tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-69773413061479470522024-03-18T20:42:47.827-07:00Futurepast Zine
:)futurepastzinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06160757088300406972noreply@blogger.comBlogger34125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6977341306147947052.post-15797423031162753492019-03-15T05:25:00.002-07:002019-03-15T05:25:51.837-07:00Futurepast Zine Live Stream<div class="chew" data-chat="true" data-uri="futurepastzine"></div><script src="//chew.tv/assets/js/embed.js"></script>futurepastzinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06160757088300406972noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6977341306147947052.post-30876783492984649142018-04-01T14:51:00.000-07:002018-04-01T14:51:04.459-07:00Rustee - Vykhod Sily<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Vykhod Sily have been organising some excellent podcasts based on a dark electronica and 85/170 bpm vibe. Rustee runs Vykhod Sily which also operates as a record label too. Their first release was brilliant and they are due to be releasing their next release pretty soon (1st May 2018 I believe). Here's a short interview on the brains behind it all.... Rustee<br />
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<b><i>FPZ: Tell me a bit about yourself. What is Vykhod Sily? Who’s involved, and how long have you been operating?</i></b><br />
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Rustee: Hi! I'm Rustee, Russia based music enthusiast, a dnb blogger and a podcaster. I have been running Vykhod Sily podcast since 2013, alongside doing the admin/content manager work for the project's social media groups. Vykhod Sily (the way the Force is going through in English) is primarily a podcast focused on 85/170 bpm electronica and everything dark electronica related at lower tempos. It's also a worldwide community of future-thinking listeners, dj's/selectors and musicians. In 2017 we started a crowd sourcing campaign at Patreon aiming at launching the VS digital label. With the community supporting the project we have released our first release. My fellow mate Virulent Green is taking care of technical things, helping me out with the label and VS on web in general.<br />
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<b><i>FPZ: What made you want to start the record label? And how did the first release come together?</i></b><br />
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Rustee: It's quite a simple story. Been asked many times why don't we launch a label and by 2017 it was obvious we had a decent experience of pushing musical things, setting up the connections with the greatest producers etc. So we definitely had something to show. VS has become known as a solid platform for giving a voice for people to be heard no matter how big the names are. And as I have mentioned Patreon campaign helped us to make everything happen. For the first release I decided to get my favourite artists involved. They were dreadmaul and Bereneces. The idea was to link artists together and it worked well. So all the future releases will be executed in the same collab way. More likely that the label is not going to limit itself to halftime dnb only as we have lots of other great music to release too.<br />
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<b><i>FPZ: What were your highlights for 2017 (doesn’t have to be music related)?</i></b><br />
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Rustee: Of course one of the highlights is the starting of our crowd sourcing campaign on Patreon. It gained a solid momentum at once and we are really pleased to see the results. People are sticking with us supporting the releases and showing love to the project.<br />
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Last year I finally decided to encompass the non dnb aspects of electronic music within a podcast frame. Thanks to my new connections around industrial, somatik techno and ambient the VS listeners got the chance to listen deeper to what I prefer to hear while meditating or just sitting during the late hours apart from dnb. The feedback is huge and I'm really stoked to see how the whole thing's evolving.<br />
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<b><i>FPZ: What have you got planned for 2018?</i></b><br />
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Rustee: We want to go on with the new releases for sure which don't necessarily have to be 100% dnb. As I have said the music coming from the outside of dnb is influencing us much and I hope we will bring some new unique collabs to the world. Also I'm thinking of starting a local VS party in Yekaterinburg around the sound we love and the vibes we are known for.<br />
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<b><i>FPZ: What artists are you feeling at the moment and why?</i></b><br />
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Rustee: It's a tricky one. Because there are too many but let's try anyways...<br />
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Dyl from Romania is just a fantastic producer with the distinctive sound being in his own league. Need to mention he stepped out of the 85/170 bpm niche a while back and his creative output at lower tempos is getting more and more impressing every year.<br />
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Blocks & Escher are the outstanding sonic architects building up a balance between the past and the future. Their album on the Metalheadz label is going to be one of the most anticipated this year.<br />
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Ancestral Voices who's previously been known in 85bpm electronica circuits under his Indigo moniker. Shifting to a tribal sound at lower tempos and being active as an ambient musician launching his own label it all makes him one of the most intriguing producer to follow.<br />
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<b><i>FPZ: What are first 3 albums that come to your mind :) ?</i></b><br />
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Rustee: The first ones are obviously those that I'm having on me wherever I go....</div>
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1. Massive Attack's 'Mezzanine' from 1998. Have been a fan of them since day one. A masterpiece in my opinion. Enough said.</div>
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2. Boymerang's 'Balance of the Force'. Such a shame the album from 1997 is so underrated with all those gems on it. But hopefully everything really good is just being tested by time and people are eventually getting a full realizing of an amazing body of Boymerang's creative work.</div>
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3. Overlook's 'Shadow Signals' from 2017. The epitome of Jason's immersing sound and the precise picture of todays cross-cultural fusion thing in 85/170 bpm music. A brilliant trip from techno to dnb and ambient and back. This is one to be re-listened with a doubt. </div>
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<b><i>FPZ: Recommend me 3 tracks that are not 170/85?</i></b><br />
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Rustee: Schiari - Atonement; Skee Mask - Routine; Ø - Otava</div>
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<b><i>FPZ: What 3 things influence you the most, and why?</i></b><br />
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1. Soviet sci-fi literature. I was raised with that that kind of fiction with lots of books in our family's library. I found it very thought-provoking. The Strugatskie brothers are the best in my opinion. The ideas conveyed by the authors back then may sound a bit naive nowadays but there is a true soul in them. The futuristic appeal still resonates with me in terms of music, regarding drum'n'bass especially. Have always considered those sounds to be from tomorrow's world.</div>
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2. Travelling. Due to my job I'm travelling a lot across the country and now and then going abroad on vacation. So visiting new cities, and countries, connecting to new people is much inspiring as well as the long trips to the middle of nowhere - like to the dark heart of Siberia in the wintertime where you can hardly see the sunlight during the day. Travelling and being on the way to somewhere itself is quite meditative especially when you have your favourite music on you. </div>
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3. Cinema. I prefer dark thrillers for the menacing atmospheres and suspense. When doing a podcast I'm trying to tell a story with all those dark tunes I select. So it sounds mostly like a thriller story audio type of thing. Half-tempo dnb serves really well with that purpose. </div>
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Don't you mind if I mention one more inspiring source or a person even. It's my wife Dasha who's in the perfect knowing of what I'm creating. She's feeling the vibes and doing acrylic paintings under the 'Efflorescence' name being inspired by Narratives Music and Auxiliary labels among the others.</div>
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<b><i>FPZ: Any final words?</i></b><br />
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Rustee: Thank you for giving me a chance to tell about the VS project. Really honoured. Maximum respect to all the global drum-n-bass community, artists, DJ's, labels listeners supporting true underground vibes and pushing the boundaries. Vykhod Sily project's has more to represent to the world in the future so keep your eyes peeled.</div>
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<b><i>Big up and thanks to Rustee. Check out the links:</i></b><br />
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<a href="https://hearthis.at/vykhodsily/">https://hearthis.at/vykhodsily/</a></div>
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<a href="https://soundcloud.com/vykhod_sily">https://soundcloud.com/vykhod_sily</a></div>
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<a href="http://vk.com/vykhodsily">http://vk.com/vykhodsily</a></div>
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<a href="http://vykhodsily.net/">http://vykhodsily.net/</a></div>
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<a href="https://www.mixcloud.com/SpecialRequest/">https://www.mixcloud.com/SpecialRequest/</a></div>
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<a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUYMaV12FK8GaclXgwCMQ9Q">https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUYMaV12FK8GaclXgwCMQ9Q</a></div>
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<a href="https://t.me/vykhodsily_podcast">https://t.me/vykhodsily_podcast</a></div>
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Instagram: @vykhodsily_podcast</div>
