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Cat. Number: EPRCDS.005
Artist: Juttla
Title: ‘At War With Satan’
Format: Album
Release Date: September 2008

JUTTLA is a well-respected producer and artist from the UK. He has been making a name for himself on the Asian music scene for the last few years remixing Asian Dub Foundation, Fundamental, Banco De Gaia, Wayward Soul, Awia, and many more. JUTTLA is also known on the DJ circuit and has played venues in all over the UK including Wolverhampton, Birmingham, London, Nottingham, Leicester, Leeds, Liverpool, Edinburgh, Coventry and playing at the legendary Glastonbury Festival twice! He is also know on the international DJ scene and has rocked dance-floors in Cape Town (South Africa), Amsterdam (Holland), Brussels (Belgium), Paris (France), Warsaw (Poland) and Rome & Sicily (Italy).

His new album ‘At War With Satan’ is his first Dubstep album and has already received plays from Bobby Friction, Nihal, Annie Mac, Nerm & D-Code on BBC Radio 1, as well as numerous plays on Galaxy FM, BBC Asian Network and HHBRadio.com. JUTTLA also has a massive Internet presence and when you Google search his name you can expect to read through 12,000 pages. JUTTLA will also be doing a UK Tour in September and an official album launch party in London. ‘At War With Satan’ features fourteen brand new tracks which have been available on CD before.

Featuring the singles ‘Dub Dragon’ and ‘Ramp With Me’, as well as a bunch of other brand new tracks. JUTTLA is without a doubt one of the true pioneers of the whole Asian underground music scene and this new album shows his growth as a producer. As a drum’n’bass producer his music has featured on compilations alongside Goldie & Mickey Finn and as an Urban music producer he did official remixes which featured the likes of The Game, Freeway, Slim Thug and more. Now moving into the whole of Dubstep with his unique twist, JUTTLA has already started working on his next album which promises to features some well known names from the UK Urban scene.

This album is a future classic. Call it Dubstep, call it Leftfield, call it Dance, call it Electronica, call it Asian, call it whatever you want, but we call it ‘At War With Satan’! JUTTLA and the Eastern Pressure Records label have come good once again. Expect more ground-breaking music from Eastern Pressure Records in the future as they promise to deliver the cream of the crop from the Asian music scene as well as some more artist albums.

01 – Ramp With Me 4.50
‘At War With Satan’ kicks off with Juttla’s second single ‘Ramp With Me’ that has achieved solid support from the underground as well getting airplay on BBC Radio One. Intricate percussion shifts and excellent drums make this one roll out with a superbly modulated bass riff working well with eerie, haunting and mystical undertones. Easily recognisable for its vocal sample of ‘The original dan dada, who wanna test me, c’mon… wanna ramp with me’, this is a massive underground Dubstep anthem.

02 – The Spy 5.23
Juttla turns out the suspense for this excellently produced bass shaking, dancefloor-filling monster of a track. From the top it builds with strings and brass in its own James Bond 007esque kind of way. From the bass drop it gently takes you on a journey of deep but grooving rhythm, as Juttla clever introduces various different basses and melodies. Already causing a stir from UK DJ’s this is destined to have the status of ‘big dance-floor tune’ before long.

03 – Little Problem 5.05
It’s UK all the way with this one! Juttla uses and twists up his Drum’n’Bass and reggae influences to great here, with a nice piano intro leading to a land of various basses. High twisting bass twists answer back a massive low sub bass, while the vocal sample of ‘Little Problem’ give the track distinction and a style of its own. Dubstep is a genre that is pushing boundaries and as Juttla injects a massive old skool type drum roll for the second breakdown and it drops again, you just know it’s a killer.

04 – Sub Zero 5.42
With massive support from the BBC Asian Network, ‘Sub Zero’ is already creating a stir in certain circles. BBC Radio 1 and Galaxy FM have also championed when it was available as Track 2 on Juttla’s first single. Its case of East meets West in a dirty dingy street in the UK, as Juttla injects Tabla, chopped-up samples and his own certain flavour and funk. Big on the radio, big in the clubs and a superb track to sit and zone out too. This one’s just steps out and keeps on stepping!

