Some time round 2006 we put on a rave in South London with Digital Mystikz... At this point they'd only just started dropping their own tunes and it was a great time to watch them DJ there weren't really enough records being made then that fit the sound they wanted to play, so Mala was running these amazing bside dubs of Greensleeves 12"s from the 80s, pitching them up or down and drawing out the basslines it made it clear how much the sound evolved from reggae culture, something that ended up being lost as Dubstep blew up worldwide.

I was thinking about that rave the other day, and decided I should pull together a mix of the vinyl I started picking up round then, exploring the early phase of dubstep back when the genre was built from hypnotic loops, chasms of delay, ocean deep subs and spacious, meditative grooves... hope u enjoy!

00:00 Shackleton Blood on my Hands
04:30 Timeblind Flesh Wound
07:06 Digital Mystikz Walking With Jah
10:00 Burial Distant Lights (Kode9 RMX)
12:45 Shackleton Rule*
18:41 Joker Digidesign
21:40 Toasty The Knowledge (Loafah Mix)
24:04 NType Way of the Dub
26:21 Skream Lightning
30:20 Digital Mystikz AntiWar Dub
33:40 Trouble & Bass Bricks
36:40 The Bug ft Flowdan Skeng (Kode9 RMX)
40:19 Cluekid Soul Vibe (Dungeon Mix)
44:16 Skream Midnight Request Line
46:40 Kode 9, Benny Ill + The Culprit Fat Larry's Skank (Kode 9 RMX)
49:19 Zomby Strange Fruit
52:12 Skream Tapped
55:10 Numa Crew Gangsta Nuh Play
59:56 Emalkay When I Look At You