Shadow Child’s 23 EP represents high point for UK garage and bass

Dave Spoon has made it pretty clear in 2012 that Shadow Child is not just a side project anymore. Spoon made his debut under the Shadow Child veil in March of this year with the release of “String Thing” on Dirtybird Records (you may also recognize it from Eats Everything‘s Essential Mix). Shadow Child’s sound is a spot on representation of the UK garage and bass sound that has dominated much of our beloved industry in 2012.

Earlier this week, he released a four part EP, 23, on Food Music, a label he shares with Kry Wolf, Tom Flynn, Hannah Wants, and James Talk. We first noticed the title track back in November when it jumped out as a highlight in Skream and Disclosure’s b2b Boiler Room set. You’re going to have a hard time forgetting this bass line. “Sensible Haircut” weaves in and out of its 2 step and bass vibes, bringing a rad vocal refrain along for the ride. Shadow Child’s original of “The Verdict pt2″ hammers out muted synth riffs within a soulful framework while labelmate Kry Wolf’s remix adds in a bit more of that spooky bass this group of producers are all relying on heavily in productions as of late.

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DA’s Best of the Rest: Thursday December 6th, 2012

Best of the Rest is a daily feature from Dancing Astronaut that recaps the most important posts of the day as well as the stuff we didn’t get to. With the rapidity that dance music news and releases come out it’s difficult for us to hit everything — we hope BOTR serves as a catch-all. Make sure to check it out at the end of each day to ensure you don’t miss anything!

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Kry Wolf & Claude VonStroke – Turbosteppa (Original Mix)

Dirtybird nice guy Barclay Crenshaw — known more widely by his stage name Claude VonStroke – and lesser-known UK production duo Kry Wolf, have teamed up to deliver a new track, out today on Dirtybird. “Turbosteppa,” as the story goes, was originally a demo Kry Wolf had sent over to VonStroke a few months back and he liked it so much he took it, reworked it somewhere between six or seven times, and played it out all summer until it became the finished track we see today. In a style that truly marries the tendencies of both Claude and Kry Wolf, “Turbosteppa” is a raw, thumping, and totally gregarious house tune. Check out a sample below, or stream the full track via Rolling Stone.

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