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iTunes: <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/ca/podcast/vykhod-sily/id977016724">https://itunes.apple.com/ca/podcast/vykhod-sily/id977016724</a></div>
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Patreon: <a href="https://www.patreon.com/vykhodsily_podcast">https://www.patreon.com/vykhodsily_podcast</a></div>
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futurepastzinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06160757088300406972noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6977341306147947052.post-8425386752646687462017-12-17T09:04:00.000-08:002018-04-01T14:52:17.516-07:00More Music Reviews and News December<br />
Wassup! I'm on a roll at the moment, and have some time on my hands and some real good music, so read on and support the artists. Don't sleep on this...... Calling the 160, Jungle, DnB, Dubstep, Techno crew. Here's some reviews of newish music and some links to some mixes to keep you going.<br />
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Various Artists - FTP002</h4>
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This one's a strong 4 track EP. Every single track is great, and even though each track was made by a different artist there is a commonality between them, I think it's the rhodes-y type samples used maybe. As mentioned, every track is a stunner, but my favourite is 'Yellow Balm' by Thinh. It's a jungle skanker... smooth, rolling and full of melody. The track is an example of something simple but so effective, I'd love to hear more from this artist but can't find anything on bandcamp. Be sure to check out the FTP record label they have some really good releases that are full of variety. The other tracks on this release are juke, ghettotech and electro.<br />
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Slaine - Scattered</h4>
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Slaine has released yet another single! He's definitely on a roll at the moment. On bandcamp I described this as: "Cybertronian technoid cyberfunk. The sound of doped up transformers stepping into the unchartered territories of their minds." This one's on a hardstep vibe. I'd love to hear Slaine make the music for a sci-fi film.<br />
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Bastard Man - Between Walls</h4>
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Bastard Man has been making a lot of music over the past year or so. Nearly everything I hear reminds me of some of the releases that came out on Reinforced Records between 1996 and 1998, especially some of the music made by Aquasky and Steve Alexander. This release is a 2 track EP. My favourite is Stellar Blue. I think he plays his own drums too, his sound has been progressing over the last year and he's definitely one to watch in 2018 (and he has contributed a track to the next Futurepast Zine compilation which you'll hear about when it's ready :) ).<br />
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Khromi - Slow Waves</h4>
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This is the first time I've heard of Khromi. It's a 4 track EP, the standout track for me is Julz. It's on a 140 chill vibe. I love this track. It will take you somewhere. A beautifully arranged track, I'm looking forward to checking out more from this artist.<br />
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Fredrik Astevall - Bean V2</h4>
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Recently I've been working with a local artist, Kim Katrell who's been playing me lots of techno, especially the stuff made over in Spain and Portugal. It's really inspiring stuff. The label that released this track, Different is Different Records, are based over in Barcelona and they have been releasing some quality music (they've got a forthcoming release from Ken Ishii!). Anyway, back to this track, I really like the vibe of it, the sounds used (lots of bleeps), the melodies kinda remind me of Jeff Mills a little bit. You can get lost in this track, great for driving around in the car in the night time.<br />
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Akira Akira - Omoi EP</h4>
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Another 4 track EP! Mainly on a techno tip which can mean anything so I would say it's not loopy, or full of strings - but full of different melodies. The track which I like is called Igikai - it begins with a drone and eventually leads into an echo of a ravey melody which then progresses into the 'dry' melody with less of the echo. Then bam kicks come in (not typical 909 techno kicks), definitely one for the dancefloor. I love the sound pallet used in this EP, it sounds very new and fresh to my ears and you can hear the influence of all the new styles of music that have been occurring in what the lazy music media call 'bass music'.<br />
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Illspirit/Rawtrachs - SF02</h4>
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Here you've got a (free) 5 track EP that's released on Son Of Fission which is run by Illspirit. On this EP you've 3 tracks from Illspirit and 2 from myself :) I'm not gonna tell you how awesome my music is because that would be really weird. The tracks by Illspirit are stunning, I love the guys music - very lean and chilled, feels good. You almost feel like your drifting away in space with his tracks, when listening to Unicorns I feel really relaxed and ready. My favourite from these tracks is Sowl. Late night listener biz.<br />
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Anna Morgan w/ Danny Scrilla & Sun People</h4>
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If you like 160, check this. If you don't know these people, get to... this recording contains a short interview and mix. Big up Sun People (Simon/off) each n every!<br />
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SMMR160MXTP by Hertz Couture</h4>
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This mix by Birmingham's juke master, Hertz Couture, is a summer mixtape but I only came across it this week. Great vibes from start to finish.<br />
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Rawtrachs Mix for Chameleon Audio</h4>
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This one is a mix from me when the Chameleon Audio fam asked me to come over for one of their weekly sessions on a Sunday. I'm playing 140 to 160-ish, most of the tracks are made by Futurepast Zine family apart from the odd couple. Got a couple of glitches but that's life! Big up to MoJoe & Chemist RNS!<br />
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INWYK - Free Party Boxing Day - Birmingham</h4>
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futurepastzinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06160757088300406972noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6977341306147947052.post-65025055527990713342017-12-09T15:35:00.000-08:002018-04-01T14:51:54.406-07:00Music Reviews December 2017<br />
Hey... so it's been a really long time, but who cares :)<br />
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Lot's of things have been happening with Futurepast Zine which I'll update you on shortly, but the main reason for this post is because I have been listening to some amazing music which I highly recommend and I want to let you all know about it, so here goes... if you like house, garage, techno, footwork, 160, dubstep, grime, 140, jazz, DnB, jungle, etc..... check these out :<br />
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SPD - Fibre</h4>
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This is the latest release from Serene City Records who are based in Birmingham (UK), it's an album by the artist SPD. SPD has been making tracks for a good few years, I've heard his music at the Listening Sessions events, and he's also been kind enough to send me music to play when I'm DJ'ing. I haven't heard any music from him in a good while so I was excited to hear this album. It doesn't disappoint, every single track is exciting. Every single track would sound amazing in a club. The beats are interesting, the garage influence is there and it's what makes the music so interesting, some of it is quite tribal I would say. There's a couple of collaborations on there, one with Serene City honcho On1 which is a definite nod to that Ghost/El B flavour of 2step/garage; and another collaboration with Niall Payne who I believe is playing the trumpet on the track 'Repose'. This is one of my favourite tracks from the album. The build up is lush and effortless, and then boom a smooth b-line hits you - it's not a peak-time club track - this one is definitely a warm up/down type of track which sounds great in the car while driving around, waiting at traffic lights nodding your head to the beats.<br />
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This one is from Good Street Records that are based over in Leeds. It's a free one too so grab it quick. It's part of a new series of EPs they are releasing which will contain music from known/unknown producers from around the globe that are making 160/juke/footwork. The highlight for me is Green LEDs by B.O.O.M.A - It's got this kinda arpeggio trance-y sound in it which I really like and hits the spot for me.<br />
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I found this track from following a fellow blog writer, <a href="https://bandcamp.com/tariq" target="_blank">Tariq</a> (big up!). It's a lush house tune, it's great. One of those tracks that I think would get a party started - it's bouncey, deep, got a sweet little vocal in it, and bongo's (everyone likes to play their bongo's in the morning innit :) ). Such a tune, and it's free but not for long - I will definitely be watching out for more from D_Roots and the rtct record label. Get throwing some shapes.<br />
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Something new from Radio Juicy. Hip hop with them stuttery trapped out hi hats, laid back samples and 808 bass. Essential for vibing out, getting into the zone, I've been caught at work snapping my neck to this so be careful.<br />
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Slaine - Hackers</h4>
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If you're from the West Midlands (UK), like DNB and haven't heard of Slaine, then get to know. Slaine has been treating DnB fans over the past few weeks dropping a track here and there without warning. He's been working with Ray Keith from Dread Recordings and helping to create sample packs. This tune I love. I wouldn't even say I'm much of a DnB fan, but there's something about the track - the vocal effects, the baseline (which reminds me of Ed Rush and Optical), and the melody in the track. It's got a sci-fi vibe to it, feels like it would go well with scenes from Ghost In The Shell (the anime version of course!), and it's called 'Hackers' - instant win for me.<br />
