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-”The Sub Swara collective tosses a monthly party at Love, a club that boasts perhaps the clearest sound system in the city. That might account for the crew’s obsession with detail; Coup d’Yah is a sonically crystalline collection, with every drum hit sharp as a knife and each bassline deep as a canyon. But the real appeal of the album lies in the way it melds its dancehall and dubstep inclinations with Middle Eastern melodies, subcontinental percussion and ragga-style toasting into a spare, dark stew, with its precise arrangements keeping the focus on the funk.”

-’Sub Swara deals with the most fascinating melt of sound – beats and bass laced with the elemental voice of Juakali…pure heaven…The Sub Swara mix was devastating – contender for mix of the year on the BBC Radio 1 show for real.’ – Maryanne Hobbs, BBC Radio 1

-’The whole album is dazzling. Sub Swara manages to transfer the eclectic sounds of their New York club night to tape, bleeding and blending dubstep, ragga, dub, global elements and straight up dance music in a flawless manner that’s always fresh, never stale. Their ability to fuse the dark with the subtle and danceable with the complex is a marvel’ – Kid Kameleon, XLR8R Magazine

Sub Swara’s Coup d’Yah (Low Motion Records) is 100% fire. No exaggeration. The 12-track album, available now as a MP3 download, features vocals from Zulu, MC Coppa, Napoleon Solo, and Juakali – Tomas Palermo – XLR8R Magazine, Bass Reaction (Blog)

‘If you’re looking for one entry track into this sound, look out for Koli Stance, a masterclass in swirling subcontinental tablas and warping dubstep bass’ – Blackdown, Pitchfork Media’ – Blackdown, Pitchfork Media

Dubstep and contemporary dancehall sounds from New York’s mighty Sub Swara, whose Coup d’Yah album has taken a full two years of incubation time, designed to capture the sound and spirit of the crew’s clubnight. A multicultural roster of talents has been recruited to front these productions with guest vocalists including Zulu, MC Copa, Napoleon Solo and Juakali. After the dark, industrialised bass tremors of ‘High Fidelity’, the tempo cranks up several notches for ‘Infiltrate (Sub Step Refix)’, but far from being a solely bleak, urban experience Coup d’Yah takes a few eccentric turns, as on the brass stabs of ‘Belgrade Riddim’ and the tabla-fuelled drum & bass of ‘TKM’. A lively and diverse set of deep bass productions, Sub Swara’s album makes for an interesting listen, giving insight into how the sounds of ragga, breakcore and dubstep translate on the other side of the Atlantic. Sick. – Boomkat

‘The textures on Coup d’Yah are less rigidly defined, more open and therefore more organic, and while fans of dubstep would no doubt feel kinship, the broader, more expansive vision of New York’s Sub Swara crew highlights the importance of not being overly committed to convention…the totality is energetic, dark, and rhythmic, possessing an international vibe but minus any jetsetter kitsch…It’s a worthwhile contribution to the genre-less electronic amalgamations that are becoming almost a genre unto themselves. – Justin Deremo – Ok Player