DJ Madd is having a really good month with three vinyl releases in as many weeks. He’s in good company with San Francisco-based Dubs Alive Records, whom we’d like to congratulate on their first physical release. Good people making good music. World goes round. -B.G.

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With 6 years and 25 releases under their belt, Dubs Alive Records enters the vinyl realm with two massive cuts from DJ Madd in a heavyweight, 12 inch format. Madd brings a perfect blend of punchy 808 sound palettes and Reggae roots musicality, flexing his ever growing range of the Dub bass style. Capture and Slatahouse Dub pound the sound system with their powerful sub pressure, leaving tastefully minimal space while layering of melodic elements enrich the bold, dark statements of these two head rollers. Just a taste of what’s to come, these tunes express the modern dubwise direction that has defined the label as they proliferate the Future Dub sound.