Brighton's Ital Tek furthers his explorations into the realms of footwork and juke on his latest EP for Civil Music, pairing lightning-fast beats with the kind of melodic arpeggios and subtle synth work that would make the Jedi Knights proud. Remixes by Throwing Snow and Deft. Recommended!

From Werk Discs to Planet Mu Philadelphia's Starkey has always maintained a unique (US-American?) perspective on dubstep, and 'Orbits' is again a big album, uniting grimy bangers, symphonic instrumentals, and vocoded pop tunes in truly remarkable fashion. Recommended.

A young disco producer might not seem the most obvious signing for a dedicated bass music label such as Civil Music, but if the artist in question is as hugely talented as Brassica, we certainly don't object. Four edgy neo-disco songs plus remixes by Om Unt and Capracara. Nice.

After releases on Hospital, Urban Graffiti and Subway, Alex Melia aka Reso brings his breakcore dubstep to full circle returning to Civil Music to drop his debut album. From lurching basslines of 'Creature', IDM-influences 'Virtua Rhythm', distorted d'n'b of 'Nempo' and a few melodic interludes.

Remixes for Débruit's recent coming from Mwëslee, LV, Kelpe and Fulgeance. All four are fine pieces of work, but LV steals the show on this one by not heading off on a downbeat tangents like his colleagues, but instead employing a sped-up amen-style break to great effect. Check!

After a very impressive debut album, Darling Farah offers up a live edit of 'Aaangel' before a hearty remix treatment; Jimmy Edgar adds a sexy bump and grind to 'Body', Lando Kal does a brooding eerie version of 'Aaangel' and Parisian Bambounou boxes 'Fortune' out into a fidgety cavernous stomper. Ace.

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Following up on two excellent EPs Detroit-born and United Arab Emiriates based Darling Farah drops his debut album. 'Body' showcases the young producer's penchant for eerily sparse and deep dub-techno, which he intersperses with melodic arpeggios and haunting electronica. Impressive!

Parisian beatsmith Débruit appears with a stunning new album on Civil Music. His vivacious synths and off-kilter hiphop grooves this time sampling his recent collection of field-recordings from Africa, he harnesses these intensive energies and produces something unique and completely infectious. Big up.

After low-slung hip-hop/dubstep crossover tunes on labels such as All City, London's Om Unit takes it the other way with the high-speed 'Transport', a furious EP matching Stingray's speed with Kuedo-style syncopated synth assaults. Remixes by Machinedrum and Ital Tek. Killer.

Young über-talent Darling Farah continues to define his style on his second EP. Title track 'Division' is a powerful, minimalistic dub-tech workout intended for the floor, while tracks like 'Foregin' and 'Model' add broken house and electronica tweaks to a highly coherent EP. Recommended.

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Second release on Civil Music by Darling Farah and this one's a bomb: 'Exxy' is a powerful, minimalist Detroit 'stepper that wouldn't feel out of place on Hotflush. 'Younger' and 'Show Me' surprise with more adventurous arrangements, and 'Crown' follows a moody(mannish) straight and housey path. Ace!

Parisian beat-smith Débruit lets another EP loose on London's Civil Music, this time strongly influenced by Turkish music and instruments, he fuses his synth-funk broken beat style brilliantly with these exotic flavours. Successfully oozing Eastern mystique with extremely danceable results.

The first of two EPs of the Starkbot's galactical bass project sees his synth melodies grandiously orchestrated to cinematic effect, a more atmospheric turn from his 'Ear Drums and Black Holes' album. Completed with a fine fleet of remixes including Egyptrixx, Rudi Zygaldo, +Verb and Ital Tek. Ace!

One of our favourite bass artists of the moment - check out our recent interview - Débruit has created his unique breaks from Haitian music for this EP, the proceedings of which will go in full to the UNICEF earthquake relief effort. Help Haiti and get some great tunes in return.

Crossing over wonky hip-hop, electro funk, grime and African rhythms, Parisian producer Débruit has delivered a real slammer with his 'Spatio Temporel EP', a great follow-up to last years 'Let's Post Funk' mini album. Hipsters take note, this man is about to blow up big time.