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  Hyetal – Beach Scene

  May 7, 2011 / Dubstep, Featured

  There’s a snowballing trend for retro sounds and styles, but it’s getting to the point that the imitations are so spot-on it’s almost unnerving. Bristol producer Hyetal’s debut album is a laboured ’80s synth reproduction on some nearly unbelievable next level of accuracy and facsimile: think M83′s Saturdays=Youth with all the pink fog and shoegaze clouds of uncertainty brushed away so all that’s left is the sharp metal drums and decisive rhythms. The first taste we had was “Phoenix” on

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  Hyetal – Black Black Black (feat. Alison Garner)

  May 7, 2011 / Dubstep

  Bold and quite brilliant debut album from Bristol’s Hyetal. Following largely unmissable collaborations with Peverelist and Shortstuff for Punch Drunk and a handful of unique 12″s, ‘Broadcast’ pushes the parameters of dubstep to immerse in vivid VHS soundscapes equally inspired by the ebullient Midi-funk of Games, the tension of John Carpenter soundtracks and the blazing-heart pop of Prince. While the Purple influence has always been explicit in his twitchy, Linn-like drum sounds, it’s the inspiration he draws from the others,

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