Dubstep & Grime
August: 9 dubstep & grime releases you need to hear this month
Fresh heat from Lloyd SB, Bok Bok, Anz and more
Anz 'Anz' EP (Chow Down)
Fresh off the back of winning Red Bull’s nationwide Riddim Rally competition, Anz feels perfectly placed to launch her debut, self-titled EP – which incidentally also marks the first release from Chow Down, the tight-knit Manchester club crew responsible for throwing some of the city’s best small parties. Furiously-paced tropical burner ‘Panrico’ opens up, echoing the work of day one UKG pioneers such as Sticky (think ‘Triplets’), before half-dreamy, half-eerie pan-pipe melodies set the tone on lurking, OG dubstep leaner ‘Clanger’. Third track ‘Fencin’ feels more compressed, drawing from Bristol’s purple synth sound (albeit reimagined within a crunchier, less finessed landscape), before the dense, winding low-end on sublow heater ‘Loa’ signs off.
8/10