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The tags for this are: 808, bass, electronic, grime, wave, Bristol. My favourite track on this is 'Warlock' by Filthy Gears - the usage of <b>that</b> sample is genius according to my ears, you'll be bouncing around like a bonafide gangsta in no time. There's 20 tracks on this compilation, lots of good music.<br />
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Eone - Parenthesis</h4>
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Cinematic. Sci Fi. Breathtaking. It's wavy and smoked out, something for the late night listener.<br />
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Tokiomi creates two 20 minute tracks which are original tracks that have been mixed together. It's a great listen, parts of it remind me of Tangerine Dream and other parts of it remind me of Howie B's 'Music for Babies' album. If you like soundscapes and hip hop head nodding beats, I think you'll like this.<br />
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Dark and industrial. Love the vibes in all three of these tracks - they give a nod to labels like Metalheadz and No-U-Turn in this release. Feels like it's something you'd hear in one of the spaceships that the Predator flys around in. My favourite track is Urban Survivalist, it has a great build up, tense atmospherics, and then boom these beats explode with a technoid mid range bleep - code red biznizz.<br />
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3 tracks of 160/juke/footwork from the Chemist RNS. Some high energy, cyber-ghetto, 160 music with nice breaks, vocal chops, and relentless melody. This is the first juke release from Chemist RNS, watch out for him as he has a lot of tracks in this style. These tracks have had a lot of support from Sun People and other fans of 160/juke/footwork. This is the 10th release on Alternative Architecture which is a sub-label from Futurepast Zine. Big up the Chemist RNS! These tracks have gone down a storm everywhere they have been played.<br />
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HRMX - AHA018</h4>
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A new 2 track EP from the After Hour Audio family, these tracks are by HRMX. I'm a big fan of After Hour Audio and they have been releasing quality music since they started, this 18th release shows the music is getting better and better. Smooth, funky 140 vibes - these tracks sound absolutely awesome in a club. Shouts to the After Hour Audio crew!<br />
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Yilan - Contortion/Exoskeleton + Remixes</h4>
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Damn! The first release on the newly formed Listening Sessions record label. What a way to kick things off. The Listening Sessions crew have been holding tight onto this one, and for good reason! These 2 tracks from Yilan are absolute killa, and the remixes by Wooda and Krytikal are equally as great. I remember the first time I heard Wooda's remix of Exoskeleton, I think I might have wrote about it on this blog a couple of years ago. These tracks have really been doing the damage, love to all involved in this, and watch out for the 2nd release which will contain vocals from one of Birmingham's vocal soldiers - Natty D!<br />
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Ezra Collective - Juan Pablo: The Philosopher</h4>
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A smashing EP from Ezra Collective. This EP has really made me fall in love with jazz again. I love the version of the Sun Ra track 'Space Is The Place'. It's a fantastic EP, and it's probably one of the most listened to EP's I've bought in a while. Whatever music you are into, I think you will find this refreshing for your ears and soul.<br />
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Headgear - Planet03 EP</h4>
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This one's a must for the DnB/jungle breakbeat headz out there. Every single track on this EP is FIRE! Going out to the Birmingham cru dem deh! Boy does this tune bang, your feet will be skanking wildly to these tracks. Also included in this EP is the Headgear version of Krytikal & Goosensei's track 'Reach Out' - if you've been in tune to Futurepast Zine over the years - you will have known about this already from the Krytikal interview from a couple years ago (and probably heard it at various Listening Sessions events too) ...... oh and did someone hear a Double O remix????? sssshhhhhhhhhh :)<br />
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Ok, so the above are a few tracks which have been doing the damage at Futurepast Zine HQ, there are more which I'll hopefully right about next time. Coming up there are some big things happening. Firstly a massive compilation from the Chameleon Audio family:<br />
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2ndly, there's going to be a new Futurepast Zine release entitled 'Until Venus Returns'. This was originally going to be released in February 2018, but we're going to push it back to March/April 2018. It will feature many of the artists who've contributed previously and more! There may be some sneak previews/teasers around before the end of 2017.<br />
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Finally, thanks for your time in reading this. Peace.</div>
futurepastzinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06160757088300406972noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6977341306147947052.post-80100923403527265672016-08-01T15:44:00.001-07:002018-04-01T14:53:33.389-07:00Tunes and stuff August 2016<br />
Lots of stuff has been happening which I wanted to share, and also I've been listening to some wicked music too....<br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirBj5vZljCU3cJD5fN_aQov1_0D_LGL_OQcIfhjyWUmphx7S7Buvf5lLnNLr7wwOQQuPyI8YpGtfmYIO-QYFdExSzKk_ygtYZroxW83JV9W56kdkKIrGrjL2nX04buYbH9wiEe6dzjsUA/s1600/bandcamp1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="207" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirBj5vZljCU3cJD5fN_aQov1_0D_LGL_OQcIfhjyWUmphx7S7Buvf5lLnNLr7wwOQQuPyI8YpGtfmYIO-QYFdExSzKk_ygtYZroxW83JV9W56kdkKIrGrjL2nX04buYbH9wiEe6dzjsUA/s320/bandcamp1.jpg" width="320" /></a>First thing is the new compilation that's been released by Futurepast Zine :) It's called 'Vibration & Frequency' and features some brilliant artists. It's available as a limited edition CDr featuring artwork from the infamous COYS1, and it will be available for Digital release too..... Some of the sonic artists that feature on this release you may recognise if you've checked out previous Futurepast Zine music releases - such as Hollow, Krytikal, Analias and myself Rawtrachs. New comers are <a href="https://lonefoundation.bandcamp.com/" target="_blank">Fushara</a> (who has released some amazing music over the past few years), Illspirit & Mojolo (who have released some amazing music on <a href="https://afterhouraudio.bandcamp.com/" target="_blank">After Hour Audio</a>), blacksix & FIRST AID (released music on <a href="https://noisymeditation.bandcamp.com/" target="_blank">Noisy Meditation</a>), Chemist RNS (released music with <a href="https://chameleonaudio.bandcamp.com/" target="_blank">Chameleon Audio</a>) and finally <a href="https://cattherapist.bandcamp.com/" target="_blank">Cat Therapist</a> (who I linked up with at Listening Sessions - actually I've linked up with a lot of the artists at <a href="http://www.listeningsessions.co.uk/" target="_blank">Listening Sessions</a>, so big up Listening Sessions cru!).<br />
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The compilation came about really organically, and while I was collecting tracks and looking at the artwork that COYS1 had created, it reminded me of some of the stuff on MoWax, and also the Metalheadz tin box album. There's a great variety of music on this release so go and check it out.<br />
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Recently I played some music alongside Hollow for a Chameleon Audio release party. It was unreal. And for me it was quite different because I've usually played a mixture of new and old stuff - this time round I focussed on the newer and unreleased stuff. And people really seemed to feel it. It was also wicked to hear the Chameleon Audio lot play a Chemist RNS remix of Krytikal's 'Tachi'....<br />
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A track I have really been enjoying from the Chameleon Audio guys is a track called 'One' by S3 Dubs. It's the tone of the bass, and then it gets switched into another bass sound ...the beats are minimal, and there's a little vocal - a minimal tune that creates a massive impact. It's got a heavy underground vibe which is a trait of the lot of music I'm hearing from the Chameleon Audio releases - watch out for these guys because they are coming on strong - you've been warned!<br />
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Another tune I've really been feeling is by a guy called HRMX (I did an interview on him a while back for the Listening Sessions website - <a href="http://listeningsessions.co.uk/hrmx-interview/">http://listeningsessions.co.uk/hrmx-interview/</a>). This tune is called 'Blocs'. It's got such a wavey, slick, aquatic underwater vibe to it, absolutely damaging, great to blast it out in your car on a sunny day.<br />
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Next up is the man like Illspirit. His track 'Sundown' is slick and funky as anything. Styles for miles! Him and HRMX have both been releasing music steadily on After Hour Audio and on their own respective projects. This tune has got a jazzy flavour which I think is awesome, I don't like to compare artists but the vibe really reminds me of certain Lemon D tracks when he did funk and jazz inspired stuff. Keep an ear out for the After Hour Audio guys, they've got a great back catalogue.<br />
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About a month ago in Birmingham we had the City of Colours festival, and I had the pleasure of playing on the Rainbow Rooftop for Listening Sessions. It was a brilliant set up there, absolutely spot on. Nice decor, and a Funktion 1 sound system. I played a wide variety of music in my set, one of which was a track by Mandela called 'Cloud Battle'. The EP is really good, and is definitely one for the dancefloor - it has quite a technoey feel to it probably because of the pads, there's effected vocals, and I really like the beat, it's got a breakbeat feel to it.<br />
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There's a party coming up in a couple of weeks to celebrate the release of Joe Corfield's mixtape/album 'Transient Sounds'. Fellow Futurepast Zine contributor 'The Deviant' did an interview with Joe Corfield a while back for this blog so go and search out, he's also going to playing at this party too. <a href="https://www.facebook.com/weareyalla/" target="_blank">Yalla</a> put on some great nights so be sure to check this one out:<br />
