Skream

Skream | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (November 21, 2006)
• Original Release Date: 2008
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Tempa
• ASIN: B000IHYU7Y
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #66,834 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
  • #80 in Music > World Music > Reggae > Dub
  • #86 in Music > Dance & DJ > IDM

Editorial Reviews

Originally released in 2006, available again. This is the debut album from Skream, Croydon's musical wonderkid. At 15 he discovered making music, and 5 years after, he helped to change the course of UK urban music, building the foundations of dubstep, the UK's most talked-about musical genre. Skream's clipped, techy minimal style has quickly become his trademark. Long before grime existed, it reflected dark, murky streets and sinister nights, the sound of decaying London and its frustrated communities, stuck out in satellite towns and sink estates with nothing but a PC and freely-available software to channel their frustration into. His signature tune, the scene's anthem "Midnight Request Line" is an explosion of electro arpeggios and dub sub-bass. It's a tune you can sing along to. From the opening haunting strings of "Tortured Soul," which calls to mind the work of Philip Glass or Aphex Twin, to the more optimistic chords and guitar of "Dutch Flowerz," to the heavy vocal cuts featuring Warrior Queen and JME, and the heavy digi-sounds of "Auto-Dub," it's clear that this is a sonic visionary at work. --This text refers to the Vinyl edition.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Some sick sheeeeet, May 8, 2009

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M. Hunt "markjhunt" (Sussex, England) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Skream (Audio CD)

This is some seriously sick subsonic Skream sensational suss. Awesome, heavy, dark, dirty, head nodding bass filth. If you dig Tubbys, Pablo, Mannaseh, On U Sound, Depth Charge this is the ferkin busyness. Buy with confidence. Can't stop my head nodding ...

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Classic Dubstep, May 9, 2010

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Nicholas Pastura - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Skream! (MP3 Download)

This is classic true dubstep at its finest and one of my favorite dubstep records by far. Really not a weak track here in my opinion, but several (Rutten, Kut-Off, Summer Dreams, Blue Eyes, Check-It) are absolute essentials!

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars EPIC, January 7, 2010

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Brandon Reese (Pasadena, CA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Skream! (MP3 Download)

Oh...my....goodness....Rutten is one of the sickest songs my ears have ever heard. Would buy this album on that track alone.