Truth - Dreams/Last Time
Released On: Tempa065 - 28th May 2012
There are few major dubstep labels with more weight and prestige than Tempa. With releases from the biggest players in dubstep; Benga, Skream and Horsepower Productions just for starters, Tempa is home to some massive tunes.
Truth are no strangers to the scene themselves, with releases on Disfigured Dubz, Aquatic Lab and Deep Medi Musik to name but a few of the big labels they have graced. The duo from New Zealand have landed a massive 12” this time round, Dreams, and Last Time on the B side.
Dreams, featuring haunting vocals from Yayne, is a big one. Massive drums pound through this tune, with a gigantic helping of sub heavy bass, and the wealth of tonal percussion soaked in reverb aiding it. The wobbles, weighty and squelchy, are devoid of any sense of tempo synchronisation, leading to an unpredictable and uneasy sound. This is helped by the chilling, neverending, ad lib high notes from Yayne, working as a kind of pad and string sound to increase the high end energy.
The structure of this tune is brilliant, the breakdown offers a restbite from the big drums, before a massive crescendo leads straight back into the fully mixed beat.
Truth have smashed it with this one, probably my favourite release of theirs so far. On the flip, Last Time starts of easy, with the spacious percussion creating a tasty atmosphere, and what could be a guitar line plucking away, the tone of which is sublime. When the drums come in, and the full mix is unleashed, this tune is beautiful. A warm, analog-ey lush pad that could have come straight from a downtempo track sits on top of a massive bass sound, thats clean, but punchy enough to make an impact.
The percussion is very similar to the style that Kryptic Minds have become known for, incorporating heavily reverb-ed and delayed tonal percussion to fit in with the groove of the drums. If I’m not mistaken, there is a distinct ‘Yeah!’ shout, that is suspiciously similar to that of the ‘Woo, Yeah!’ break of James Browns. Brilliant and unassuming.
This track could even be as good as the A side, and may even have been justified with its own separate release, it really is a big tune. Highly recommended, this double sided 12” by the New Zealand duo Truth is definitely worth shelling out for, and the B side is particularly good.
For fans of Youngsta’s show, and dare I say ‘emotive’ dubstep, such as Phaeleh, Clubroot and the like.
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