ZHA Vinilo y CD

Review: White Peach's admirable Peach Bits series, which draws together previously unreleased gems from the label's growing roster of artists, has reached its fifth volume. While previous volumes have largely aimed squarely at the dancefloor, this edition is more eclectic in outlook. Compare, for example, the paranoid, exotic darkness of Kaido's deep dubstep rattler "Kennedy Bridge" and the Eastern mysticism - via the Spanish Riviera - of Zha's "Without", which pairs gentle dubstep rhythms with lilting Japanese melody lines and flamenco guitar flourishes. Or, for that matter, the drowsy, post-rock-meets-dubstep haze of Fallow and Alex Compton's "String Assassin", and the blissfully exotic, almost Balearic melodies of Nakes' thrillingly positive dubstep shuffler "Moksha".

Review: Juicy jams galore: ZHA's White Peach return with their sixth "Bits" instalment where Peach pals old and new collide with their freshest, most vitamin-enriched cuts. First up label newcomers Neffa-T and Patrick Brian get rowdy with a space-aged grime stepper "Sabertooth". All staccato fire and rubber-ball bass it sets the tone for Gundam & Jook's grimey snare-smacking hybrid "Tactical Espionage" and some obese bass ripples from Modelle, who was last spotted on the label earlier this year with the awesome "Paladins" EP. Finally ZHA makes a rare appearance with the wonked out melter "Running VIP". Yum.

Review: More frequently spotted on one of his other labels - Naan - White Peach impresario Zha celebrates the label's 50th release his first solo EP on the label since 'Southampton Lengman' way back in 2015. Taking off where wonky, left-sided instrumentals like 'Floating' and 'The Tale Of She' left us, once again we're taking to pastures previously unexplored... 'Snails' is all detuned twangs and curmudgeonly bass burps while 'Daisy' is pure hip-hop in its dusty jazz tone and timbre. Meanwhile on the B, 'Shattered' captures the repetitiveness and discipline of a kata while 'Tunnels' digs us deep, deep, deep underground with one of the gruntiest basslines Zha's cooked up so far. Juicy.