by Andy KellmanKode9, DJ/producer, Hyperdub head, author of Sonic Warfare, and tweeter of “bored of all 4500 unsolicited burial remixes. they are all shit. every single one,” sticks his neck out once more. As much a reflection of the man’s current sets as 2006’s Dubstep Allstars, Vol. 3 was -- though this one does not feature the Spaceape's polarizing vocal menace throughout -- his DJ-Kicks is a vigorous synthesis of post-dubstep, grime, U.K. funky, broken beat, and avant R&B, with little in the way of “proper” dubstep. Most of the 31 selections date from late 2009 and 2010, but a few tracks from earlier in the decade are inconspicuously incorporated into the sequence. So, for instance, the dueling acid lines, piercing frequencies, and stuttering percussion from a Nubian Mindz remix of » Read more