Calibre “Grow” (The Nothing Special Records)

via Juno: Under the Calibre alias, Dom Martin has never been afraid to supplement his main drum & bass work with tracks that explore different musical styles.

He’s gone one step further on this album for Craig Richards’ label, the Nothing Special. Stripped of all jungle intent, Grow impressively shuffles between jazzy future garage, hazy post-dubstep soundscapes, warm, breakbeat-driven grooves (the early Blu Mar Ten style bliss of “Thunder Fog”), throbbing futurist dub (the brilliant “Over The Top”), and, perhaps most surprisingly for those keen on D&B, four-to-the-floor deep house (the clandestine “Mention”).

The fact that it’s all rather good confirms what many in D&B already knew: that Martin is a hugely talented producer.

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