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If you haven't checked out the album already then head over here: <a href="https://beriperecords.bandcamp.com/">https://beriperecords.bandcamp.com</a>). I did that this morning, and while I was browsing on their bandcamp page I came across this track:<br />
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It's part of an album called 'Drizzle' by Circa. I've never heard of Circa before, but I need to find out more, because this album is absolutely oozing in that 140 goodness. It's really really good.<br />
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While I'm on about 140 stuff, I've got one more 140 track to mention. It's by Trashbat, it's called 'Mountain', and it reminds of when he last played in Birmingham for a Listening Sessions party. For me this guy brings an RnB feel to the 140 bpm stuff. It's smooth, slick, funky, real good music, not much else I can write really.....<br />
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Final tune recommendation from me is by an artist called Slaine (I did an interview with him a while back <a href="http://listeningsessions.co.uk/interview-with-slaine/">http://listeningsessions.co.uk/interview-with-slaine/</a>), this track 'Glider' is wicked, I really like the melody of the grungy kinda bass sound, it's great for driving around in the night time :)<br />
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At the end of May 2016, I finally managed to get Issue 10 of Futurepast Zine completed. Unfortunately, I only have a few copies left and they will be going to the new <a href="http://provideshop.com/" target="_blank">Provide</a> store which is now located in the Jubilee Centre/building in Birmingham. The cover for issue 10 was created by Trav (<a href="http://www.backdownwarchild.co.uk/">http://www.backdownwarchild.co.uk</a>) and to celebrate we held a party over at the Dark Horse in Moseley which was fantastic. DJs on the night were residents Anjin & Hollow, with guests HRMX, Goosensei and Headgear (who I've also interviewed for this blog :); hosted by Natty D. Here's a few photos:<br />
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Because the night went well and there was some excellent music being showcased, Futurepast Zine teamed up with the Listening Sessions family to do a release a party for the 'Vibration & Frequency' album, here's some photo's and video clips:<br />
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I'm really hungry to do another little party, just not sure when yet! Also, got to mention a wicked party I went to organised by the Cache lot, they had some great visuals and the music was top notch:<br />
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And that is all I have to report on right now. I've got some cool stuff happening over the next few months but you know how it is - it takes time! Be sure to keep supporting us, it's much appreciated.....<br />
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Oh, one more thing.... Listening Sessions fam are putting together a wicked party over at the Hare & Hounds so be sure to reach!<br />
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<b>Quick shout out to Chemist RNS for putting this article together - it was done about 8 months ago, but it's all quality that time can't test. Chemist RNS has been putting out some sterling music with Chameleon Audio, and also on his own bandcamp page</b><br />
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<br />futurepastzinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06160757088300406972noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6977341306147947052.post-57949019883012025672016-03-11T14:21:00.000-08:002018-04-01T08:41:14.619-07:00Interview with Digital<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7poatbD43bUgDXSnIIrV9PRvC_DlRDSiOMmi5BMt66DgW88CIhGrLXO2U8J4himVpyfxJ0fyHe4zKrLhlvOq03cWnouVt-IdRiRr0VP3aHoy7p0BuYbZNsx8hEOpt5dkkmnYbQoGvz5k/s1600/Digitalheadphones+copy.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="168" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7poatbD43bUgDXSnIIrV9PRvC_DlRDSiOMmi5BMt66DgW88CIhGrLXO2U8J4himVpyfxJ0fyHe4zKrLhlvOq03cWnouVt-IdRiRr0VP3aHoy7p0BuYbZNsx8hEOpt5dkkmnYbQoGvz5k/s320/Digitalheadphones+copy.jpeg" width="320" /></a>It's not often you get the chance to interview someone that has been a big musical influence since you were a teenager. And, hand on heart, that's exactly what Digital is. My first Digital record was 'Niagra' on Metalheadz, but earlier than that I unknowingly picked tracks up by Digital that were under aliases such as ID4. I continued to collect his releases on Metalheadz, Timeless, Creative Source, Reinforced, Function, 31, Chronic and so on. He's made a lot of killer cuts. But that was way back then, recently he has released the 'Digital Synthesis' album which is an album full of top notch collaborations. Anyway here's the interview:<br />
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I was lucky enough to have musicians around me from a really young age because two of my close cousins were in bands. Lloyd was in a local reggae band called Jah Warriors and they were really good. I recall them
supporting Aswad when they used to make heavy dub. The other cousin Keith helped run a funky, pop, soul band called Splash so he was always talking about making records so both my cousins inspired me.<br />
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Later in my teens, I got friendly with the bass player from Jah Warriors called Gordon Mulrain. At the time he was getting into producing and he said I could come over to have a look, so I used to sit with him for months on end amongst untold cigarette smoke. It half killed me but I learned a lot from him.<br />
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I sat through all that smoke because I felt producing music would help me in my quest for DJ stardom LOL<br />
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<b>You played a few months ago in Birmingham at the Skutta Records/Rupture/</b><b>Listening Sessions</b><b> night. How was it for you? It was great to have you over in Birmingham!</b><br />
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I loved it because I got to see some people from the scene who I feel I get on with well like Skitty, Theory and Double O and of course the Skutta guys are a good lot! The party was good too<br />
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<b>When you first began making music, how did you get your music heard by other people? And how did you get to hook up with Photek?
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Photek used to hang at a record shop I used to go to run by Rob Solomon aka Universal on Creative Source and one half of Origination, the other being Photek.<br />
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Certificate 18 owner, Paul Arnold, ran a local record shop so it was easy for me to get music to him. My first release was a collab 12" on Certificate 18 with Danny C. We went by the name of Authorised Riddim.<br />
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<b>There's a white label of yours I've got, the etching on it says 'FLAVA', but one of the tracks was released on Platinum Breakz 2. What was the score with that? I think I got the tune in 96/97 but the compilation was out a couple years later.
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I'm not sure what your talking about but my track on Platinum Breakz 2 was called Metro. I was in jail when they were putting Platinum Breakz 2 together but fortunately for me Kemistry & Storm found Metro on a DAT tape I sent them so they used it. That cheered me up in jail I tell you!!
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<b>Can you name 10 tracks that had a big impact on you from when you were young up until now? And can you say why they were a big impact on you?
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1) <i>Big Daddy Kane - Raw - Cold Chillin.</i> Bad arse rapper in BDK, Marley Marl provides one of the filthiest riddims<br />
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2) <i>Public Enemy - Rebel Without a Cause - DEF Jam.</i> Attitude, tough breaks and so many memories of trying to scratch - I failed miserably!<br />
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3) <i>Prophecy - Fabian - Black Swan.</i>
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4) <i>Doc Scott - Surgery - Absolute 2.</i>
Hypnotic! I've enjoyed myself to this track plenty of times.<br />
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5) <i>Photek - Ni Ten Ichi Ryu - Science.</i> Listen to this track to make your own tracks sound rubbish (Time to up some gears).<br />
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6) <i>Manix - You Held My Hand - Manix & Rufige Kru remix.</i> Filthy, lush, soulful, dubby, and innovative. Just damn right flipping great!<br />
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7) <i>Digital & Spirit - Phantom Force - Phantom Audio.</i> Self Gratification.<br />
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8) <i>Source Direct - Secret Liasion.</i>
Weirdly this a grower. I've always loved it but now I think it's one of the best tracks Source Direct have ever done. Each time I go back to this track it sounds better. I'd really love to have more music like this to play now.<br />
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9) <i>Doc Scott - Here Come The Drums - Reinforced.</i>
I love the original, the remix and the mix on Metalheadz 001. You don't often get remixes of the same track that are as good as each other. Big ups to Scotty!!<br />
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10) <i>Q Project - Champion Sound (original mix).</i> When I listened to this back in the day on my Walkman I walked with a bad bwoy limp. I thought, "This riddim is filthy, I wonder what RAGGA RUDE BWOY made this." Then I met Quiff LOL love ya mate!!<br />
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<b>I think out of all the Jungle/DnB artists, you are one of the few that is still smashing up dancefloors in your own unique style - what's the secret?</b><br />
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I) I simply love what I do.<br />
2) I don't know any other way to make music LOL.<br />
3) I'll be DJ'ing with a zimmer frame at some point because I'm going nowhere!!<br />
4) Dedication and will to do well.
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<b>What side projects have you got going on? I know that you've made and released other types of music?
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I don't really have side projects but I do like touching on different genres now and then although, it's nothing too far away from what I'm doing already.
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<b>What artists do you recommend Futurepast Zine readers to look out for?
