December: 10 dubstep & grime release you need to hear this month
Dark0, Impey, Jammz and more
Tune of the month
Dark0 'Luka' (XL Recordings)
Dark0 might have been dormant for the best part of a year, but his debut EP for XL, ‘Oceana’, is some of the best new music we’ve written about this year. Our tip is the glistening, orchestral euphoria of ‘Luka’, which captures his ability to make music that carries such vast emotional and physical weight feel so visceral. Totally fit for the club but loaded with vulnerability and longing, amplified by haunted, gothic-era vocal shrills and melodies we’ll never escape from, it’s left us hanging on since the first listen.
10/10