Dbridge’s first full solo 12” of 2011 is a suitably special effort for Skream’s Disfigured Dubz label. These aren’t necessarily dancefloor tracks - that’s not to say they couldn’t be skilfully used in the right moment - but they are exquisite bits of modern UK Bass music. A-side is ‘City Of Lost Souls’, a melancholy minimal stepper’s rhythm suffused with gliding pads and a heart-breaking central motif lifted from a pivotal scene in Dbridge’s ongoing internal sci-fi odyssey. Flipside is ‘Discord’, a knowing melodic nod to Ae’s majestic ‘Dropp’ augmented by flickering, pointillist D&B patterns. Really lovely.