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<i>Spirit.</i><br />
I'm not being biased here, I'm saying it from a vibes perspective because his tracks are dubby, techy strong, heavy and rolling - and his DJ sets are the same. I like the fact that he makes the kind of music he actually wants to play. I don't understand artists who produce music they don't want to play in a club.<br />
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<i>Response</i><br />
Naturally talented with an eclectic taste in music means Response, will be an interesting artist year after year.<br />
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<b>What plans have you got for 2016?
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Apart from taking over the world with my boyish looks I plan to release some music:<br />
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<i>January:</i> 31 Records 3 track EP<br />
<i>February:</i> Function Dubz
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<i>April:</i> I have a collab LP called SYNTHESIS featuring a few artists from the label and a few new ones. Vinyl will consist of 16 tracks released in 4 parts, 4x12" with 4 tracks on each record and 18 for digital download.<br />
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<i>Out Now:</i><br />
Trident Code EP (aka Digital, Flava, Horrific James)
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First World Problems (Digital, Drumsound & Bassline Smith, Response)<br />
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Rejection EP (Digital, Response)<br />
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Respek Da Foundation EP (Digital, Response, Dub Phizix)<br />
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<b>Big up Digital, thanks for taking the time to do the interview and provide some interesting answers :)</b><br />
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<i><a href="https://www.facebook.com/joe.corfield1" target="_blank">Joe Corfield</a> is a local producer who I’ve had my eye on for a while, from him working with Beat Circle, Eatgood, and appearing wherever there was good hip-hop in the city. Before doing this interview I genuinely thought that he had been producing way longer, judging by the quality and consistency of his production.</i></div>
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<i>He’s been working hard recently, getting deeper into crate digging for obscure breaks, and is now working with <a href="http://www.high-focus.com/" target="_blank">High Focus</a>, one of the UK’s most respected hip-hop labels. </i></div>
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<i>I wanted to interview Joe to shed some light on what it takes in today’s massively flooded genre called ‘beats’ and get a snapshot of where he is now and where he’s going…</i><br />
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<b>Joe, how long have you been producing?</b></div>
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I've been producing for 3 years now, I started in college. Although before that I was always into making music of other forms.</div>
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<b>I understand you use a BOSS SP303, is that right?</b></div>
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I sample everything on the SP404sx; I make the majority of my beats on my computer but sometimes on the drum machine.</div>
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<b>From listening to your productions it's evident that you're a crate digger, but don’t go for obvious material. What older artists inspire you in that sense, either to listen to or sample?</b></div>
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69 – 82 is the period I’ve noticed everything I like seems to be from, I’ll pick up anything when I’m digging but the instruments used around this era I really love. Dudes like Lonnie Liston Smith, Chick Corea, Roy Ayers; Fender Rhodes stuff. Jazz fusion, bossa nova and Brazilian fusion bands like Azymuth.<br />
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<b>Now I can see why I think some of your production is very Madlib influenced - Madlib LOVES Azymuth! Have you heard his album Madlib interpreta Azymuth? (This album is VERY hard to find as it was a project just for himself! If you find a download link GET IT. It’s an amazing Wonky Jazzy trip to Brazil!)</b><br />
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Well the guy does so much! It’s hard not to be influenced by at least a couple things he puts out. His work rate alone is an inspiration.</div>
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<b>Listening to those unreleased gems you sent me, sometimes you go completely against the grain of Jazz and have a much harder sound. You have a very impressive diversity whilst retaining that classic hip-hop sound. Can you elaborate on maybe why that is?</b><br />
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Yeah I’ve always been into music, my dad was a big influence because he taught me guitar from a young age, and I learnt a lot from his record collection at first when I found out about sampling, that’s where I first looked. He has various soul, disco and rock records, and a few dope British ska things. </div>
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I guess from this I just learned that music shouldn’t be confined to genres; good music is good music. I had always bought records here and there growing up but as soon as I got into hip-hop this definitely became something I did A LOT. </div>
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And referring to me moving away from jazz sounds sometimes in music – yeah I would agree, but jazz itself was about pushing the boundaries; I always think about that when I’m digging or making tunes. When I’m buying records I can find music from any country or any era, and you have the technology on a computer nowadays to do anything you want, so why stick to one sound? </div>
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I enjoy experimenting, although sometimes you’ll spend a whole day and all your money digging and all you get is shit. But it’s all education.</div>
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<b>Okay so let’s bring it into a modern focus, what current producers influence you? Is there anyone within UK hip-hop that you rate?</b><br />
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Anyone that shows good diversity is what I like. A lot of my friends and people around me make music or are involved in some art, everyone in my group The Oddysee are a constant influence, we are constantly making stuff. Everyone involved in the Birmingham scene, just being around these dudes is an influence to put in work, so shouts to everyone at <a href="http://www.listeningsessions.co.uk/" target="_blank">Listening Sessions</a>. </div>
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Talking actual production techniques, I have to mention J Dilla, Havoc, and Madlib.</div>
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I don’t know if I like much US rap at the moment, nothing that directly affects the way I produce right now; which might be a surprise to hear.</div>
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I’m really into the Juke/Footwork scene though, DJ Spinn/Rashad (RIP) </div>
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But mostly I’m more influenced by the people around me and what they do, and day to day things like walking home from work or making an omelette. </div>
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Some of my favourite UK (hip-hop) producers right now are <a href="https://soundcloud.com/2latethedon" target="_blank">2late</a> and <a href="https://astralblack.bandcamp.com/" target="_blank">Drae</a>. Also, whoever produces all the mouse outfit stuff is dope. <a href="http://www.discogs.com/artist/3376248-The-Mouse-Outfit" target="_blank">The Mouse Outfit</a> are a Hip Hop production team and 9 piece live band based in Manchester. If I’m honest though, I find it hard to name many modern names that really influence how I make beats.</div>
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<b>What’s going on right now?</b><br />
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<a href="https://soundcloud.com/theoddysee" target="_blank">The Oddysee</a> project is happening. We have no dates set yet, but a lot of songs ready to take to the studio, so we are going to be releasing a Single or EP once we’ve all decided what we want to do with the tracks. This project has been my main focus for a couple years now so I’m looking forward to people hearing it. </div>
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Other things happening include work with various groups and MC’s. I will be producing a bit of <a href="https://conceptofthought.bandcamp.com/" target="_blank">Concept of Thoughts</a> new album, which is in the works. My dude Revilo (Coma Beat / Yalla / Mr Hungs) from Brum is working on an EP with a handful of my beats. </div>
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I’m also toying with ideas for a producer album where I produce a full length project featuring some of my favourite artists; I’ve spoke to a lot of people about this and people are down, but it’s not a main focus of mine at the moment. </div>
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An instrumental album is also something I’m working on, slowly.<br />
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I met Dirty Dike at Boombap 2013, I won the beat battle that year and met a lot of people thanks to that, shouts to Kosyne (head of <a href="http://www.eatgoodrecords.com/" target="_blank">Eat Good</a>) for telling me I should do it, I wouldn’t have otherwise. The first beat I played actually ended up being the first single on the Dike album. I also met <a href="http://leafdog.bandcamp.com/" target="_blank">Leaf Dog</a>. He was really into what I was making, we did a track together and spoke about working on an EP, this is yet to formulate but I still aim to make it happen.</div>
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<b>That little push can make all the difference! The amount of amazing producers I know, who just stay in, and keep themselves to themselves is crazy. You produce hip-hop, so need rappers to make more people aware of your skill. Now we’ve covered past influences and what you are doing now, can people catch you live anywhere? Also the collab with Revilo - will we are seeing any Juke or Footwork influence there?</b></div>
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I’ll be performing with the Oddysee later this year in and around Birmingham. Not sure how much I can give away but we’ll be at the next Yalla event which I’m really excited about.<br />
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We’ll also be performing at the Rainbow sometime supporting brum locals <a href="https://soundcloud.com/oghorse" target="_blank">OG Horse</a> – no date on this yet though.<br />
Next up and very soon is <a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/1497825943872935/" target="_blank">RUN PST part two</a> (<i>Joe will also be playing some exclusive Deviant beats here!</i>)</div>
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Not particularly with the Revilo stuff, it’s more wonky boombap / beats stuff. Although there is a definite more upbeat influence on the new Oddysee stuff, I know Frank (<a href="https://soundcloud.com/sigmundfrued" target="_blank">Sigmund Frued</a>) makes a lot of dope footwork.<br />
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All my drums are from vinyl or random files I have on my computer, not sure how a lot of them got there. I took a lot of drum files from college when I was there, so there is years’ worth of recordings knocking about in my computer! But apart from that I just use the standard Reason compression and EQ, some occasional reverb, nothing incredibly technical. I think that solid drums can make an average beat sound dope, so they are always a main focus of mine.</div>
