Skream- Skream!

Skream- Skream!
Genre: Dubstep/Electronic
Released: October 2006
What set does he rep? London, UK

Skream on Myspace

Tracks:
1.  Tortured Soul

2.  Midnight Request Line

3.  Blue Eyez

4.  Auto-Dub
5.  Check-It (Feat. Warrior Queen)

6.  Stagger

7.  Dutch Flowerz

8.  Rutten

9.  Tapped (Feat. JME)

10.  Kut-Off

11.  Summer Dreams

12.  Colourful

13.  Emotionally Mute

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i don’t know about the hoods of all you assorted  chicks and dicks, but here in the void-like Non-Chicagoland Midwest, the whole dubstep/electronica/whatever scene is blowing up like crazy.  Extremely epilepsy-unfriendly light shows are occurring every single night in cities around the world, and other times you can even hear the mobs of festies grinding their teeth before you enter the gates.  Rising acts like Bassnectar are snagging gigs all over the country (and out of it as well), and Pretty Lights is playing a sold out show at the Congress on New Year’s Eve in Chi-town.  Just remember kids, before you decide to say “I FUCKING LOVE RUSKO”, know that around 70-80% of dubstep is conservative, stick to the basics, cookie-cutter bullshit.

Well, that awesome 20-30% had to draw inspiration from somewhere.  Today, i give you the first album released by Skream (the scrawny kid in the white on the album cover), who just might be the forefather of the now hustling and bustling dubstep scene.  Taking into account how young this kind of stuff is, and that most of the notable dudes of today have surfaced within the last 2 years, it’s pretty crazy to see that Skream’s first “hit”, ‘Midnight Request Line’, took flight on the airwaves 5 years ago.  Yep, it dropped way back in 2005, when he was at the ridiculously un-ripened age of 19 years old.  Skream, born in 1986 and named Oliver Jones, is a great embodiment of the movement going on around us- one full of youthful vigor, driven by soul-power, love for the live experience, and yes, drugs as well in some cases.

‘Skream!’ is a seminal album that takes on the role of Nostradamus, foreshadowing the future and what is to come.  With that, don’t expect to hear the blatantly overpowering bass that many artists in the genre now have.  He was the beginning, the one who laid down the foundation for which the future electro-heads would continue to build on.  His stuff is moody and a bit ominous at times, but always manages to have a strong replay value.  Know your roots fellas!

Later,

STEPHEN DUBSON