Deadbeat - Eastward on to Mecca

Sticking with the dense, dancehall-inflected style of dub that he moved towards on Journeyman's Annual, and continued with his awesome remix of Pole's Sylvenstein, Montreal's Scott Monteith drops another banging EP. These three tunes offer up different perspectives on the same basic sounds, with the Mecca Drum Jack and Mecca Dub doing exactly what they say on the tin. Balancing crunchy percussion with spacious, King Tubby Echochamber work, this is for the head as well as the feet. [Liam Arnold]