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I have no reason to change my set up at the moment, I love the sampling side of what I do and I don’t believe I’ll ever remove that from my process of making music. I don’t have a great understanding of software at the moment either so I doubt I'll be going completely software based any time soon, if ever.</div>
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<b>I am not alone in loving that aspect of your sound, so that’s music to my ears! Would you ever consider adding any more hardware to your set up?</b></div>
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I’ve always wanted to buy a shit load of synths and just play with them 'til I understand how they work. I can programme synths on my computer but it’s just not the same. So whenever I have enough space for such things I'll definitely start looking into it. And I’m sure it would probably change the music I made, I’d also love to buy acoustic instruments like a Fender Rhodes. Basically start a one man fusion group … ha!<br />
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<b>That would be amazing. Well you’re very good at combining sounds and loops already, that’s half the battle with composition! In time though eh? Now as I’m writing this you are clocking up a fair amount of views with this Dirty Dyke video (around 55,000 views at the time of writing!) How does it make you feel, getting this level of recognition, fairly early on in your production career?</b></div>
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It’s good, I can’t complain about it at all. The amount of views is pretty nuts and all the people asking to collab is nice as well. Although I feel that the process of releasing music takes so long that the tunes that are out right now aren’t really a representation of what I’m making now. </div>
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I made the Dirty Dike tracks fairly early on when I started making beats, like mid 2013; but then again its cool knowing that people are feeling them even though they are old news to me.</div>
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A few things, like I had heard of Jehst a while ago and thought Return of the Drifter was a classic, and I’ve loved a lot of what Roots Manuva has been doing for ages now, used to bump Witness (1 hope) daily when I was skating. </div>
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But if I’m honest I never knew that much about ‘modern’ UKHH until some friends showed me Four Owls and that, I liked Leaf Dogs beats on their 1st album. From there, me and a couple mates went to the 1st <a href="http://boombapfestival.co.uk/" target="_blank">Boombap festival</a> and it was cool to see all the artists were just standard dudes making good music; and at this point I had just started making beats. </div>
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I had soon met the Oddysee guys soon after that, Suf (O’malley) has a deep knowledge of all things hip hop and he showed me a lot of old school UK shit I’ve never heard of. </div>
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So I guess the process of discovering a whole scene just as I was starting to make beats really got me inspired, especially as the scene was really starting to grow.</div>
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<b>Ok yeah my first real thing was the <a href="http://www.discogs.com/label/19003-Low-Life-Records" target="_blank">Low Life</a> releases back in the late 90’s and Blak Twangs ‘Rotton’ and obviously Roots Manuva’s ‘Witness’ too. It really helps having slightly older heads around, my one was Rich Crowson who now runs <a href="http://www.crateescaperecords.com/" target="_blank">Crate Escape</a> he tipped me onto A LOT of old school UK tracks and great 90s US stuff that went just under the radar. </b></div>
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I just feel Bristol as a place is a lot more open to creativity, places like London are mad competitive, I’d just like to be in a place where good music can be appreciated for what it is. Everyone I’ve met there already has been real into what I do and what the Oddysee do, and some of my favourite UK hip hop producers are living there.</div>
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I suppose I just want to expand, I know a lot of people that are making Brum/Bristol links and really reaping the benefits, it’s just about time I did the same. Plus a lot of record stores in Brum have closed down now so I need to be somewhere where there are more records!</div>
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Yeah it sucks there aren’t many digging spots in Brum anymore, but The Diskery has definitely supplied me with nearly all the best stuff I’ve made, Liam and Jim are real nice guys as well; I hope they continue with the shop for more years to come.<br />
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When it comes to sample sources, I’m not gonna lie! I learned by just going out and digging all day, spending all my money on a shit load of stuff then doing the exact same the next month. When it’s YOUR money going on it, you soon learn what’s good and what isn’t! You don’t want to be wasting your money on a record that has the same names on it, as a bag of shit record you bought a few weeks ago. You learn about labels, names and instruments. Occasionally you’ll find something that looks terrible but is actually fire, but this rarely happens by clicking around on a blog. </div>
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<b>That’s the thing though isn’t it, if someone has whacked it out there for everyone online it becomes 'everyone's' source material then! OK Joe this has been a great look at where you're at and where you're going. Thank you for taking the time to do this and before we finish are there any shouts you’d like to give?</b></div>
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<b>I know you make music as Infest, and you run Next Phase Records which is your record label. How long have you been producing music and running the label?</b></div>
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Next Phase Records was raised after a long period of organising party's with the Pitchcontrol crew (2005 - 2009) and putting in long hours in my home studio to work on my sound. I always had the idea to launch a label someday and in 2012 me and Leonux (who was also a member of the Pitchcontrol crew) shaped the idea for Next Phase Records. At first this was only as a DJ duo on our radio show at <a href="http://jungletrain.net/" target="_blank">jungletrain.net</a> and at live gigs. In December 2014 we released our first CD made out of a custom wooden case.</div>
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<b>The latest project you're about to release is 'Time Will Tell', what is the project about?</b></div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjq-LaW3E3a9Sc6mPg7AE5RsFxkNTOJtW81o5UcZPVmJykFkIW9BhO9s70w29amqhnEWuVgz1TlPSy1VU8fn-WE6BqJJ6eq0dPFbFRPqMm5te4C8Yb3CjQmtNyoP9Nvu8DaEsegWCIeOFY/s1600/NPRUSB001_A.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjq-LaW3E3a9Sc6mPg7AE5RsFxkNTOJtW81o5UcZPVmJykFkIW9BhO9s70w29amqhnEWuVgz1TlPSy1VU8fn-WE6BqJJ6eq0dPFbFRPqMm5te4C8Yb3CjQmtNyoP9Nvu8DaEsegWCIeOFY/s320/NPRUSB001_A.png" width="320" /></a><span style="background-color: white;">Yeah this album is finally landing on Next Phase Records. Half of the tunes were created during the process of my debut album 'Darkofi' which was released on <a href="http://omnimusic.bandcamp.com/album/infest-darkofi-lp" target="_blank">Omni Music</a> in 2013. I started with designing my own CD sleeves from old records which I think was the start of the concept how Next Phase Records can grow. I had no money back then and needed to come up with something to realise the release. So when I was brainstorming one night, I was looking at all of my records which consisted of good records but a lot of crap too that I used to sample from and wouldn't ever play again. I came up with the idea to make my own sleeves of those records. Time Will Tell is the second chapter of that ethos. Working with a DIY attitude I always had since my punk-rock days as a teenager. Both the format and music are based on the idea of analog vs digital. Music wise I played a lot of live instruments like guitar, bass, keys and field recordings which were recorded and processed through tape decks, samplers and a noisy Soundcraft desk. The arrangements and mixing were done digitally inside Ableton. Design and format wise you can also see that analog vs digital balance. The analog side is the packaging that was all made by hand from old matchboxes where I did ink transfers on with a photo and typo I made in the North of Ireland during a trip with my dad in 2014. The USB format reflects the music in a digital world but with the thought you can touch and feel it. </span><br />
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Yeah that's right! I'm a big fan of David Lynch and the soundtracks he uses in his movies and of course one of the biggest inspirations is 'Twin Peaks'. It has that dark and eerie vibe which I love the most in balance with the more atmospheric light side of sound. I think Lynch uses the right balance in his work both visually and for the ear. It grabs you and takes you to that place which you can lose yourself in. I guess my influence of a movie soundtrack is not based on specific movies but more the journey and creating soundscapes which the listener can float on to create their own little movie for a little while. At least that's what I do while making it hehe.</div>
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<span style="background-color: white;">A couple of more movies with great soundtracks: The Fountain, Dune, Bladerunner (of course), PI.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;">Me and Dave Sector had a lot of chats about life, art, music, jungle, techno, breaks, soundtracks, rock, funk, etc just about all the stuff we are into really and what kept us going. He had his idea with Sector 12/12 and I wanted to do something outside my comfort zone. So we compiled a huge list of my tunes that had never seen the light of day and made a new EP based on this idea which ended also as an artistic outlet. The music was released on a tape with handmade artwork for the sleeves. And yes old record sleeves again, love the stuff hehe</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;">Yes of course! I mean I don't listen to only electronic music, I do a lot but always like to swing moods with music. So it can be very obscure ambient to some nice jazzy vibes and build it up to some punk rock and go jungle or back haha. I like a lot of music so and always hunting for new/old stuff.</span><br />
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On subtle audio, a drumfunk/jungle tune I was waiting for, for some time. I only heard a preview Code had sent me some years back, and back then I already was like man I need this tune! Proper original Sci Fi Bladerunner vibes.</div>
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<span style="background-color: white;">Yeah there are a lot of labels out there and we felt that there isn't something we fit in here in the Netherlands with the stuff we do on the breakbeat side of music so that was an important motivation to launch the label besides that we want to bring out the music we love so we are not focussing on one specific genre. We always looked up to labels like Ninja Tune and Mo'Wax for example because they released what they feel like was needed to be heard.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;">Yeah we have some projects lined up for the rest of the year. Next one up is gonna be a beat tape which will be released on cassette and digital. And hopefully were gonna release our first vinyl EP at the end of this year.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;">Thank you for letting me tell my little story and to all the supporters of Next Phase Records and my previous release so far.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #141823; line-height: 18px;">A few months back, Rob Ashby hit me up to let me know about something that he and a friend were starting. This something is '</span><a data-hovercard="/ajax/hovercard/page.php?id=1486215414962356&extragetparams=%7B%22directed_target_id%22%3A0%7D" href="https://www.facebook.com/projectbirmingham" style="color: #3b5998; cursor: pointer; line-height: 18px; text-decoration: none;">Project Birmingham</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #141823; line-height: 18px;">'. They are running a series of events showcasing Birmingham's creative talent and their second event 'Limelight' is taking place at </span><a data-hovercard="/ajax/hovercard/page.php?id=1505248193088999&extragetparams=%7B%22directed_target_id%22%3A0%7D" href="https://www.facebook.com/thespacebirmingham" style="color: #3b5998; cursor: pointer; line-height: 18px; text-decoration: none;">112 Space</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #141823; line-height: 18px;"> on the 18th July. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #141823; line-height: 18px;">Their first event showcased a mixture of art, live bands, DJs and food. I was interested to find out a bit more as some Futurepast Zine family (Anjin and Hollow) played a few records at the first event and they reported back good things :)</span></div>
