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HDR 001CD
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Terror Danjah presents Hardwired, a showcase and a statement of intent for his Hardrive label in 2013 and beyond. Hardwired highlights their best material so far, tracks that have been getting battered at the legendary collaboration club night they put together with Butterz in London at Cable. The focus on the club runs throughout, opening with a previously-unavailable version of Terror Danjah's "Full Attention" which was a summer radio smash back in 2011. Champion has gone from strength to strength since debuting with the Motherboard EP back in 2011, with "Crystal Meth" on Butterz and three releases on his own Formula label, including the anthem "Lighter." With a release on Shy FX's Digital Soundboy around the corner, a lot of new ears will pick up on his signature style. D.O.K. has released two singles on Hyperdub and has been producing for the emerging young MC talent in the grime scene. Hardwired offers a rare opportunity for solo D.O.K. material to be let out of his possession, as he notoriously retains most of his music for his DJ sets. P Jam released the Anger Management EP on Hardrive and "Arizona Skyz" is one of the highlights of the album, which also featured on Elijah & Skilliam's Rinse 17 compilation. Along with his crew, Terror has brought in a host of top talent to share the disc with. Falty DL, Bok Bok and Royal-T contribute fresh remixes to the Hardrive catalog. Kode 9's "Ice" is another rare treat for the enthusiasts. Swindle provides "Funktion," linking back up with Terror Danjah for the first time since he remixed him on Planet Mu. Joker and Terror's collaboration "Gully Goon Estate" also features, throwing back to a time when grime and dubstep were as closely sonically-linked as ever.
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HDB 065EP
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"As a prelude to his second album for Hyperdub, 'Dark Crawler' sees Terror Danjah drop punchy, manic beats and claustrophobic stabs on this bloodthirsty grime banger, with grime's original London Warlord Riko Dan spitting patois menace of the kind that might make MI5 raise their terrorist threat levels. On the B side is the bubbler 'Fruit Punch', Terror's energetic, 8bar take on funky, which - by contrast - adds some fun to the militant proceedings. With a tight, rolling drum tattoo tearing across the mix, and a tropical melody sharing space with a bulldozer of sub-bass, it's a case of opposites attract."
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HDB 058EP
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"Terror Danjah's first Hyperdub single of 2011 is an amazing coup, pulling out of the archive a near-perfect collaboration with singer Meleka, where Terror tempers his grimey production, veering uncharacteristically towards featherlight lushness, while lacing Meleka's sensuous, pitched charisma with a deceptively vicious sub. Terror's crisp, asymmetric bed of stuttering drums remind us of a time gone by when Timbaland's falter-funk R&B rhythm programming was an inspiration. 'Morph 2' featuring D.O.K. is the yang to 'U Make Me Feel's yin, drawing gruff, serious strings through hall of mirrors micro-edits, dragging the riff backwards, punctuating it with gremlin chuckles and 'woo's and running the pattern against a tense bleepy melody. It's a dark and vertiginous rush with all the anger of grime at it's ferocious peak."
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BR 003EP
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Butterz presents a limited clear-vinyl EP featuring three remixes of Terror Danjah's "Air Bubble." The original version was a main draw on Butterz' first release and featured here is a trio of diverse takes on the tune from Starkey, Swindle and Royal T. After the parts to the song were released on the Butterz blog earlier this year, over 200 producers ended up remixing it. There are only 300 copies released, so this is definitely one for the fast-fingered collector.
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HDB 048EP
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"The fourth and final EP taken from Terror Danjah's Undeniable CD opens with the amazing 'Leave Me Alone' featuring Terror's old vocal spar Bruza. This time it's different though - instead of his usual cockney mateyness, Bruza's reflecting on his bad mood. 'All I Wanna Do' is the album's densest track, featuring East End singer / songwriter Lauren Mason, who complements Terror's moody music with a forlorn and angry vocal about a break-up, Terror editing her lines into strange rhythmic shapes which rub against the subtle trap-doors and fills of his accompaniment."
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HDB 045EP
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"Three contrasting cuts from Grime Super Producer Terror Danjah's Hyperdub debut CD Undeniable, housed in a color jacket replicating the album's lush sleeve artwork. The first track, aptly titled 'Grand Opening,' pits Dream Mclean's masterful myth-making lyrics and uber-brags against portentous choral samples and jabbing bass synths. 'Story Ending' contrasts in mood and feeling, opening with lush trance string arrangements and off-beat kicks and scattered snares laced by an R&B vocal, before the track breaks into some seriously warped synths."
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HDB 046EP
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"The second EP taken from Terror Danjah's Hyperdub debut CD Undeniable features three different styled cuts landing for the vinyl lovers. 'Minimal Dub' starts proceedings, switching between half-time and full pelt with stop-start drums and a catchy rubber band-like melody played out in the bass. But it's the unexpected tech breakdown in the middle, and the synth-line that appears on the drop that makes this the dance floor slayer that it's rapidly become. Its growing momentum has already been infecting ears across genres."
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HDB 047EP
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"The third EP taken from Terror Danjah's Undeniable CD kicks off with one of the big surprises of the album, the inimitable genre-traversing 'S.O.S.' with a simple melodic riff played out over drum patterns that shift up in down in rhythm and tempo, grinding to a halt in the middle of the track before starting up again. 'Sonar (Selassi Mix)' is a beatless mix of Terror's classic grime riddim 'Sonar,' where the originals rhythmic fx and melody pulse in and out of the mix creating strange smeared textures as sounds rub against each other."
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HDB 031EP
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"Hyperdub has long been a fan of grime don Terror Danjah's razor sharp productions, his unparalleled, skittering rhythm science, deadly riffs, brilliant technicolour synth squiggles, 'gremlin cackle' signature and general ear for a catchy tune. On this first EP for the label, he showcases two strains of his many skills."
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ZIQ 249CD
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"Terror Danjah isn't a household name -- he's not as well-known as Wiley or Dizzee Rascal -- but he's considered by the grime cognoscenti to be the best grime producer ever, and this new collection of instrumentals, remixes, and tracks for others shows off his singular genius to the rest of the world. The title of the album refers to his gremlin cackle audiologo that indicates a Terror Danjah production, much like Timbaland's singing / beat boxing on his early productions. And the comparison with Timbaland doesn't stop there: both producers work with a signature palette of sounds, adding to them occasionally, which make their productions instantly recognizable; both use shifting, syncopated rhythms. What sets Terror Danjah apart is that he's British, he works around the tempo of 140 bpm, and his music is part of the aggressive, post-garage grime movement. Despite the pared-down palette he uses, Terror fills his productions with brilliant ideas, complex rhythms, and pop hooks. He has worked with both MCs and vocalists from Nasty Crew, Skepta, and Wiley to Shystie, Shola Ama, and now Mz Bratt. These tracks were mostly issued in limited vinyl quantities on the Aftershock label, as either instrumental tracks or as backing for MCs and singers. If one wants to hear a precursor to Joker and the new Bristol producers, here it is."
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