by Rick AndersonBy the end of 2007, it seemed as if the British dubstep scene had flowered fully and was probably ready to go to seed -- its fertile mix of dub reggae studio tricks, foreboding jungle basslines, weird cut-up samples, and clashy electro sounds had expanded about as much as it could without falling apart. But this excellent mix program by Caspa & Rusko shows that the genre still has some stretch left in it. From the eerie funk of Caspa's Born to Do It to the straight-up but slightly twisted roots reggae of Uncle Sam's Round the Way Girls [Tes La Rok Remix], and from the creepy dubstep rockers instrumental Well 'Ard to the cool reggae instrumental Jahova, the program maintains a fairly consistent flavor without ever sounding samey or tedious. That's not to say that every track is a winner -- Rusko's Hammertime is queasy and weird without being very enjoyable, and 2 N A Q (another Rusko contribution) is harsh and abrasive without being especially interesting. But that's two out of 29 tracks, a winning average by any measure. And when ConQuest finishes out the program with the lushly beautiful rockers anthem Forever, every little lapse is forgiven. Very highly recommended.