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<b>Tell me about yourselves?</b></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;">I met Matt who helps run 112 a while ago as I'm a massive fan of the Provide shop. It took us ages to find the right venue and when we heard Matt had started 112 space we leapt at the idea. The space is informal and tucked away which is just what we want. We also fell in love with the architecture of the building, especially the windows. The space feels like your living room which therefore makes you feel at home which is the feel we were trying to go for.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;">For the next Limelight expect a relaxed, pretentious free atmosphere with great music, art and food with a Birmingham themed twist.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;">In terms of future projects we are hoping to collaborate with a well known charity here in Birmingham. We try not to give to much away though...</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;">Again with the lineup we like to keep things exciting and introduce people a few days before the event to keep everyone on their toes!</span></div>
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futurepastzinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06160757088300406972noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6977341306147947052.post-62938295060558429542015-06-23T14:18:00.001-07:002018-04-01T08:38:55.284-07:00Trash Comics Workshop at Rope Press<div class="MsoNormal">
On Thursday last week I had the opportunity to attend a
workshop at <a href="https://www.facebook.com/ropepress">Rope Press</a>. Rope Press is a book shop located in the Jubilee Centre
in Birmingham. On my first visit I was blown away by what they had there. And
they also specialise in risograph printing which is something I’m interested
in. Sometime last year I purchased a comic from there entitled ‘Neon Noir’
which also contained a comic called ‘Dirt – The Debate’ which was written by
Michael Kennedy. I thought that Dirt was unreal for a lot of different reasons,
it felt fresh. It was Michael that was running this workshop on Thursday so I
was pretty excited, but I can’t draw to save my life and I’ve never written a
story since I was at school! Reece, that runs Rope Press with his partner Elyse,
assured me that I didn’t need to have either of these skills.<br />
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2nd trash comics workshop went amazingly! Cider, hobnobs and crazy stories <a href="https://twitter.com/trashcomics">@trashcomics</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/memoryboy14">@memoryboy14</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/futurepastzine">@futurepastzine</a> <a href="http://t.co/QBdMXyf3aQ">pic.twitter.com/QBdMXyf3aQ</a></div>
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have a clue what to expect. I found out that we were going to be making ‘trash
comics’. I’m not sure what the correct definition is of trash comics, but we
were given books and magazines and told to cut out pictures and create 6 panels/frames
for an A3 page. Then while we were half-way doing that, Michael took another
book and ripped out a few pages and handed them out. Our instruction was to use
words and sentences from the material he’d just provided. While participating
in this, it felt very similar to making music (for me anyway). There were a lot
of parallels, such as cutting pictures and sentences from a book or magazine is
like sampling a piece of music to make something new. And even though the
images when stuck together might look like they don’t work together, when it
goes through a printing process it all seems to feel cohesive – and this is
almost like the ‘mastering’ process for when you have finished making a piece
of music. The workshop was a lot of fun and I would really encourage anyone
interested to check it out. I wouldn’t say I was a creative person because I
haven’t got those skills, but making the trash comic made me feel like it didn’t
matter whether I was creative or not, because it’s all about experimenting and
trying things out – the results of it almost feel unimportant because it’s the
process of cutting and pasting which is the fun bit (again another parallel to
making music). It was very inspiring and it is something I will definitely do
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Once we had arranged our panels onto the A3 paper, they got
printed on the risograph in any colour we wanted. The results that all of us developed
were pretty awesome, there was some really good stuff that came out of it all.
When I got back home I was eager to put something together sonically to go with
the trash comic I had created. I tried to stick to the same concepts in the
workshop. I dusted off my trusty SP505 to chop up a few samples, recorded them
onto my computer and then I added a few more sounds. Within a few hours I had
put together 6 very short tracks (less than a minute) to go with the
panels. So I decided to make a little video of it all, here it is:<o:p></o:p><br />
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Rope Press: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/ropepress">https://www.facebook.com/ropepress</a><br />
Michael Kennedy: <a href="http://memory-boi.tumblr.com/">http://memory-boi.tumblr.com</a> <a href="http://memory-boy.com/">http://memory-boy.com</a><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">An event took place on Friday night last week (June 5<sup>th</sup> 2015), ‘Listening Sessions presents Rupture Vs Skutta’. For the uninitiated out there: Listening Sessions is a night that started over a year ago – the focus of the night is on local (Birmingham and surrounding areas) producers playing their music to an audience that’s keen on keeping their ears to the ground when it comes to underground music; Rupture is a club night (based in London) that’s been going strong for nearly 10 years, something to be respected because it’s no easy feat. They are an outfit trusted for representing the forefront of Jungle/DnB and they have a loyal fan-base that will soldier to wherever the Rupture crew are doing their thing; last but not least is Skutta – a record label that has been releasing some excellent music, they have a regular show on Jungletrain where they play their perspective of cutting edge Jungle/DnB.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">DAAT kicked things off by breaking it right down. No beats, no basslines, just some kind of sound. Then something which loosely resembled a beat faded in – Jason (one half of DAAT) really took his time, it was mesmerising and I was really into it, then before I knew it he played ‘Twitchy Droid Leg’ by Sileni – a personal favourite of mine. I remember looking at my cuz when it came it on, that typical look when you hear a wicked tune and look to a friend in appreciation of it haha. I remember he also played ‘Phytochrome’ which was released on Subtle Audio, it’s a really soothing track. Soon it was time for me to go upstairs to check Elkie who is one of the guys behind Listening Sessions. People were already moving to the music he played, it was an awesome selection and the crowd that was there was really feeling it – I know he played a few M:Pathy tracks which hit the spot. After him, Krytikal came on to the stage, he is a brilliant producer and has released music on a variety of labels including Area Recordings and Dubsalive. His set consisted of tracks that he made or collaborated on, they are very much on a dubstep tip – the basslines were heavy all the way, and to be honest I wouldn’t expect anything less from this guy. Next up was Goosensei who, alongside Elkie, run Listening Sessions. Goosensei played a top notch set full of lots of different grooves, he had Nature Ambassador on the mic.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">I nipped down for a bit to check out LA Johnson & Baddesley, they played some good variety – the Footwork/Juke style tracks worked a treat, it’s something I’d like to hear more of. I ventured back up to catch the rest of Goosensei’s set and discovered that another MC had taken control of the mic, she goes by the name of Fedzilla – she worked the mic like a champion and people were lapping it all up.</span></div>
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futurepastzinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06160757088300406972noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6977341306147947052.post-33007183128951301762015-06-09T04:26:00.001-07:002018-04-01T08:37:39.236-07:00Falty DL interview from Futurepast Zine #7Falty DL is going to be in Birmingham this Saturday 13th June. And so I thought it would be nice for people to read an interview I did with him back in 2014 for issue 7 of the zine. Be sure to get down there early as a few of us will be DJing on the night too :)<br />
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<br />futurepastzinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06160757088300406972noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6977341306147947052.post-83139111168689535672015-06-02T14:18:00.003-07:002018-04-01T08:37:12.265-07:00Interview with Yilan<b>I first heard Yilan's tracks at one of the <a href="http://www.listeningsessions.co.uk/" target="_blank">Listening Sessions</a> nights in Birmingham, and witnessed a memorable night where he tore the PST Rooftop (literally!) with a set that featured mostly his own music. At the time, I was putting together a project (Agents of Disruption) and I knew I needed a track off him. Also, he is playing a set this Friday (5th June 2015) at PST in Digbeth so come and shake a leg because that night is just gonna explode - seriously! Anyway, I think Yilan is one to watch, you may not know much about Yilan, so find out and check out his mix at the end of this interview…….</b><br />
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<b>FPZ:</b> How long have you been making music for and what got you into it in the first
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Yilan:</b> I started playing in a band when I was 13 (2005). Originally I was on vocals/guitar and we played Linkin Park and Blink 182 covers. I started getting into
electronic music in about 2007/8 through dubstep which completely blew my mind
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I decided to give producing a go when another band finished in my final
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rather than just guitar music. I started going to Listening Sessions about a
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<b>FPZ:</b> I’ve noticed a change in your music that I’ve heard you play at Listening
Sessions. Initially, your tracks covered a few genres (like footwork and
breakbeat styles) whereas the recent tracks I’ve heard of yours are more
‘techno’ sounding. Especially when you played your first set at ‘Listening
Sessions LIVE’, there were so many people vibing and I remember Hollow and me
just kept saying that the tunes were on fire. I still remember the set now lol.
