Dubstep & Grime
September: 10 dubstep & grime releases you need to hear this month
Swindle, The Bug, Kaido and more
Tune of the month
The Bug feat Riko Dan 'Iceman' (Ninja Tune)
It might be summer, but The Bug and Riko Dan are ushering in winter. ‘Iceman’ is a lesson in space and tension, with its frosty, diced atmospherics and passes of pure club dread. While instrumental grime continues to look outside for new inspiration, The Bug is clearly still finding plenty of joy looking inward, with both this and flip ‘Box’ – originally only recorded as specials – feeling every bit a product of throwback dubplate culture.
9/10
