London’s Combat imprint has been dropping some speaker-destroying jams recently and their new 12”, 2 Paths of Rage, continues in the same mould. Komonazmuk & White Boi’s Search for Truth turns up some clever bass tricks over a dubby groove, which is bound to get the heads nodding. Meanwhile, ScanOne’s Atlas throws down reverb-laden samples over a stupendously heavy half-step template — taking the hard, almost industrial edge of grime at the rootsier tempo of dubstep. The bass, again, is crushing and guaranteed to cause maximum impact in the dance.

Data Warfare, a digital-only release (boo! hiss!), is a little subtler, in places at least. ScanOne offers up Mr Tant, where the corpse of digital dub is reanimated as an android with some very handy percussion skills and a penchant for 8-bit video games and old Doc Scott records. Cursor Miner turns in one of his more militant mash-ups – Everybody Want Power is about as cold as it gets, not one you want to hear in a darkened warehouse at 3am after over-indulging. Blackmass Plastics also keep the drums fairly harsh but at least allow a little feeling into the bashment. The ever-reliable Wee DJ’s give welcome respite by pumping up the electro groove whilst retaining a certain amount of bowel-worrying frequency. Hungarian producer Ekaros rounds things off, back on the dub tip and featuring a very odd breakdown.