Throw Bombs on it.

Labrinth featuring Tinie Tempah
Earthquake
Released: 23 October 2011
From: Upcoming debut album

For those unaware of who Labrinth is, let me just fill a few gaps. The breakthrough of 2010, Tinie Tempah owes his life to Labrinth, a producer signed to SyCo. The track 'Pass Out' dominated the UK charts back in March '10 and it's successor, the #2 hit 'Frisky' also enjoyed success thanks to the Labrinth-production. In October, Labrinth released his debut single 'Let the Sun Shine' - a feel good track, which despite showing no particular skills as a producer, showed great vocals; earning him a #3 single. More recently, Labrinth has appeared on Professor Green's 'Alive Till I'm Dead', Devlin's 'Bud, Sweat & Beers', as well as producing for Loick Essien and the singles 'Neva Soft' and 'Wonderman' by Ms. Dynamite and Tinie Tempah / Ellie Goulding respectively. All this makes a rather impressive first year in the industry.

With the introduction out of the way, here comes the best bit. 'Earthquake' is the second solo effort from Labrinth and is due for release in the UK on 23 October. Having already received praise from BBC Radio 1 - including Greg James - the track is a sure fire contender for #1. On first listen I was hasty towards the track, what with it's futuristic introduction - "Labrinth come in" - but by the third/fourth listen I was hooked. Describing the song becomes progressively difficult, I'm tempted to just say 'it sounds like everything a song should', but in reality what I'm classing as incredible production is just heavy synths and a mash-up of high pitched chords.

The message of the song is that Labrinth plans to create an earthquake with the track, even roping record label boss Simon Cowell into the track - "Hey Simon, we're fucking them up. Turning them SyCo, we bring the house down to rubble and dust". Of course it'd be unjust not to mention Tinie Tempah's inclusion on the track. With five top 10 singles and a number-one album under his belt, I guess the collaboration is Tempah's way of repaying the producer that may him - evident when he claims the track is hitting a full ten of the Richter scale.

I eagerly await the release of the track, and under Simon's control - an X-Factor performance isn't out of the question entirely. Let's hope it's heading for the top end of the chart #teamlab.