Enei - Stonehead E.P. - Critical Records.

This EP delivers more of that classic Critical sound; heavy breaks and moody noises throughout. I personally found the title track, Stonehead, to be the weakest tune on the E.P. , blown away as it is by the unrelenting bass fest that is Movin' Fast. The Jubei remix of Cracker is well worth a listen, as is No Fear featuring the vocal talents of Riya. This is perhaps not the strongest release on Critical to date, but lovers of the label will undoubtedly find this to their taste.

Someone/Flip The Page - DJ Friction - Shogun Audio

This is a good little single from Friction for the summer and I'm sure will be going off most places it's played. Flip The Page is an energetic and bouncy dance-floor stormer, whilst Someone featuring a vocal by McLean (aka Digga), is an uplifting roller that has the crowd singing along almost instantly. This is by far the stronger of the tracks, but even so it does lose it's appeal after a few listens...

Brainstorm/Echoes - Hamilton - RAM Records

Having served his time and proven himself on the Frequency label, we have here Hamiltons first outing on RAM Records. Echoes is an uplifting spacey sounding track, but seems to me to be just a B side filler. The A side, Brainstorm, is much the harder piece aimed directly at the dance-floor, I did however find it very reminiscent of Link to the Past by Xample & Lomas.

Nymfo - Double Dutch E.P. - Commercial Suicide

Dutchman Nymfo delivers a powerful and well produced E.P. here on Klute's indomitable Commercial Suicide label. Once again I'm finding the title track,Double Dutch, to be the weaker piece but that is by no means a harsh judgement on what is an exceptional dark and rolling E.P. The collaboration with Chris Su on, In Our Mind, is my personal favorite from the E.P. Featuring a gentle inviting intro which develops into a quirky moody stepper.