. If 'Burnin Up' is a tribute to jungle's debut, 'Memories of 3rd Base' is all about the birth of dubstep. A highly potent minimalist groove with technoid blips and mutating sub bass, it pays tribute to the club that shaped the scene in the mid '00s. With artists like Benny Page and Breakage constantly producing genre defying music, and high flying contributions by Caspa and Skream, DSB offers a unique insight into the incredible talent of the UK Urban scene."

Artist:	SKREAM
Title:	Angry/Traitor
Label:	ITAL (UK)
Format:	12"
Price:	$11.00
Catalog #:	ITAL 001EP

2005 classic, repressed! "Absolutely tearing twelve and a total bass destroyer. These gems from the woefully under-released Skream at last find the light of day, on Loefah's brand new Ital imprint. Coming out of the dubplate hotbed that is the Digital Mystikz camp right now -- these are, as you might expect -- two very fresh numbers, and you'd be forgiven for believing them to be works made yesterday. In fact the truth is more fascinating -- made originally for Hatcha's more than exclusive dubplate box, the vibes are meditative and the bass very very weighty indeed. 'Traitor' is simply one of the rudest dubs we've come across in time -- and positively demands cranking to steepling volume."

Artist:	SKREAM
Title:	Sweetz (2005 Flex)/Angry World
Label:	KEYSOUND RECORDINGS (UK)
Format:	12"
Price:	$11.00
Catalog #:	LDN 016EP

Two lost classics from Skream are contained here: "Sweetz (2005 Flex)," dating back to 2005, is really melodic and shows a significant Detroit influence, and "Angry World," which is cinematic and swung in a manner most reminiscent of foundation dubstep pioneers Horsepower Productions. Both tunes hark back to the formative early era of dubstep. The artwork features, at Skream's own request, a capture of the renowned Big Apple store, epicenter of the dubstep scene.

Artist:	SKREAM
Title:	Rinse: 02
Label:	RINSE (UK)
Format:	CD
Price:	$17.00
Catalog #:	RINSE 003CD

This is the second installment in the Rinse series, reflecting the sounds championed by Rinse FM with each DJ showing us their perspective of British pirate music. Next up is dubstep's deserved forefather, the mighty Skream. Skream's self-titled debut album was released to critical acclaim, featuring much revered bone shakers such as "Tapped" and "Midnight Request Line." Skream's ear for a tune and the diverse manner in which he selects and produces shines through on this fresh mix. Still in step with his ska-tinged, head-bobbing productions, Skream offers exclusive new tracks from his vault, such as "Murderer," "Oit, Kum Ere Sun" and "Refuel," all delivering blistering bass lines while keeping the dutty, low-frequency skank purring in the background. They're lined up next to apocalyptic tracks like Rusko and Caspa's bowel shifting "Bread Get Bun," dubstep figurehead Benga's "26 Basslines," the shape-shifting Kode 9's Badawi remix and Skream's own stunning reinterpretation of "The Black Ghosts Find Some Way." It's clear that Skream utilizes his dexterity and eclecticism to maximum impact.

Artist:	SKREAM
Title:	Just Being Me/Mudera
Label:	SOUTHSIDE DUBSTARS (UK)
Format:	12"
Price:	$11.50
Catalog #:	SSDUB 021EP

"Southside Dubstars come out of nowhere once again with a fresh batch of tunes from some heavyweight artists, Skream makes his return with the relatively unheard 'Just Being Me' which is a melodic, funky yet melancholic number reminiscent of earlier works like the legendary 'Dutch Flowers.' 'Mudera' turns up the heat a little, as you'd expect from the title it's the Skream wobble in full effect, muderation on this one, screwface business, big tuuuuuune! Act quickly to ensure you get a copy."

Artist:	SKREAM
Title:	Hedd Banger/Percression
Label:	TECTONIC (UK)
Format:	12"
Price:	$11.00
Catalog #:	TEC 022EP

Dubstep maverick Skream returns to Tectonic. Although often associated with dancefloor wobble innovation, it can be easy to overlook the deeper side of Skream's sound. "Hedd Banger" is a heavily weighted track with dark, razor-like synths. "Percression" is an innovative little number, combining elements of techno and dub in a way that no one else could pull off. This is pure bounce, its 4/4 beat pounding throughout, skittish drums and expanding/contracting reverbs providing the "stagger factor" that keeps things swinging.

