Scuba - Personality

http://www.factmag.com/2012/01/04/scuba-gets-a-personality-on-new-album/

his last album was a beast hope this lives up to it.

Excellent news. Triangulation was a stormer.

This guy's production chops are outstanding.

most definitely checkin' this one.

great chops but i hope its more like triangulation and less like adrenalin

i'll be quite interested to see what style this is... his recent red bull talk made it pretty clear he's quite adamant on steering clear of the "dubstep" label

that's a good thing because i see his music as being a lot more than that, like it sits at the junction of a lot of different genres all while sounding very natural and mindful of current trends (without giving in completely to those trends)

yeah think i read somewhere him saying thats what the title Triangulation was all about, him seeing his music as the meeting point between techno, dubstep and d&b.

I thought adrenalin was still pretty cool but would be dissapointed if he did a whole album in that more staightfoward house style, pretty sure he will be mixing things up again though and either way I'm sure it will be a good album.

Good news.

Yea lookin forward to this one. Can't believe it's been since 2010 that triangulation came out, it still sounds fresh.

RA have a bit more info on this here, including what the album will sound like. Got say I wasn't a fan of Adrenalin one bit.

^ agreed on Adrenalin - while I haven't given up on it yet, it still seems incredibly bland compared to Triangulation.

In a way I feel bad for the guys who were making good, interesting music on the fringes of UK bass (Scuba, Martyn, et al.) but can't go near it with a 10-foot pole thanks to the (m)assplosion / exploitation of you know what... seems like they're all retreating to safe havens of "classic" techno/house sounds in an effort to maintain artistic integrity. Granted both SCB and Martyn have cred in those circles, it just isn't the best formula for making records with any amount of staying power...

Anyway I don't have high expectations but am open to the prospect of being pleasantly surprised.

I actually like the turn people like Martyn or Scuba have taken. Using more classic club elements, mingling them with their style. Adrenaline is not the best example, but tracks like Martyn's Popgun or Scuba's Loss or even better Feel It are very special for me. And a lot of people can enjoy them which is a good thing, or not?

track off new album, not sure what to make of it really, its alright & could see it being a big club tune but not sure i will be into the album if its all stuff like this.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7mDdP82eBLM

that was a pretty slick track.

So he's bought into this retro house trend now too?

Shame.

yeah so i doubt i'll be checking this one out

He's got to be kidding with those vocals.

  On 1/21/2012 at 7:45 PM, kirm said:

track off new album, not sure what to make of it really, its alright & could see it being a big club tune but not sure i will be into the album if its all stuff like this. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7mDdP82eBLM

like it a lot! hot stuff hrhr...

sounds pretty fucking good to me. especially after hearing that new clark track. reminds me of klf a bit. i'm down

Triangulation was a great album, I'll have to hear this one

Stream the whole thing here,

http://www.factmag.com/2012/02/20/stream-scubas-personality-in-full/

I've had a sneaky peak and it sounds quite commercialised. That doesn't mean it isn't any good though.....

Just checking out the album now. All I can say is I've been massively impressed by Scuba's output to date. For me he just seems to hit so many right buttons.

Listen to the first track and I gotta say I love it.

It seems really good to me on first impressions too. I am not familiar with his other releases though, I was expecting something more darker, but this is my cup of tea.