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Review: Mall Grabs Steel City Dance Discs (named in reference to the industrial port near where he grew up back in Aus) enlists Clouds for another potent party EP. 'Positive Delusion' is slamming techno with a raw edge, but what makes it an immediate hit is the pitch-up vocal sample that brings the fun. 'Get With It is a drunken, unbalanced techno clanger full of wildness and 'Rhythm Perfection' then brings some trance elements to the hard tendon drums. 'Vyperskin' and 'Dreamarena' are two more characterful and supersized techno sounds.

Review: Four years after his acclaimed Brame long player, Julien Chastagnol aka Ruby My Dear returns with his fourth album, A dada. It is another experimental sound world that is a joyous yet intricate fusion of drill 'n' bass and IDM, akin to what the artist himself says is "a breakcore lullaby." Across all four sides of wax, he goes in hard on the breakbeats and tightly programmed drums, with layers of scuzzy heavy metal sounds, looped and warped vocals and mind-melting synths that fizz and spin, explode and impulse on a constant basis to leave you feeling exhausted mentally and physically.

Review: Shall Not Fade's annual birthday compilations have a history of being exceptionally strong, with founder Kieran Williams choosing to showcase previously unreleased tracks from both label regulars and new family members. Their latest, marking the Bristol-based imprint's eight birthday, is another action-packed treat, with 16 tracks stretched across two slabs of marbled wax. Starting with the tactile, loved-up dreaminess of Koko's 'About Our Amore', the collection flits between breakbeat-driven dreaminess (SOBSTORY), muscular house pumpers (Adelphi Music Factory), speed garage revivalism (Absolute and HRSN, Paul Rudder), trance-fired techno (Pagan), morning-fresh electro (Holo), happy hardcore flashbacks (Testpress) and sweat-soaked jungle madness (Toby Ross).