Pinch and Shackleton

VINYL FORMAT. Pinch and Shackleton's self-titled release finds the two dubstep pioneers at the top of their game. The deadly concision, the rhythmic punch and dramatic timing, the spry, side-to-side detailing of a cavernous stage, the crisp-biscuit vocal sampling and Middle Eastern percussion -- their sound signatures are not so much totaled as squared. Truly an album, the music is multi-leveled -- dark as anything at times, but engrossingly varied and emotionally shaded, always on the move.