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Album Reviews
Album Review: Maddslinky – Make A Change (Tru Thoughts)
By Paul Vig | Published on Tuesday 24 August 2010
Dave Jones was once a rare groove DJ. Then he became Zed Bias and was a garage pioneer back in the 90s. Now, under his Maddslinky moniker, he has moved into dubstep, and this is the second album under this name.
There are some interesting collaborations on this album. Mr Scruff guests on the off kilter ‘Dub Is For Real’, Skream helps out on ’50 Shades Of Peng’, and the previously reviewed single featuring lyrics from soul singer Omar also appears. Tawaih’s lush vocals can be found on ‘Further Away’, while Jenna G sings over the rumbling bass of ‘Fly’. But the stand out track for me is ‘Peru’, where Jones is working alone. A benchmark dubstep cut, it’s simply awesome.
There are some less good tracks to counter-balance this peak – ‘Hiding Place’ is disjointed and ‘Cognitive Behaviour’ darks out a bit too far – but overall this is a great album, suitably diverse and really rather thoughtful. Tru Thoughts have signed a real winner, and the Brighton label goes from strength to strength with output like this. PV
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