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"The Warm Air Room" - the much-discussed and long-anticipated debut album from Stagga - comes after two undeniably storming 12” releases on Rag & Bone set the way. ‘Sick As Sin’ and ‘Face Get Splat’ really put Stagga on the map, but for anyone expecting a full-length extension of those EP’s sound, this album really is a little bit different. Bursting with the kind of warped basslines only Stagga could produce, it weaves a meandering thread through dubstep and hip hop, leaning very much towards the former camp, but expertly and subtlely infused with the latter.
Stagga relocated to Berlin in 2009 where this album was produced and also where the name comes from. His studio is in a former Warmluft Raum which translates as Warm Air Room. It’s a fitting title, as some of the tunes have an uneasy feel of being carried away on a hot thermal. Stagga stays true to his early links with Cardiff’s best MCs with collaborations here with Skamma (who vocalised ‘Sick As Sin’) and Joe Blow (who contributed lyrics to the awesome Stagga track ‘Genik Riddim’ released on Starkey’s Slit Jockey label earlier this year). There’s also a link up with Don Leisure, much renowned for his part with The Darkhouse Family.
And by no means least there are two tracks co-produced with rising dubstep star Monky, Stagga’s early partner in crime since back in the day. Honing his early skills in both DJing and production to great success as part of Chrome Kids, Stagga is also part of renowned Welsh hip hop outfit The Dead Residents and and has worked with Undecorated Veteranz, Squid Ninjaz, Blaktrix and turntablists Optimas Prime. Stagga’s dubz have had support by the likes of Mary Anne Hobbs, N-Type, Starkey, Gaslamp Killer, Raffertie, Daedelus, T Minus, Surgeon, Hatcha, Joe Muggs, Kid606, Chef, RSD and Rossi B & Luca.