Bring it on!

crime.

can't wait

Looking forward to this!

oh yeah soooooooooo can't wait...

The first BIG highlight of 2012, cant wait!

Can't wait, such a talented producer.

Cautiously optimistic. Been increasingly disappointed by his output as of late and the description makes this sound like more of the same. Still, I can't say that I'm not looking forward to the album.

This sounds promising though - 'I've always wanted to take an idea to its logical conclusion then move on to something else. What I'm looking forward to now actually is getting back in the studio and doing something completely different'.

hopefully the quality is as good as Adrenaline was!

looking forward to this...apprehensively though.

can't wait. eveything that comes out from him is quality.

good news

*Edited for obvious and easy joke.

Awesome

Catch him in Leeds with Shackleton, Boddika, George Fitzgerald and more in Feb als [LINK URL]http://www.residentadvisor.net/event.aspx?325501

another album? is one a year necessary? it's starting to be an annual event like a new 'Call of Duty' game , well produced but more of the same , regardless of how it's presented.

@john-smith - the last scuba album was released in march 2010

I like Scuba and have loved albums released so far, so i await with a good level of expectation.

Scuba never ceases to amaze

great.looking forward. love him.top artist

looking forward to hearing this

Absolutely looking forward to it!

Can't wait for this. Really Loving his work at the moment

Ironic he called it 'Personality'...?

Looking forward to it.

you guys are weird.

literally cant wait!

'Well, on the one hand I'm really influenced by the Pet Shop Boys and I wanted it to sound like a Pet Shop Boys album, so that was one side of it.'

Will be shit.

for me first his album is the best. I don't know why a lot of people so impressed 'triangulation'. This didn't meat that 'T' is bad, but 'a mutant antipathy' is more dark, more atmospheric, more dubby and creative . 'triangulation' is more market oriented, for wide public, I think.

Hope that his third work will be different in main of both previous )

http://soundcloud.com/hotflush/sets/scuba-personality

....Verdict?

Disappointment...

What a nice, shiny piece of shit this album was.

Liked the old Scuba stuff. This was not for me though.

Reminds me of Leftfield's Rhythm And Stealth elpee in the undeniable power of the production, the thrall to electro and the lack of subtlety or indeed anything approaching innovation in the music. Big beat for beardy boys. I love your attitude Paul and vast swathes of your work, but this new freakazoid maximalism direction isn't really doing it for me. If it's doing it for you though that's cool. Next time.

I like it.

I've liked all his albums though. Dunno whether I'd say its better or worse than whats gone before but its a good album.

I've got respect for any producer that keeps trying new things and there's been a clear evolution in each album with him.

Sometimes music grabs you and you never want to let go. Sometimes you can watch it pass you by and although it doesn't offend you, it doesn't make you feel it. Unfortunately it was the latter for me in this case. Also noticed a recurring trancey rift throughout that was most impressive with Adrenaline in my opinion. Maybe some of these tracks could sound good as part of a varied set but as an album it is not for me.

this album is an example of trying too hard to stay "one step ahead of the game". shit got out of hand fam; "bass" music and "things that happened after dubstep" basically prompted producers to try and find the next big thing... and while it's a good thing to be trying new things scuba fell flat on his face. what were you thinking son, that everyone was gonna be producing trance because you made a trancey album? lmao

ps too bad this got an 8.1 on p4k by andrew ryce, which means this will most likely be given a high rating on RA aka paul rose will be given a free pass to keep making shit music

i actually like this alot....for me the color spectrum of sound in most bass music is monochromatic and seem to eb afraid to step out of the dark box that its stuck in...

i applaud his risky move and wish more producers would try something new.....and emulating 2step/garage from the late 90s is not new btw or interesting for that matter

olos, as I remember you liking trance, I was sure you would like this one

I like it too, but it sounds too balearic at times. Too forced balearic. But some tunes, like the enormous 'July', are among the best of Scuba's career.

i do like "trance"
ive been a psy trance dj for 16 years
i know its not cool but i dont really give rats arse whats cool
i have a love for all sorts of music and genres within electronic music

i also have a love fore balearic sounds so its pretty much up my alley
even fromt he samples my ears picked up right away
i know its not everyones cup of tea but i like it and it definitly not average..


you have a good memory Risingson!

Scuba's 'Personality' is magnificent. Album offered everything I have expected: proper interlude, heavy tracks and of course some deep tunes. 'The Hope' is dope.

off topic...i still like a bit of psy-trance now and again. sometimes having 'fun' heavily outweighs being cool

Scuba >>> Nina Kraviz

Great, totally inconspicuous first post, The Beginner.

@proangelwingslovespostdubbass - Word. Did anyone seriously think this was gonna get less than a 3.5 no matter how awful it was? I hope Scuba releases a nu-metal album on Hotflush featuring Fred Durst next just so I can read the reviews desperately trying to justify not only its existence, but the fact that it is definitely very good and we're just being close-minded for not appreciating a dubstep producer recreating bad music from the 90's without adding anything new to it.


This hasn't been true for a very long time now.

It's not half as good as triangulation, I think helost most of his 'mystery' and style with this album, to bad

Haters gonna hate

Potatoes gonna potate

We'll see.

I'm really enjoying this album. It's the same top-notch production we've come to expect from Scuba, just in a new form, with a new intention. What's wrong with that? I don't need the artists I like to stick to the same genre / tone. I like different types of music for different moods, and I suspect Scuba does too. This is his take on more upbeat, extroverted music. I'm glad we get to hear this side of him. It honestly doesn't feel like a big radical departure from his other work to me, as some people are making it out to be.

It seems like Paul Rose has been listening to too much Underworld lately.

Ewan McGregor laughs at my observation.