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Sepia 'Eclipse' EP (Deep Dark & Dangerous)
More fire from dubstep golden boy Sepia, who turns in his latest 12” on Deep Dark & Dangerous. Where his past records have often looked to marry rough with smooth, opener ‘Sakura’ sets a darker tone from the off, all moody sub and charging, pulsating rhythm, while the title track continues the theme apace, this time with rattling, rolling low-end and eerie, crystalline shard-like synths. Third track ‘Point Blank’ is far more percussive, although still packs plenty of growling low-end and a whirring melody line before strings finally come into view on mournful jaunt ‘Regret’.
8/10