Steppas' Delight
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| released = {{start date|2008|5|19}}
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| genre = Dubstep
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| label = Soul Jazz
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| compiler = Emma Warren{{cite AV media notes |title=Steppas' Delight: Dubstep Present to Future|others=Emma Warren |publisher=Soul Jazz Records |id=SJR CD 178}}
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Steppas' Delight is a 2008 compilation album by Soul Jazz Records. The album is a compilation of dubstep music from various artists.
Background
Brandon Ivers of XLR8R declared that during 2008 "seemingly everyone is releasing some sort of compilation [about dubstep] before the current run of self-mythologizing has had a chance to stick."{{sfn|Ivers|2008|p=96}}
Release
Steppas' Delight was initially announced as being released by the end of March 2008.{{cite web|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080416225801/http://www.souljazzrecords.co.uk/index.php|url=http://www.souljazzrecords.co.uk/index.php|accessdate=November 7, 2022|archivedate=April 16, 2008|title=Soul Jazz Records}} It was released later on May 19 with a release party on May 17 with Kode9, Hatcha, Crazy D, Chef & LD, Geiom, Ikonika, and the Soul Jazz Soundsystem performing at Electrowerkz in the UK.{{cite web|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080509165333/http://www.souljazzrecords.co.uk/index.php|url=http://www.souljazzrecords.co.uk/index.php|accessdate=November 7, 2022|archivedate=May 9, 2008|title=Soul Jazz Records}} The album was released on compact disc and vinyl record.{{cite magazine|magazine=The Wire|title=Soul Jazz Records Presents Steppas' Delight|page=back cover|date=June 2008|issue=292}} A follow-up, titled Steppas' Delight 2, was released on September 28, 2009.{{cite web|url=https://www.factmag.com/2009/09/16/martyn-untold-and-brackles-appear-on-steppas-delight-2/|title=Martyn, Untold and Brackles appear on Steppas' Delight 2|work=Fact Magazine|date=September 3, 2008|accessdate=November 7, 2022}}
Reception
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Alex Macpherson of The Guardian declared the album to be a "beautifully packaged dubstep compendium" that showcased the music as "living, breathing music" that "perfectly captures the intense physicality at the heart of dubstep."{{sfn|Macpherson|2008}} Ivers found that Steppas' Delight felt he did not know the audience for the album, stating "if it's meant to educate dubstep novices, 19 unmixed tracks make for an awfully monotonous listen." noting that "great tracks" such as Shackleton's "Blood on My Hands" "wears thin when not used as a mixing tool."{{sfn|Ivers|2008|p=96}}
Track listing
- Kode9 – "9 Samurai" (3:40)
- Benga – "Evolution" (5:14)
- Search and Destroy – "Candy Floss (Loefah Mix)" (5:17)
- Plastician featuring Skepta – "Intensive Snare" (3:48)
- Uncle Sam –"Round The World Girls (Tes La Rok Mix)" (5:43)
- The Bug and Warrior Queen –"Poison Dart" (3:51)
- Goth Trad –"Genesis" (5:29)
- Seventeen Evergreen –"Ensonique (Bi-Polar Man Mix)" (4:36)
- Martyn –"Broken" (5:24)
- Shackleton –"Blood On My Hands" (7:30)
- TRG –"Broken Heart" (5:43)
- Joker –"Gullybrook Lane (Instrumental)" (4:18)
- Quest –"Hardfood" (5:11)
- Ikonika –"Please" (4:38)
- Silkie –"Dam 4" (4:39)
- Geiom featuring Marita –"Reminissin'" (5:38)
- Shonx –"Canton" (6:27)
- Gatekeeper – featuring Grizla –"Shade Darker" (6:10)
- Peverelist –"Roll With the Punches" (6:44)
References
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=Sources=
- {{cite magazine|magazine=XLR8R|title=Comp Reviews|last=Ivers|first=Brandon|date=September 2008|issue=120}}
- {{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2008/may/16/urban.shopping?CMP=gu_com|title=Various Artists, Steppas' Delight: Dubstep Present to Future|last=Macpherson|date=May 16, 2008|accessdate=November 7, 2022|first=Alex|work=The Guardian}}
Category:2008 compilation albums