Goon Club Allstars Schallplatten & CDs

Review: The talented young Gundam finally gets his own release after a string of collaborations, and it comes through the Goon Club Allstars label. Fittingly, this is some high-powered bass gear, and "Intimate" couldn't be more of a hybrid track, where fluttering swarms of stop-start drums collide with choppy vocal samples and sporadic hits of low frequencies. "Too Late" is similar in its approach, except that here the sounds are gentler, bringing through more of an r&b feel that sits just right with us and is bound to go down a storm with the UK funky fans.

Review: Previously featured on Keysound's This Is How We Roll set, this is the first full solo release from Goon Club Allstars co-founder Moleskin. And boy is he making a serious mission statement. Fusing elements of footwork, grime and b-more, there's an unrelenting, choppy sense of playful funk and attitude to each of the five cuts on offer here. Full dancefloor-dedication: Great examples include the precision cuts, deadly bass drops and pulsating bassline of "Turnt On", the radar-rave ricochets of "Chips" and the steppy ghetto-funk chaos of "Clemency". What a mission statement! We can't wait to hear what he cooks up next.

Review: A serious Goon Club adventure, DJ Lag's Rudeboyz collective lay down four tracks that live in their own universe but make total sense of everything that's going on in electronic music around the world; techy, bassy, spacey and bold - as Kode9 has proved, these cuts work well in almost any type of genre set. Highlights include the kick-less, ricochet-heavy danger riddim "Mitsubishi Song" and the staccato steppery of "Get Down". The ultimate dark Durban document.