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| RA News Hyperdub will release Leon Smart's debut album in March.
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| #1 / Fri, 20 Jan 12 04:51 il me le faut!!!
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| The Feed On March 19th Hyperdub will release Pretty Ugly, the debut LP from ex-Grimey Breakfast man and label stalwart Scratcha DVA. For a taste of things to come, check out the first video from the album, "Where I Belong," put together by Hype Williams' Dean Blunt. |
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| #2 / Tue, 14 Feb 12 20:39 A serious, emotionally charged song through through a playful medium, in this case, EDM, nicely parallels a cartoon about the crucifixion. Nice DVA
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| The Feed XLR8R has the Hyperdub artist's forthcoming full-length, Pretty Ugly, available for streaming. The Feed permalink - #42897 |
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 | RA Review Hyperdub's resident court jester and former Rinse FM breakfast show host Scratcha DVA has always been a little bit silly, and Pretty Ugly is an apt name for his debut album. Leon Smart's music has often been a contradiction. He could go from the nastiest grime ("Bullet A Go Fly") to soulful UK Fun..
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| #3 / Wed, 14 Mar 12 09:05 Yes, good and so on, but I don't understand why 'Just Vybe' was mutilated in this release 
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| #4 / Wed, 14 Mar 12 10:12 drags a bit in the middle, but has some real quality moments. loving Pretty Ugly with Cornelia.
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| #5 / Wed, 14 Mar 12 11:21 I actually loved it! Bare Fuzz is just crazy.
Pretty Ugly is pure beauty!
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| #6 / Wed, 14 Mar 12 13:43 (Edited: 14 Mar 12 15:01) Pretty good. The pop efforts here are surprisingly effective if not exactly consistent, and if there's anything I've learnt from previous bass producers' attempts at pop crossovers, it's that making a decent pop tune is way harder than I thought it was (a couple of exceptions notwithstanding).
I've been enjoying Madness for a while now, Why You Do (that's the Little Dragon vocalist on this right?) is nice and I like the beat on Firefly way too much for the chorus to really bother me. All that said, Reach The Sun and Bare Fuzz are the tracks that most do it for me, at least for now.
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| #7 / Wed, 14 Mar 12 16:07 Nothing special here, deserves a 3.5.
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| #8 / Wed, 14 Mar 12 19:17 Big up Scratcha, I think this is an accomplished listen : )
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| #9 / Thu, 15 Mar 12 11:36 Reviewed on IA: http://www.inverted-audio.com/dva-pretty-ugly/
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