05 – Lock Down 4.33
After four banging dancefloor bass twisting anthems, the album changes pace for listeners to catch their breath. This totally original dubbed-out and chilled-out groove has a real hefty dub reggae vibe to it with classic sounding piano’s and real deep bassline textures. Juttla once again injects his funk with melodic leadlines creating a vibe for the track to move. With gentle stabs and whistling atmospherics this track is a perfect track to just sit back and listen to it.

06 – Inner Soul 5.10
Already a track that has been featuring heavy in Juttla’s DJ sets off dubplate. The build-up on this track is so immense, with strings and grimy shakers creating the mood ready for a banging bass quaking Dubstep anthem. As different bass comes in after different bass, the mood of the track keeps twisting and turning like you locked into a spaceship touring the galaxy. Absolutely massive off dubplate and destined to be one of the most talked about tracks on the album. The future of Dubstep.

07 – Dub Dragon 5.36  
This track was the song that got the whole ball moving when it was released as the first single to be lifted from the album. This has been knocking around since the summer and since it’s release as a digital only single this track has been played supported by BBC Radio 1 as well as getting licensed to OYM Records compilation ‘The Definitive Series - Dubstep’. Things go all oriental here as you can’t help but think of old Bruce Lee and Kung-Fu fights twisted up with a mad Dubstep flava. Quality.

08 – Kush 5.40
As we meet the halfway mark on the album Juttla takes time to reflect for a second as he paints a picture of Eastern temples on a blessed out hot Indian summer day before dropping one of the albums deadliest bass riffs. It’s as if he almost gets bass talking to each other in a way that maybe Dolphins communicate underwater! This has been massive on the dancefloor and the intro drop being massive, the second breakdown is even bigger! Light up the kush!

09 – Deception 5.20
Track two on Juttla’s second single; this track makes the perfect flipside to ‘Ramp With Me’. Here we get to hear another side to ever creative and diverse sound of one of the UK’s best kept secrets… Juttla! Gangster funked out Wah-Wah guitars are joined by an excellently programmed double-tempo drum pattern. Eastern tinges are added by eerie slow gentle strings and a superbly executed Asian sung vocal. This is so just so deep and so clever, which is why its getting the support it deserves.

10 – Stoned Under The Carpet 4.50
Roll whatever your smoking and get the lighter ready, then grab yourself a nice large cool beer or a your favourite spirit with a mixer of your choice and then add ice. Then simply sit back, relax, empty your mind and enjoy one the albums more chilled-out moments. Its dub reggae all the way with its infectious skanking piano and a really funky vibe. Juttla shows great diversity here as well as great potential to be writing scores for big screen movies. This is just four minutes and fifty seconds of bliss.

11 – Khaki Brown 5.58
Championed from DJ’s from London to The Midlands, this track is another banging Dubstep monster that has been making crowds move from its exclusive play in Juttla’s infamous DJ sets. Mixing up a two-stepping groove with 4/4 beats, this track once again shows that Juttla can mix it up and come with different styles however always remaining true his deep and mystical sound. This track flips the album on the head and gives you something totally fresh and new.

12 – The Third Eye 5.27
Open your third eye and enjoy this deep stepping roller. Inject almost Alien-like atmospherics, Juttla takes us on a journey through bass with a deep stepping beat and twisted angry bass. Eastern textures are added to maximum effect here, as this track just moves and shifts with ease. The whole deepness here really adds to the proceedings and the constant melody created by the oscillating atmospherics really trances you out. This is refreshingly original and unique.

13 – Stalker 3.51
More evidence of Juttla’s leftfield roots can be heard here as me mixes up the original ragga dub grove with a splash of something brand new. The way the bass modulates here is pure science and once again it’s as if Juttla is talking to us through bass! Lush strings and soothing pads add great musicality to this mellow but funky Dubstepper. Defying all the rules and breaking all the boundaries, Juttla is a producer has such an open-minded approach to music. Tracks like this only prove that fact more.

14 – Distant Aura’s 6.08
‘At War With Satan’ is wrapped up by the flute-led smooth laid-back ‘Distant Aura’s’. This track would quite comfortably sit next to any of the tracks on the Café Del Mar or Boodha Bar compilation series. Once again we get another side to Juttla’s vast music style, proving that the best the thing to do is not really pigeon-hole this producer. He is a man of many talents and tracks like this show much Juttla has put his own stamp on the Dubstep sound. This track is the perfect chilled moment as well as rounding off a superb album.

Total Running Time: 76.06