Drum'n'Bass 2013 (???)

[zhao]

 

[Corpsey]

I hated beery jump up anthems and rap samples.

SUPER SHARP SHOOTER SHOOTING SUPER SHARP SHOTS

 

[wise]

Zinc at the height of his powers pisses from a great height on the contents of this thread

 

[FairiesWearBoots]

agreed, he was a pioneer - 138 trek breakbeat garage proto dubstep landmark

have been really enjoying Om Unit's Rinse shows - he plays a lot of slower stuff and the B -sides that haven't been aired in a while, a refreshing take on it

 

[craner]

'138 Trek' is a loathsome.

 

[Benny Bunter]

I don't hate zinc but there is something a bit unloveable about most of his stuff. 138 trek is sort of undeniably big though. Was listening to a heartless set the other day and they sounded great over it. Was thinking we should have a breakbeat garage thread to see what we can salvage from whats (always?) been a somewhat maligned genre.

 

[wise]

I'm talking about Reach Out (remix) and Super Sharp Shooter (remix), that peak, this is a D&B thread not breakbeat garage

 

[craner]

Well, they were probably even worse. Stench of gym socks.

 

[wise]

foolish

 

[luka]

its true they were fucking awful.

 

[luka]

lads from hertfordshire jumping up and down on sticky dancefloors.

 

[tyranny]

foolish

The Brockie & Ed Solo remix of that was the one. If it didn't have those few bars of annoying two-step and it went straight from that halftime intro into the amens I'd play that alllllll the time.

 

[tyranny]

I'm talking about Reach Out (remix) and Super Sharp Shooter (remix), that peak, this is a D&B thread not breakbeat garage

Oddly enough there were some really excellent tunes on his label towards the end, stuff that I honestly can't imagine him having had the opportunity to play on the jumpup circuit.

 

[firefinga]

Let's hang Bad Company! (well...not really...)

I am an old jungle head and went to many bluenote sessions - as you say Droid that was the thin (very exciting for me) end of the wedge.
For me it started to get boring in 98/99 - Bad company was a good example of the sound that later became dominant. The sound that took over was '100 mph, in fifth gear, ALL of the time'.
The sound was too fast and too full, there was no space anymore. The best things all have contrast - and the music no longer had contrast. bass, drums and mid range sounds all at full levels
I remember reading about some mythical meeting that Dillinja & Lemon D called for a few of the producers at the time asking them all to slow down (the BPM's). I wish they had

Gotta agree here. For me, 1999 was indeed the year it got finally streamlined. Bad Company/RAM became the dominant style of "Mainstream" DnB. In fact it became pretty much a whole different musical style. Fast, midrange, as you said, no space anymore. Why that happened, I simply don't know. Nevertheless, even mainstreamDnB still changed, there was "liquid" (really fast disco, Calibre as an example), the brazil fad, Trance (Concord Dawn), clownstep etc.

There was this period when some (former) key players wanted to bring breaks and bass back from 2000 to 2002/3 (many Digital or Alpha Omega releases of that era, Reinforced "2nd Wave", Total Science etc) and I was again buying like crazy and also DJing - but the kids did clearly preferred the BadCompany/RAM/Concord Dawn way of things. So, that attempt failed and dried out. Sure, I still kept listening to stuff like the "drumfunk" folx and sole souljahs like Equinox, Bizzy B, Bailey or 0=0, but for a bigger audiance, this kind of music was dead.

 

[denoir]

This looks massive...will be strictly 90s music throughout the night apparently

 

[FairiesWearBoots]

wow - not in the country sadly but this looks great - Krust B2B Source direct? Jheez

 

[vvvwwwv]

wow - not in the country sadly but this looks great - Krust B2B Source direct? Jheez

caught my attention that as well. odd pairing, but unmissable no doubt.

went to mutiny at motion the other week, plenty of old school djs on the line-up. bukem, total science, brockie, doc scott and ed rush amongst hazard, icicle, breakage and calyx & teebee. whilst i enjoyed it, i always feel a real generational/taste gap at dnb nights. overdriven, car alarm tunes being the flavour of the day and all...anyways, best set of the night for me...

 

[rubberdingyrapids]

the new addison groove album is interesting. its basically a D&B/footwork (though more D&B i think) album. quite surprising. not that interesting to my ears (though he does it really well) as i cant tell if hes trying to take some sort of bristol angle on it all, or if hes just been listening to loads of old 4hero and lots of tranquil D&B. its sedate as fuck. do dislike it when dance music producers think making an album = sticking with more or less the same mood for an hour.

 

[Code]

Here's the kinda of D&B we've been pushing at Subtle Audio over the last few years… roots Drum & Bass / Jungle with (hopefully) a fresh slant.
Did this 2 hour set recently on Frontline Radio featuring a lot of different vinyl, digital & CD releases on Subtle Audio, Subtle Audio Digital and the sub-label, Bustle Beats.


'Subtle Audio History Mix'

http://soundcloud.com/radiofrontline/2014-03-16-dj-code-subtle



>>> Tracklisting

1. Impact - Everything I Left Behind (SUBTLED013)
2. Senses - All Over (SUBTLE002)
3. CJ Weaver & Indidjinous - Serpentine (SUBTLE004CD)
4. Dissident - Oneiroid Pychosis (SUBTLE010)
5. Macc - Panic Kills (SUBTLED004)
6. Mecca - Virtual Affair (SUBTLE004EP)
7. Nebula - Prototype Chords (SUBTLED008)
8. Amplicon - Let Go Of The Release (SUBTLE001CD)
9. Alpha Omega - Tribalist (SUBTLE001)
10. Equinox - Roy Ting (SUBTLE006)
11. Soul Delay - Ustad (SUBTLE002EP)
12. LXC - I Know U (BUSTLE002)
13. Equinox - Meecha (SUBTLE015)
14. Enjoy - Point III (SUBTLED018)
15. dgoHn - 4.37445 Yards (SUBTLE017)
16. Sileni - Failspan (SUBTLE004)
17. Dan Habarnam - Janne (SUBTLE004EP)
18. Enjoy - The Crook (SUBTLE004CD)
19. dgoHn - Man Bith (SUBTLE008)
20. Dissident - Universe Eat Universe (SUBTLE010)
21. Nebula - Sound Barriers (BUSTLE001)
22. Breakage - Questions VIP (SUBTLED002)
23. Macc & dgoHn - Mustard Greens (SUBTLE003EP)
24. Infest & Quasi - Azul (SUBTLE019)
25. Polska - 2nd Rate (SUBTLE014 // SUBTLE003CD)
26. NCQL - Framed Dreams Of Loki (SUBTLE016)
27. Nic TVG - Sitting In The Crosswalk (SUBTLE005CD)
28. Jason oS - What Do You Like? (SUBTLE002EP)

 

[Gaunt]

as supported by machinedrum, om unit, flight, loxy, doc scott, sinistarr, dexta, stunna & many more, i know you guys don't really like drum & bass so this shit is perfect for you.
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