Skream: Outside the Box | CD Review

Can headache-inducing dubstep be dragged into the mainstream? Alexis Petridis enjoys this attemptFor all the critical plaudits and acres of blog coverage, dubstep has thus far proved the kind of genre that defies the mainstream: its bass-heavy sound is too strange and experimental to be co-opted into the world of the top 40 rundown and the Chris Moyles show. Which is perhaps where Oliver Jones, who records and DJs under the name Skream, comes in. His underground credentials are beyond reproach. ...

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