With dubstep’s big push into the mainstream, stirring up all manner of hybrids, variants and mutations, it’s worth remembering that some have been creating fresh twists on the current generation of global bass music from its very inception. Paul Rose, aka Scuba, and his Hotflush label have, since 2003, had experimentation and genrecollision etched into the very structures of everything they do. Putting out key tunes by the core pioneers of dubstep, but also by true outliers like Mount Kimbie, Joy Orbison and Sepalcure, Hotflush has created a sense of absolute consistence in diversity: multiple sounds united by true craftsmanship and high-tech expression of complex emotion. Joining the UK underground to the deep-rooted techno culture of Berlin, where Rose is now resident, the label is a vital nexus in the flow of musical information that is fuelling the current innovative climate. So next time you hear someone talking about “post-” this or “future-” that, consider that maybe the times are just catching up with Hotflush. BACK AND 4TH features ten brand new tracks from bass music’s most innovative producers, as well as a collection of essentials from…. - all tracks are unmixed CD1 01 Sepalcure: Taking You Back 02 Boxcutter: LOADtime 03 Boddika: Warehouse 04 DBridge: Knew You Were The 1 05 Scuba: Feel It 06 FaltyDL: Regret 07 Sigha: Fold 08 George FitzGerald: We Bilateral 09 Incyde: Axis 10 Roska: Measureless CD2 01 Mount Kimbie: Sketch on Glass 02 Scuba: Twitch (Jamie Vex’d Remix) 03 Joy Orbison: Hyph Mngo 04 Mount Kimbie: Maybes (James Blake Remix) 05 Sigha: Expansions 06 Untold: Just For You (Roska Remix) 07 Scuba: Tense 08 Untold: Sweat 09 Pangaea: Bear Witness 10 TRG & Dub U: Losing Marbles (2562 Remix)