Artist:	SKREAM
Title:	Skream!
Label:	TEMPA (UK)
Format:	CD
Price:	$17.00
Catalog #:	TEMPA 008CD

2011 repress, now in jewel case. This is the debut album from Skream, Croydon's musical wonderkid. At 15 he discovered making music, and 5 years after, he helped to change the course of UK urban music, building the foundations of dubstep, the UK's most talked-about musical genre. Skream's clipped, techy minimal style has quickly become his trademark. Long before grime existed, it reflected dark, murky streets and sinister nights, the sound of decaying London and its frustrated communities, stuck out in satellite towns and sink estates with nothing but a PC and freely-available software to channel their frustration into. His signature tune, the scene's anthem "Midnight Request Line" is an explosion of electro arpeggios and dub sub-bass. It's a tune you can sing along to. From the opening haunting strings of "Tortured Soul," which calls to mind the work of Philip Glass or Aphex Twin, to the more optimistic chords and guitar of "Dutch Flowerz," to the heavy vocal cuts featuring Warrior Queen and JME, and the heavy digi-sounds of "Auto-Dub," it's clear that this is a sonic visionary at work.

Artist:	SKREAM
Title:	Midnight Request Line
Label:	TEMPA (UK)
Format:	12"
Price:	$11.00
Catalog #:	TEMPA 014EP

2011 repress, originally released in 2005. The shot-heard-round-the-world banger that was killing the game for a hot minute even before it hit 12". This one might just go down in the history books as the one that cracked the whole game wide open, international-style -- it's been talked about in Vice, De:Bug, and on just about every music blog you can think of. Possibly the final link in the chain connecting grime and dubstep, as evidenced by the likewise talked-about freestyles Dizzee dropped over the A-side on RinseFM. About as good a starting point for dubstep as the interested but uninitiated could hope for, total future classic now.

Artist:	SKREAM
Title:	Outside The Box
Label:	TEMPA (UK)
Format:	CD
Price:	$15.50
Catalog #:	TEMPA 016CD

Skream's highly-anticipated second album finally arrives. Ollie "Skream" Jones is on a major roll. The Croydon DJ, producer and original dubstepper had the festival anthem of last year with his "Let's Get Ravey" remix of La Roux's "In For The Kill"; he's just been featured on the cover of NME with his Magnetic Man co-stars Benga and Artwork (not to mention the covers of DJ and Mixmag) and as we speak, he is all over Radio 1 with the lead track from Outside The Box. The tune in question, "Listenin' To The Records On My Wall," is the perfect introduction to why Skream's current level of success is just the beginning. It's a joyful, ragingly energetic celebration of the last quarter decade of British street music, inspired by the hardcore and jungle records used by his older brother Hijak. It's also a brilliant pop record that makes perfect sense to everyone who grew up surrounded by the breaks and beats of the 1990s and to those who didn't. This, however, is not a revival record. A natural-born modernist, Skream has selected 14 tracks that cover hip-hop (with one track featuring L.A. rapper Murs from Living Legends), bass-wobbling dubstep, dreamy electronica, a dark and tribal track with La Roux, and a strong dose of euphoric jungle on "The Epic Last Song" -- a track that is inadvisable to listen to while driving, unless you want another six points on your license. Outside The Box is the sound of an artist who is ready to take his considerable talents to a wider audience without compromising any of the raw, hedonistic, emotional, lose-yourself madness that has made him literally legendary to hundreds of thousands of people worldwide. Take "Where You Should Be," a song which features singer and songwriter Sam Frank. There's the 8-bit computer game inspiration of "CPU"; the Daft Punk-styled vocals of "How Real" featuring Freckles; the tuff-but-soothing heartbeat of "Fields Of Emotion" and the Jocelyn Brown-sampling "I Love The Way," which sees the first lady of disco pitched right down -- also heard during Skream's massive festival sets at Pukkelpop, Glastonbury and Roskilde. Towards the end of the album, there are moments that point in a whole new direction, like "Reflections," a tune written with talented drum 'n' bass-heads dBridge and Instra:mental. And then there's "A Song For Lenny," a sad and very personal musical dedication to a lost friend. Album aside, life is busy for Oliver Jones. He's back to DJing, switching up his sets to include 4/4, techno, garage and grime and, most weeks, hosting his Rinse FM show -- now alongside Benga. It's going to a big summer, inside and outside the box.

Artist:	SKREAM
Title:	Skreamizm Vol. 3
Label:	TEMPA (UK)
Format:	2LP
Price:	$18.00
Catalog #:	TEMPA 028EP

This is the third volume in Tempa's Skreamizm series, originally released in 2007. For this volume, Skream heads straight for the dancefloor with the fresh "Losing Control" heading down a techy 4x4 route. He also unleashes two of the most in-demand dubplates of recent times onto the public -- "Chest Boxing" and "Make Me." Completing this fresh double pack, fans will be pleased to find the vocal version of anthem "Check It," featuring the ragga vocal talents of Warrior Queen, finally making it onto wax.

Artist:	SKREAM
Title:	Skreamizm Vol. 4
Label:	TEMPA (UK)
Format:	2x12"
Price:	$18.00
Catalog #:	TEMPA 033EP

Skream drops another edition of his Skreamizm series. "Oskillatah" is a classic Skream banger with his trademark twisting and shaping of new bass sounds. "Tek-A-Pill" and "Shake-It" showcase a deep, more techno-influenced vibe, while "Nemesis" sees Skream exploring his love of dark, epic soundtrack styles. On "2D," a looped-up arpeggio riff nods towards minimal as much as it does dubstep. Support from Francois K, Modeselektor, N-Type, Hatcha, Laurent Garnier, Gilles Peterson, Scratch Perverts and Digital Mystikz.

