Reviews
January: 10 dubstep & grime releases you need to hear this month
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Ironsoul 'Carbon/Banter' (Soul Music)
A pair of stone-cold belters from the masterful Ironsoul (also Kromestar), one of grime’s most low-key, genius producers for years now. A-side ‘Carbon’ samples crunchy low-end and purple-y bass sounds that’d usually be enough to steal the show, but it’s a pair of hyper-emotional male and female vocal samples that really put it over the top, exchanging blows over layers and layers of intricate, sugary melodies. On the flip, ‘Banter’ strips everything back, spares us the emotional baggage and instead delivers a looping 8-bar smash that, in parts, feels reminiscent of early Wiley beats.
8/10
