Pinch and Shackleton

the two dubstep pioneers at the top of their game. the deadly concision, the rhythmic punch and dramatic timing, the spry, side-to- side detailing of a cavernous stage, the crisp-biscuit vocal sampling and middle eastern percussion - their sound signatures are not so much totalled as squared. truly an album, the music is multi-levelled - dark as anything at times, but engrossingly varied and emotionally shaded, always on the move. for the wire this month, in a full-page review - 'a labyrinthine collaboration that rebuilds the dialectics of dubstep. a beguilingly well-delivered statement in a dialect that was sidelined in favour of the cult of bass or the fluorescent synths. a powerful retort to the comparatively crude hyperactivity of the post-dubstep landscape and a well-timed lesson in sophistication.'