Artist:	SKREAM
Title:	Skreamizm Vol. 5
Label:	TEMPA (UK)
Format:	3x12"
Price:	$23.00
Catalog #:	TEMPA 040LP

This is the fifth volume in Tempa's Skreamizm series, now bigger than ever, for the first time on 3 discs. Until now, these 6 cuts have been limited to DJ sets from the mighty Skream and his closest spars, causing a frenzy amongst ravers and listeners who have yet been able to take home the productions to listen to at their leisure. Proceedings kick-off with the haunting synth couplets of "Filth," a dread-inducing production with a raging bass line, held captive by a kick on the 1 and 3 which seems like it will give way to the beast at any point. One of the highlights of the Magnetic Man (Skream, Artwork, Benga) live show and a firm favorite with DJs including N-Type and Plastician, "Filth" is the first of three unadulterated bangers. Two more dancefloor destroyers are "Fick" (currently being smashed every set by Sinden) and "Simple City." It's perhaps these that you'll be most familiar with; the chest-plate bruising bass on the 2nd drop of "Fick," metered with an almost fairytale melody, or the ever-mutating bass line drop of "Simple City," which seems to grow in intensity with each snare hit, as if the bass were a horse and the snare Skream's riding whip. Amongst the headtop material, you'll find three more playfully energetic numbers. As an ode to those that were there back in the day, Skream comes with "One For The Heads Who Remember," a track reminiscent of '98/'99 Steve Gurley sets with distinctly Skream chords, offering us an insight to what he may have been producing throughout the garage era, "If You Know" and "Rimz" both expose the house and garage roots of contemporary dubstep and complete the triple pack. With bookings stretching into 2009 including those with his live band Magnetic Man, we can forgive the Stella Sesh Selector for the long pause in releases, for Skreamizm Vol. 5 is an overbearing argument that the best things come to those who wait.

Artist:	SKREAM
Title:	Listenin' To The Records On My Wall
Label:	TEMPA (UK)
Format:	12"
Price:	$11.00
Catalog #:	TEMPA 050EP

This is the first single from Skream's second album on Tempa, Outside The Box (TEMPA 016CD/LP). "Listenin' To The Records On My Wall" is an energetic celebration of the last quarter decade of British street music, inspired by the hardcore and jungle records used by his older brother Hijak, who was part of Grooverider's Internatty Crew. "Give You Everything (feat. Freckles)," is a slice of 2-step garage perfection, with chopped vocals and an unforgettable hook.

Artist:	SKREAM
Title:	Where You Should Be (feat. Sam Frank) Part 1
Label:	TEMPA (UK)
Format:	12"
Price:	$11.00
Catalog #:	TEMPA 053.1EP

Skream literally doesn't rest. Quite clearly the South London DJ and producer loves what he does, and what he does involves constantly challenging the ever-changing musical landscape before him. Setting his own precedent in 2011, Skream releases his next single taken from Outside The Box (TEMPA 016CD/LP) with "Where You Should Be" featuring Sam Frank. This is the first of two EPs, featuring the original version backed by Shy FX's soulful drum & bass remix.

Artist:	SKREAM
Title:	Skreamizm Vol. 6
Label:	TEMPA (UK)
Format:	3x12"
Price:	$23.00
Catalog #:	TEMPA 061LP

Skream has always reserved his deadliest club material for the Skreamizm series of EPs. Volume six, the first addition to the series since 2009, proves no exception. His attention might have been divided between exploring a range of styles on 2010's Outside The Box (TEMPA 016CD) album, but all seven tracks here stay locked, hard, to the demands of the dancefloor. Broader in its sonic range than any other Skreamizm so far, the range of sounds within this sixth volume in the series reflects dubstep's growing status over the last couple of years. It encompasses the sort of crushing, big-room club tracks his sets have become increasingly known for. "Xmas Day Swagger" is metallic and bristly, and the shuddering "Indistinct"'s intensity is cleverly offset by tiny melodic flourishes and fragments of female vocal. Both "Abstruse" and "Snarled" match their titles perfectly, the latter in particular casting robotic half-step in sleek, predatory shapes. The most startling moments, though, are those that depart from straight-up club form: a characteristically acerbic vocal from Trim on "Tweedle Dee Tweedle DUMB!"; and "FNKONOMIKA," where Skream continues to explore the sort of stripped-back, twilight drum 'n' bass pioneered by friend and collaborator dBridge. Dubstep at the moment finds itself in something of a scattered state -- blame it on Skrillex. Skream's music, though, remains closely linked both to his own history and to the genre's roots. It's refreshing to hear a producer making tracks for larger dancefloors that retain something of the subtlety and nuance of the past.

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