Al Wootton "Request" b/w "Philo" ZamZam 78 7" vinyl blend by ZamZam Sounds published on 2020-05-20T17:02:14Z Trule materialized fully-formed in late 2018 with zero hype or fanfare, and quickly became a buy-on-site label for fans of dubwise garage/tech/bass hybrids. It took us a minute to realize that the label’s boss and primary artist Al Wootton was none other than Deadboy, who’d been making post-2 Step memories for his many devotees with a decade’s worth of melancholy club beasts like “U Cheated” (Well Rounded) and “If U Want Me” (Numbers). We knew we had to have some of his new works for ZamZam, so we couldn’t have been happier when he crafted some sound system tunes just for us, the first label besides Trule to host tracks under his own name. “Request” marries a steamrolling bassline to a pummeling 4/4 kick, syncopated percussion, dark skanks, and layer upon layer of haunted reverbs, vocal fragments, and decaying tape delay. While full steppers, the slyly swung drum work never lets you forget his roots in deep garage and house. Special Request!! “Philo” cranks the tempo up to 140 for for a dub techno stepper that is at once storming and dreamlike, the pounding kick and militant snare fills contrasting starkly with floating pads that oscillate and shimmer, floating up from the dreamlands only to be shot through with lasers and left in fragments of reverberation. Late night B side for the stamina crew. Strictly limited to 700 copies for the world. No digital, no repress. Design & screen print by Polygon Press. Mastered by Sam Precise. Releasing late June, 2020. Genre Steppers Comment by DJ Sáeg deepness 2023-07-26T01:16:11Z Comment by Emrrld love 2020-12-16T22:34:17Z Comment by 𝕎𝕚𝕝𝕕𝕊𝕜𝕒𝕟𝕜 ☮ 🦉 louuurd 2020-12-09T19:57:03Z Comment by X_J Pon di FM! 2020-09-12T22:32:08Z Comment by NTB Sound System Those steppers are both mad! Much respect for that release, insane label by the way ;) 2020-07-04T08:09:00Z Comment by Alice2690 Whoppa 🌶 2020-06-10T18:35:37Z Comment by nova woii 2020-06-02T18:15:00Z Comment by Curtis Unseen / Get a Hold wow 2020-05-24T02:26:06Z Comment by the moth club. yeah yeah 2020-05-24T00:31:05Z Comment by the moth club. fuck yeah 2020-05-24T00:29:47Z Comment by Deep House Spain cool! 2020-05-20T17:56:47Z Comment by Locus Sound two massive choons 2020-05-20T17:48:42Z Comment by Selekta Raf- I love it! !!!💥💣💥💣 2020-05-20T17:23:07Z