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TEMPA 085EP
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Truth's fourth 12" for Tempa features three tracks of their distinctive, sprawling and dramatic halfstep. "How Strange" is a supremely unsettling yet inviting listen, with a half-sung, half-whispered voice slinking through the gloom, while all around sub-bass and lashings of peripheral sound distort your perception of space and time. Where the title-track is built for sinking deep into, "Justify" takes a similar set of elements and scorches you with its pile-driving momentum, bounding forward atop an irresistible dancefloor skank. Features guest contributions from Bijou and Taso.
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TEMPA 082EP
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This is Truth's third release on Tempa. Featuring two tracks -- "Empire" and a collaboration with Stylust Beats titled "Chicks & Drugs." Both retain the cinematic, expansive aesthetic that the New Zealand duo has established on their previous releases for Tempa and labels such as Deep Medi and Disfigured Dubz. The chimes and industrial drones that open "Empire" rack up tension to a snapping point, before the track grinds to life in salvoes of intricate percussion, plunging sub-bass and the crunch of metal on metal. With its vaguely tongue-in-cheek opening chant, "Chicks & Drugs" seems a slight departure from the intense, dread sensations of "Empire." But when it drops in punctuated tidal waves of sub-bass and a sparse halfstep beat, it's just as intense and immersive as you'd expect from the duo.
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TEMPA 076EP
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New Zealand's Truth -the duo of Andre Fernandez and Tristan Roake -- put an expansive, cinematic twist on the deeply-rooted sounds of pure dubstep. Crushing bass pressure and all-pervading sensations of dread remain the hallmarks of their sound. This is the duo's second release for Tempa, and offers a pair of intricate, smoky and ocean-deep dancefloor riddims. "Devil's Hands" plays off a delicious tension between sweet and sinister, and "I Belong" pushes that dichotomy to even further extremes.
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REL 3020CD
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This lost hippie-rock gem originally appeared in 1970, and features musicians who backed Bob Smith on his classic album The Visit. Produced by Motown heavyweights Mickey Stevenson, Clarence Paul and Leon Ware, its sound touches on harmony pop, country-rock, acid folk and psychedelia, earning it comparisons to Jefferson Airplane and The Mamas & The Papas. It makes its CD debut here, complete with background notes. Digitally remastered.
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TEMPA 065EP
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This 12" marks Truth's debut release on Tempa, but the duo have been carving out their own cavernous spaces for quite some time. Truth tracks have a cinematic twist -- all open spaces and soft-focus melody where many of their contemporaries trade in dissonance and claustrophobia. Truth's sound starts with the bassbin-shaking minimalism of early Loefah and DMZ, but that's only the beginning. A-side "Dreams" features Yayne.
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