A rather healthy helping of tracks that presents electro-reggae, dub, hip hop, dubstep and drum & bass from Edinburgh & Glasgow based producers.

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Simba – Ndiwe
Soom T – Lying Bastards
Capitol 1212 – Everybody Move Like A Robot
Paranoise – Crystal Kingdom
Mungo’s Hi-Fi – A Few Screws (dub remix)
The Blessings – Where Is Anna
Morphy – Ruffneck (dirty dub mix)
DFRNT – Stay All Afternoon
Gravious – Polygon
Nasty P – Nettles

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Lowfreq Poland, is an 11 track release on Apparition Recordings, featuring exclusively Polish producers (as far as I know). I’m not going to review every track on offer here, but I’d like to highlight one or two of the best.

FusionArt presents a beautiful spacial track called “Wind Up” , where percussion, shakers and chimes all collectively work together to bring us something far great er than the sum of its parts.

Hansollo’s “Victory Over Babylon” takes the reggae side of things, but beefs it up with a large slab of wub. I think this is one of the stand out tracks in terms of production value – there’s a really crafted sound to this one. I normally shy away from the overly reggae influenced tracks, but this one has staying power for me.

Kaosbreed’s wonderfully inspired “The Bell” rings true with the sound of strong techno influences, much like Playing Heads’ “Less Cocaine” and Paranoises “Sleepless Shadows” which not only takes techno influences, but works in wonderful film-like samples, a growling bass and some excellent percussion work.

Substacja’s “The True King” has some inspired head-nodding moments, verging on the neo-garagey goodness of the likes of 2562 or Martyn, but for me – the highlight here is SUbstep Infrabasses “The Unstoppable”.

The Unstoppable seems to be a manifesto for this wonderful collection fo producers. Clearly they’re all on a mission to have Poland recognised on the dubstep map – and what better track to lead the way than this. Incredibly filthy bass-work, that the likes of Skream or Benga would be proud to slay a crowd with, alongside sublime techno stabs that really round-off the top end of the sound. A smidgeon more weight on the snare is my only criticism, and it’s a small one at that.

All in all – I’d say at least give this a chance. There’s some real gems on here, and there’s bound to be something for most people. I’d normally have not bothered, but I’m glad I took the time to check this out, as it’s more than just a try-hard stab in the dark. Far more.

Lowfreq Poland will be available excuslively on Beatport from 12th March – be sure and find out more on the MySpace

Buy – http://www.digital-tunes.net/releases/riddim_full_of_culture_ep

Yong is the first producer to feature twice here on Sittingovation, and with his second appearance comes his new EP “Riddim Full of Culture” on his own label. You can get it at the link above, and stream the tracks from his MySpace.

“Soundboy” is a cheery, dub-tinged almost reggae exploration, with this rather pleasant little ditty running over the top. There’s a hint of crunk or hyphy about the drumloop, and plenty going on synth-side.

“Riddim Full of Culture” – the title track on the EP starts with a bizarre down-pitched vocal sample and this almost old-skool hip hop drumloop and is that an 808 hit? a sparkly synth holds the first breakdown together, and then plays out through the track. On the whole – this reeks of Jamaica and roots stuff. If you like that stuff it’s fine and dandy – although not entirely my pot of noodle.

“Burnin feat. Jaybird” – a vocal heavy track here, with great production, a big solid sub and all the synths in the right places. Definately one to skank along to. I’d say the strongest track on the EP.

If there’s one thing I’m getting from all three tracks on this release it’s the reggae, dub, roots influence on Yong’s prduction. If you’re in to the red, yellow & green thing – then this will be properly up your street. If you prefer your darker heavier more filthy, or perhaps dubbed-out space-age dubstep – then perhaps you can make your own mind up about this.