★★★★★
The recent transition of Croydon dubstep pioneer Skream (a.k.a. Oliver Jones) towards disco and house has been greeted with a fair bit of consternation in some circles. It's not particularly hard to see why this is the case, given the magnitude of the producer's departure from dubstep and the coinciding resurgent popularity of house and garage in the UK, but in many ways, the move shouldn't be all that surprising...
- www.xlr8r.com
2013-10-29
★★★★★
It's become a common theme for reviews of Skream records to start with comment on what a unique position in: a dance music megastar straddling both the underground that raised him and the mainstream that's accepted him...
- www.factmag.com
2012-01-09
★★★★★
Preferring, at times, the more encompassing term 'UK Bass' to the more misunderstanding and often misplaced tag 'dubstep,' Skream's work outside of 'supergroup' Magnetic Man has leant more towards sub-bass dance music than his collaborative associations with Benga and Artwork. This was more evident on Skream's second album, 'Outside The Box.' Latest single 'Anticipate' moves to continue the trend further...
- hangout.altsounds.com
2011-12-15
★★★★★
While dubstep is now bigger than Pinch, Kode9, or any of the veteran artists likely ever thought it would be, 2006 represented a productive and well-lit time period for the scene. Like much of what is being done now, dubstep was fresh and diverse four years ago, with each production differing significantly from the next. Underground names and labels were making their way into bigger conversations by the minute...
- www.popmatters.com
2011-01-20
★★★★★
Dubstep is only a decade old, but Ollie "Skream" Jones has become one of its figureheads in just half that time. Most of the London producer's work, like his five-volume Skreamizm series, has been aimed at DJs: minimalist, forbidding, tuned for low-ceilinged rooms where glassy eyes, glinting beneath hoodies, reflect the glow of overdriven speakers...
- spin.com
2010-11-29
★★★★★
Ollie Jones (aka Skream) has done more than any other artist to popularise dubstep internationally - with the possible exception of Rusko, whose ambassadorship may not universally be considered a good thing. Now we have Outside The Box, Skream's sophomore album, following his remix of La Roux's 'In For the Kill', which is surely the biggest-selling track by a dubstep producer. With his second album, Jones has taken a considerable risk...
- thequietus.com
2010-11-02
★★★★★
It's been five whole years since Skream became dubstep's first true superstar with sub-bass smash 'Midnight Request Line'. Hard to believe the nation's favourite dance genre began as a boys-only club of two-step outcasts shuffling nervously around a fawning Mary Anne Hobbes on a half-empty dancefloor. What is a boy wonder to do in 2010? Answer: give a little bit of everything...
- www.clashmusic.com
2010-10-12
★★★★★
This is the first single from Skream's second album on Tempa, Outside The Box (TEMPA 016CD/LP). "Listenin' To The Records On My Wall" is an energetic celebration of the last quarter decade of British street music, inspired by the hardcore and jungle records used by his older brother Hijak, who was part of Grooverider's Internatty Crew. "Give You Everything (feat. Freckles)," is a slice of 2-step garage perfection, with chopped vocals and an unforgettable hook.
- www.forcedexposure.com
2010-09-17
★★★★★
If you're Ollie Jones, a musician who's made his pseudonym on pushing an underground dance sound further into the mainstream without compromising its strengths, what do you do when it's time for a straight-up pop move? Maybe you drop a free mixtape or two (like his Freeizm releases) that stick to the formula that made you a dubstep champion, with the side effect that if the Big Album flops the longtime diehards will still have something to retreat to...
- pitchfork.com
2010-09-11
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