''Skream!'' is the self-titled, debut album by
dubstep producer
Skream. It was released in 2006 on the
Tempa
Tempa is a garage and dubstep music label founded in 2000 by Neil Jolliffe, who also coined the term "dubstep" in 2002.
The label, along with Big Apple, and parent label Ammunition, was part of the formation of dubstep as a genre.
A key member ...
label. The album is considered to be an important stepping stone for dubstep. BBC Music described it as having "accelerated dubstep’s transformation from hyped underground scene to
sort of influential
enre, as it fuzes more "old-school rave" sounds with more accessible "pop" sounds. The album predates the highly popular and influential dubstep works by producers such as Skrillex, sometimes disparagingly referred to as "
brostep
Dubstep is a genre of electronic dance music that originated in South London in the early 2000s. The style emerged as a UK garage offshoot that blended 2-step garage, 2-step rhythms and sparse dub reggae, dub production, as well as incorporati ...
". It essentially serves as an accessible entry into "classic dubstep".
Track listing
# "Tortured Soul" 4:18
# "Midnight Request Line" 3:56
# "Blue Eyez" 4:39
# "Auto-Dub" 2:50
# "Check It" (featuring Warrior Queen) 4:12
# "Stagger" 4:41
# "Dutch Flowerz" 4:21
# "Rutten" 6:32
# "Tapped" (featuring
JME) 3:38
# "Kut-Off" 4:33
# "Summer Dreams" 7:58
# "Colourful" 5:13
# "Emotionally Mute" 4:35
Expanded Edition
# "Check-It (Instrumental)" 4:13
# "Midnight Request Line (Mala Remix)" 5:22
The album was also released on
vinyl across three plates, with a different track listing.
Vinyl track listing
*A1 "Stagger"
*B1 "Blue Eyez"
*B2 "Tortured Soul"
*C1 "Kut-Off"
*D1 "Rutten"
*D2 "Colourful"
*E1 "Check-It" (Instrumental)
*F1 "Dubbers Anonymous"
*F2 "Midnight Request Line" (
Digital Mystikz Remix)
References
2006 debut albums
Skream albums
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