Caspa - Everybody's Talking, Nobody's Listening!
artist: Caspa
title: Everybody's Talking, Nobody's Listening!
label: Sub Soldiers / Dub Police / Fabric Records
type: Album
genre: Bass
source: CDDA
grabber: EAC
encoder: lame-3.97-final
year: 2009
tracks: 13
time: 50:49
size: 61,5 MB
bitrate: avg. 169kbps
mode: Joint-Stereo
url: www.myspace.com/caspadubstep
rip date: 03-May-2009
street date: 00-000-0000
location: UK, West LDN
01. Intro - David Rodigan Speech 00:23
02. Low Blow 04:25
03. The Takeover (Ft. Dynamite MC) 04:10
04. Marmite 04:08
05. Riot Powder Intro (Ft. Rod Azlan) 00:28
06. Riot Powder 04:44
07. Lon-Don City (Ft. Uncle Sam) 04:42
08. The Terminator 04:21
09. Rat-Tat-Tat (Ft. Dynamite MC) 03:01
10. Victoria's Secret (Ft. D1) 05:47
11. I Beat My Robot 03:13
12. Disco Jaws (Ft. Beezy) 04:07
13. Back To '93 07:20
If big ravey dubstep is your thing you'll no doubt be eagerly anticipating this long
awaited full-length debut from Caspa, a heaving 13-track trawl through all manner of
urban styles and low-end variations for the big room massive. The set opens with a
brief intro from legendary reggae Dj David Rodigan bigging up our man and referencing
"dark rooms with heavy basslines" and extolling the virtues of DJ's who also produce,
before "Low Blow" skanks in to view with a surprisingly restrained percussive flow
before the obligatory gnarly wobble takes over. 'The Takeover' features Dynamite MC
and utilises a slowed-down, grinding Booty deconstruction that actually works a
treat, laying the foundations nicely for the peaktime insanity of "Marmite" - a total
love it or hate it exercise in stab manipulation which has no doubt soundtracked many
a sweat-filled party over the last few months. It's a track that sums up Caspa's
position in the dubstep omniverse, you can choose to be all highbrow about it but
when all's said and done you just can't argue with the man's production. Only thing
that really does start to grate is the constant use of pointless dialogue and
voiceover - but perhaps tongues are firmly in cheek on this front. We were gonna say
that it would be amazing to see what Caspa would come up with if he used a more
restrained palette and delivered a more downcast shade of bass music, but perhaps
that would sort of miss the whole point of the mans music - it is what it is and nuff
said.