Slick DJ - review by Executive Steve Straight outta Limerick comes a quality double pack of fresh underground wax, as Subtle Audio drop the vinyl component of the Subtle Audio Volume 1 compilation. The five tunes spread across two plates on offer here include Covert Ops head honcho ASC making his Subtle Audio debut with the majestic "Oceanography" (as good a slice of atmospheric D&B as you're likely to find this year) the intricate ethnic rollage of Soul Delay's "Ustad" and a MENTAL Macc remix of Sileni's already bonkers "Bouncing Octagonal Fragments". Jason OS chimes in with a gloriously measured skeletal composition and LXC remixes man-of-the-moment Martsmans "Some Minimal Business", managing to musically out-minimalise even the most minimal Minimal tunes. Man, music like this is a must-buy. 5/5 Boomkat review The D'nB faithful over at Subtle Audio deliver their first label compilation with a deepstyle collection of varied cuts from ASC, Soul Delay, Macc, Martsman and Jason oS. The label aesthetic has always drawn from the deep and lush influences of LTJ Bukem and Marcus Intallex or the rhythmic convolutions of 4 hero amongst others for it's inspiration and launches itself into some nautical territories with ASC's 'Oceanography', drawing a route through submerged steppers styles with some seriously involving melodic arrangements. Soul Delay brings up the B-side with a drumfunking workout featuring some deeply mystical sub-continental vocal drones strongly reminding us of Breakage's 'The Shroud', but the real praise must be saved for the second disc which bears the intensely complex drum exersizes of Macc's remix of Sileni's 'Bouncing Octagonal Fragments', and the unreal cut from Martsman on 'Some Minimal Business'. This track is worth the price of admission alone, forging some headstrong new style of ultra reduced D'n'B rhythms with dubstep styled sub pressure and the deepest echo chamber dub FX since Disrupt first bounced around around ear canals. Jason oS finishes up the set with a proper lush trip on 'What Do You Like?', again reducing any percussive cliches to leave behind the haunted skeleton of a rhythm forming the structure for some brain warming synth washes and subtle rhodes chords finishing us with a with a very pleasant taste on the palette. All you Breakage fiends, forward thinking D'n'B heads and non-orthodox dubstep heads should be checking this like.