"Lions On The Beach" and "Camels" on the other hand are closer to the James Blake-style of dubstep ballad, but again seem to be lacking something. "Lostwithiel" could be a watered-down Pariah track, without the 2-step punch. Coincidentally (or not) theirs are the blandest here, albeit melodic and pleasant. Alongside Pariah and Klaus (whose debut Tusk EP for some reason fails to make the cut), they represent the acts R&S have launched over the last 18 months, and the label's-aside from Pariah-lesser known acts. Vondelpark, Cloud Boat and The Chain complete the "best of" section of the compilation. His "Coreshine Voodoo" could easily be a reissue from the R&S archive, while homage is further paid with Bullion's "Rivertrance Mix" of a Model 500 classic. Lone is the other, and arguably more redolent-sounding artist of the label's zenith, with his penchant for the ravey and overall backwards-looking scope. On this two disc label compilation, IOTDXI, Blawan's contemporary breed of acid-dripped techno sounds in line, in some respects, with the golden R&S days. Not that it had-or has-entirely shunned its heritage. Here was a bunch of 20-somethings making whatever they liked: be it retro-future house (SDC), poignant dubstep meets electro pop (James Blake) or techno-garage (Pariah). It was no longer necessarily about sound or genre-R&S being a former bastion of techno-but a generational thing. While R&S's "renaissance"-as it has been repeatedly referred to as-began in 2006 with Dan Foat taking up the helm, it wasn't until 2010 with the signing of James Blake, Untold, Pariah and Space Dimension Controller that its refocused music policy became abundantly clear.
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