ABOUT THIS ITEM

Rinse FM's DJ Distance is the latest name to take on Tempa’s 'Dubstep Allstars' compilation series. If there's one man who can give a snapshot of the core of dubstep as such in 2011 it's Distance. He's been there in the scene from the beginning, from way back when the sound's aficionados could be numbered in the hundreds worldwide. And from then 'til now, his DJ sets, his own productions and his Chestplate label have always stayed true to the deep, heavy and immersive style from which sprung everything else we hear today. What he plays, and what he's put on this CD, is dubstep from the heartlands: the biggest and best dubplates from the people who have made the scene what it is.

For this mix Distance returned to the source. What you get on 'Dubstep Allstars Vol. 8' is the music that has always formed the backbone of Distance's DJ sets: the artists he's retained solid links to over the years. It's packed with Distance's own productions, and those of his closest associates in the scene Cyrus and Tunnidge, but also with others he's collaborated with over the years. Benga is here with the fearsomely dark 'Chemical Compound', a slap across the face for those who think he's all about pop-step or jump-around wobblers nowadays. And Bristol's DJ Pinch appears, teamed up with Distance in their Deleted Scenes guise, demonstrating his continued mastery of exquisite detail in production and showing just why he is still a lynchpin of the scene and still rattling chests some eight years on from his conversion to the sound.

1. Hatcha & Benga - Torment
2. LD - Swing Dat Skirt
3. Coki - Not Today
4. Benga & Coki - Night
5. Kromestar - Slow Reaction
6. Landslide Vs. SLT Mob - Splurt (Skream Rmx)
7. Benga - Drumz West
8. Skream - Chest Boxing
9. Quantum - Unknown
10. D1 - Malfunction
11. Kromestar - Darth Soul
12. Coki - Volvic
13. Benga - Electric
14. N-Type - Way Of The Dub (Casper Rmx)
15. Magnetic Man - Soulz (Benga Rmx)
16. Distance - Radical
17. Uknown - Burnin'
18. Pinch & Distance - Memory Loss
19. Magnetic Man - Alright What's Happenin'
20. Skream - Make Me
21. Coki - Ruff Lovin'
22. Juju - Punks
23. Tes La Rok - Lickashot
24. Kromestar - Kalawanji 2
25. Tes LA Rok - Roll Out
26. Magnetic Man - Ligma
27. Matty G - 50,000 Watts
28. Benga & Walsh - Bingo
29. Benga - Back In The Day
30. Benga - Crunked Up
31. Hijak - Tears
32. Coki - Red Eye
33. Coki - Soundboy
34. Kromestar - Coca Cola
35. Coki - The Sign
36. The Others - Flapjack Dub
37. Rusko & Casper - Custard Chucker
38. Benga - The Fittest