Drum 'N' Bass
September: 10 drum 'n' bass releases you need to hear this month
Jubei, Redders, Rido and more
Redders 'Critical Presents Systems 005 EP' (Critical)
Hyperactive Bristolian mic lord Redders has some weighty substance to match his animated style. Not many have the gravitas to front up a seven-track Critical EP, but here you’ll find Sam Binga, Gorgon Sound, Hyroglifics and Moresound all providing half-time bassline and electro-dancehall jams while the main man owns the stage. Redders seems to have distilled many of our favourite d’n’b MC elements into a fresh weave: the artillery-quick ragga patter of Manc kingpin Fox; the slick Americanised flow of the evergreen Dynamite; the infectious Bristolian humour of Jakes; the smile-inducing tics and wibbles of old don Skibadee; and a gorgeous languid melodic croon a la David Boomah. The man can do it all and, armed with these beats, this release is pretty unstoppable.
8/10
