Subeena’s new single “Solidify” is on itunes today – really recommend copping it, it’s beautiful. “If only glaciers could bleed…”

It reminds me a lot of this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Z4cLmbw6q0

I’d actually been awfully lax in getting into Subeena: I’ve been hearing people talk about her for over a year, but only heard her for the first time a month or two ago. “Boksd” is definitely more techno than I was expecting, it fits v well into the techno/dubstep crossover territory that labels like Hessle Audio and DJs like Ben UFO are mining so well right now.

I called it “post-dubstep” to distinguish it from the kind of dubstep which is lurching lairily into the mainstream (Caspa, Rusko, ugh). No one calls it that, I hasten to add! I think many of these artists would still just call themselves dubstep. But it’s better than “wonky”, which everyone hates. “Purple” works for the Bristol crowd, as per Dan Hancox’s Guardian piece on them.

Whatever you call it, it’s such a tremendously exciting time to be paying attention to all these producers working at various points between dubstep, techno, UK funky and house. All with such individual sounds too; they’re easily grouped together, but you’d never mistake Subeena, Joy Orbison, Ikonika, Guido or Joker productions for each other. And there’s that sense that you have no idea where the scene will go next, but that it’ll be exciting either way. Coincidentally the new issue of XLR8R has Cooly G, Roska and Geeneus in its cover feature, and calls their music “funkstep”.

Subeena’s forthcoming single is great, too – especially the b-side, this incredibly beautiful, soulful vocal track called “Solidify” with Jamie Woon and Om’mas Keith. (Another thing to note: this new generation of dubstep producers are really bringing the R&B roots of garage back: Ikonika regularly starts her DJ sets with The-Dream, one of Hudson Mohawke’s biggest tunes is a refix of Tweet’s “Oops (Oh My)”, cut-up soul vocals are at the heart of Joy Orbison’s productions &c &c.)