Various / Hessle Audio 116 & Rising


Hessle Audio are surely the UK's finest forward-thinking dance label. Their ascent to the bassbin vanguard is cemented with '116 and Rising', a comprehensive double CD affair looking back over 12 of their finest moments from the last four years, and looking forward to 12 crucial exclusives from their deadly roster. Since 2007 their band of advanced sonic thinkers and bassbin assassins have produced a stream of achingly ON IT records, including no small amount of debuts and genre classics from figures who've come to massively influence the field. We can largely attribute their success to the seriously focussed yet broad tastes of the trio behind the imprint, namely David Kennedy (Pearson Sound/Ramadanman), Ben Thomson (Ben UFO) and Kevin McAuley (Pangaea), three clued-up youths with an unswerving passion for dance music from US House and Garage to the UK Bass culture they all came through with. The first disc of '116 & Rising' touches on some of the most crucial, considered and caned tracks of the last few years, from Joe's 'Rut' and 'Level Crossing' to James Blake's 'Buzzard & Kestrel' or Martyn's timeless remix of TRG's 'Broken Heart'. The 2nd disc is a sterling testament to their understanding of the scene, touching up-to-the-moment 116bpm subbass and Latin clap attacks from Joe at one extreme, and the deadly, archival post-grime futurism of D1's 'Sub Zero' at the other. For us, the most exciting tracks come from two of their most recent additions, with the nagging, sensual hook of Elgato's 'Music (Body Mix)' and the ruff 'n tumble programming of Blawan's 'Potchla Vee' already glued to our decks, but the very best come from relatively old hands; in the inimitable torque of Peverelist's infinitely sumptuous 'Sun Dance', and Pangaea's deeply rave-spiked 'Runout', while there's close runners from Pearson Sound's agitated 'Stifle' and the whisky-faced tuning of James Blake's 'Give A Man A Rod (2nd Version)'. Ultimately, it's a definitive document of the UK underground at the start of this decade and therefore a hugely recommended purchase for dancers, DJs and dance music connoisseurs alike.


Label: HESSLE AUDIO
Genre: DUBSTEP / GRIME / FUNKY
Released: May 2011
Catalogue Number: HESCD001
quality: CD1-CD2 256 kbps / CD1 320 kbps

Tracklist:

CD1
01 Elgato - Music (Bodymix)
02 Untold - Cool Story Bro
03 Blawan - Potchla Vee
04 Pearson Sound - Stifle
05 Joe - Twice
06 Randomer - Brunk
07 Pangaea - Run Out
08 Cosmin TRG - Bijoux
09 D1 - Subzero
10 Addison Groove - Fuk Tha 101
11 James Blake - Give A Man A Rod (Second Version)
12 Peverelist - Sun Dance

CD2
01 Pangaea - You & I
02 Untold - Test Signal
03 Blawan - Fram
04 James Blake - Buzzard & Kestrel
05 Untold - I Can’t Stop This Feeling
06 Joe - Rut
07 Ramadanman - Blimey
08 TRG - Put You Down
09 Joe - Level Crossing
10 Pangaea - Why
11 TRG - Broken Heart (Martyn’s DCM Remix)
12 Ramadanman - Don’t Change For Me

multiup CD1-CD2 256 kbps dl
mediafire CD1 320 kbps dl