This album is a great introduction to anyone who wants to get into dubstep. This is not the glitchy, sample-ridden club music that has stigmatized the genre, but rather a masterful landscape of minimal-techno beats and dark-ambient textures. Pinch & Shackleton is a collaboration between two respected names in the UK and Berlin dubstep and minimal techo scenes (Pinch's 2007 album "Underwater Dancehall" is also worth checking out), but the duo excel here in their ability to craft cavernous atmospheres out of their sparse sampling and deep drum sounds. It moves fast yet feels engrossing and encompassing; the sections flow seamlessly from ambient passages through climaxes of world-music percussion and big beats.
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