Joy Orbison blindsided everyone when he came out of thin air back in the summer of 2009 and dropped the track Hyph Mngo on us. Hyph Mngo has since been placed into every taste maker’s Best Songs of ’09 list and Joy Orbison has been listed as one to watch (again) in 2010. I was kind of cynical about this praise; Hyph Mngo is a mind blowing track but you surely can’t hype someone that much after his one and only release to date, excluding the B-side Wet Look. But of course Orbison has proven me wrong with some huge remixes, especially his take on Four Tet’s Love Cry and he looks set to drop his new three track EP, interestingly named The Shrew Would Have Cushioned The Blow, on the 22nd February.
The video below features So Derobe, one of the leaked tracks from the upcoming EP. This Dubstep track was made with the dancefloor in mind and features a craftily chopped Boyz II Men sample over a bassline that isn’t overcooked but definitely bubbling. The beauty of this song is its nod to the 2step Garage scene. The foundation for So Derobe was set about 10 years ago by the likes of MJ Cole and Wookie and Joy Orbison has masterfully constructed the rest. This track represents all that’s good in Dubstep right now, its a genre that’s not afraid to be extrospective. In a music scene that varies so much; from brash, subwoofer melting basslines (see Caspa) to brooding, minimal soundscapes (see Burial), Dubstep has shown it has the legs to support the new dimensions being provided by the likes of Joy Orbison without losing the plot (see Drum ‘n Bass).
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