Engineering Samples RED – Dub Destinations | £16.90

http://sounds.beatport.com “It’s about the journey, not the destination,” as the saying goes. But if you do get the chance to pass through 190 analogue loops and licks this heavy, it’s really all about the trip, baby.

Taking cues from production duos like Porter Ricks and DeepChord’s Rod Modell, the German-based sound design team at ES RED has gone all out to get that dark, dubbed-out pressure that techno heads are searching for right now.

For the job they’ve drafted in a real top-shelf set of legendary machines to do the donkey work here – the cream of the iconic Moog range joins the best Roland and ARP gear, and all get tweaked, tinkered and finally bounced down to tape for the warmest vintage results. Elsewhere you get folders of drums, pads, and dry/ wet dub chords. Plenty to get you where you need to go, then. Roy Spencer VERDICT 8