Lenton’s latest EP, entitled Inform, retains the genresurfing characteristic we’ve come to know from him, but though listening to it start to finish will give you everything from dubstep to electro, to hyperdub-esque garage, it’s all beautifully unified by the distinct sound of a producer who has truly found himself.

Inform EP is a coming of age tale with the happiest of endings. With highlights “Believe” and “RDD” playing off the dark energy of the UK dubstep sound (think Jakes and Joker meet 2000f and Lorn), this is a record you really, truly, cannot miss.

George Lenton – RDD

George Lenton – Believe

Think about it. If you run a side by side comparison on the two, they’re strikingly similar. Both are sources of an extraordinary amount of bass, which is arguably scarier than the monster (track) itself, and both are caught on tape entirely through the use of awful handicams (cell phones) that simply fail to capture and to do justice to the true excitement of the moment. One could even go as far as to say they both live underground, however, I prefer not to lose an unnecessary number of friends in a debate over what is and isn’t “underground.”

Long story short, the question of whether or not dubstep is going to share the stage in the future of disco is no longer debatable. Thanks to producers like Hervé, who’ve taken the initiative to draw connections between the (if you will) “mainstream” electro and dubstep, the risk of heart attack during the transition to half tempo has been greatly reduced, and thus, the floodgates rest in the open position. In fact, it’s only a matter of time before Simon Cowell is scolding pretty, young girls for their lack of bass wobble. *shudder*

Hervé – Science of Fear (Hervé Dub Remix)

The Count and Sinden – Stinging Nettle

Kid Sister – Pro Nails (Rusko Remix)

George Lenton

The Rusko and Hervé tracks require essentially no explanation, considering their blatant prominence in the dubstep scene, however I feel the need to comment on the work of the UK’s George Lenton, which undoubtedly brings new meaning to the word “multitalented.” Having heard his work for the first time
on Radio 1 in the form of a poppy (and certainly not dubstep-y) remix of a Yelle track, it goes without saying that I was quite surprised to be knocked to the floor by the wall of bass that was his subsequent release. I’ve since heard everything from alt rock to electro to the heaviest of “wWOOWw”s from this producer / purpose-bread disco manufacturing machine, which is nothing less than impressive coming from someone who has little more to say than “I was doing band stuff, now I’m doing this stuff.”

George Lenton – Jungle Whomp