Was it a conscious thing to change your music? If so, was there a reason behind
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Yilan:</b> Glad you enjoyed the set man! That was actually my first DJ set ever, so that
sort of explains it really - I just wanted to make stuff that would fit into
the kind of DJ set I wanted to play. Before that I'd been getting more into
dance floor based music through nights out but I was still mostly making
whatever I wanted at home, a lot of chilled instrumental hip hop and ambient
stuff. Then I went to Listening Sessions and heard my own tunes on a club sound
system, which made me want to try more dance based stuff. I still make a variety
of sounds depending on how I'm feeling, but I'll save some of it for some other
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Techno has definitely been an influence lately but I'll play anything that
I really like and fits a set. Most of my own of tunes aren't four to floor
anyway. Theres just a ton of quality stuff around that techno/house bpm thats
coming out at the moment that doesn't quite fit those tags and I'm really keen
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<b>FPZ:</b> You contributed a track, ‘Visibility’, for the ‘Agents of Disruption’ project
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<b>Yilan:</b> Thanks, the main lead sound came from messing around with a filter and
distortion plugin over a tom tom. I added that distorted kick and built it
around those 2 elements. It's definitely one of my noisier/harsher tunes.</div>
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finished a remix of Krytikal's track 'Illusions' (the original was released on
the Futurepast 'Light of Day' compilation!). Apart from that I've got a few
unfinished bits here and there, hoping to collaborate a lot more in the
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<b>Yilan:</b> I was searching for some music production tips and tutorials online and found
the 'Birmingham Producers Community' group. Someone posted the second Listening
Sessions event in there and I thought I'd head down and check it out even though
I knew literally no one there and I was by myself. Everyone was really friendly
and it was great to talk to other people who were deep into their music too. The
tunes that get played there are such a high standard and the vibe was great. I
went a few times before I felt ready to bring some tunes down but 'Hoods Up' got
a really good reaction and I was so surprised. Every time since then I've met
more people making some really sick music. I cannot big up Listening Sessions
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<b>Yilan:</b> Anyone in any field who just does something a bit different. I like music with a
focus on bass and a sense of space especially. Hodge is absolutely killing it at
the moment. I love how Four Tet just plays whatever the hell he wants in a set.
Mumdance, Objekt, Blawan, Gantz, Dyl all make crazy stuff. Away from the dance
floor I'm really loving Fis recently and TCF. I also love post-rock bands like
Explosions in the Sky and This Will Destroy You, that music is so
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<b>Yilan:</b> I just usually mess around with samples or maybe put some drums together,
mashing different ideas, resampling. I want to get more into synthesis so I can
create the sounds I want to hear more quickly. I try out whatever ideas I think
of, but I've learnt to just let go of any ideas that don't work to just try and
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<b>Yilan:</b> This mix has got some tribal sounds and a few of my own recent tunes too amongst ones from Troy Gunner, Hodge, Pearson Sound and Lurka. Things get a bit more spacey and weird at the end.</div>
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Finally, I just want to thank Rawtrachs from Futurepast Zine for doing this interview and hosting my mix, hope you enjoy it. A massive thanks to all the Listening Sessions family too!<br />
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<b>FPZ:</b> Check Yilan out! <b><a href="https://soundcloud.com/yilanmusic">https://soundcloud.com/yilanmusic</a></b><br />
Photographs of Yilan courtesy of <b><a href="http://www.facebook.com/BHarveyPhotography" target="_blank">B Harvey Photography</a></b><br />
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<b>FPZ:</b> Who are you and how did your interest in music begin?<br />
<b>Headgear:</b> My name is Alister Head I'm 37 and I'm from Birmingham. I'm a Drum and Bass /
Jungle producer / DJ and go under the artist name HEADGEAR. In the 90's I went
under the names Soundcraft (Tech Itch Recordings), T.I.C (Back 2 Basics),
Threshold (Second Movement Recordings) and Logistics (Dubz).<br />
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My interest for music goes as far back as I can remember, I started
learning the saxophone when I was 8 and picked it up pretty quickly. I knew then
that music was something that I wanted in my life. Jazz was one of my early
influences, Hip Hop was something I also loved as a kid and during the late 80s
and into the early 90s dance music started becoming more accessible to me
through pirate radio. Hearing stuff by Frankie Bones, Silver Bullet and Rebel MC
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I was heavily into my gaming back then, I owned a Commodore Amiga and would
get magazines with demo disks taped to the front. One of the disks had a demo of
OctaMED, a clever piece of software that allowed me to sequence samples together
using four channels of audio. Thankfully I gave it try and from that point on, I
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<b>FPZ: </b>You mentioned Back2Basics which gets me excited because I used to go record
shopping there, but before we get to that, can you give me the names of some
tracks by the artists you mentioned like Rebel MC etc... that caught your ear at
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gotta love the internet haha. I was 10-13 years old when I heard these tracks.</div>
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The 'Rebel MC' album 'Black Meaning Good' had 'Tribal Base','Wickedest
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Looney Tunes EP Vol 1 (Frankie Bones & Lenny Dee) - Another Place
Another Time<br />
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The Ragga Twins had some wicked tracks like 'Spliffhead', 'Hooligan 69'
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The 'Silver Bullet' album 'Bring Down the Walls No Limit Squad Returns' was
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Then you've got the first 'Bomb the Bass' album 'Into the Dragon' which
I've not heard in years so not sure how it holds up now but as a kid I loved
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<b>Headgear:</b> Starlight FM was the one station that stuck in my mind from that period,
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sometimes people start with Hip Hop, House, Jungle etc.... and then get into
Jazz via samples and crate digging. Is Jazz something that you still listen to
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<b>Headgear:</b> My dad was into his Jazz when I was young so I got to hear a fair amount of stuff
back then. I don't listen to Jazz now to be honest as I have limited time as it
is to listen to the stuff I really want to hear. Some of the artists that stood
out to me were Courtney Pine and Steve Williamson they were also part of the
group Jazz Warriors which was co-founded by the vocalist Cleveland Watkiss.
Years later Steve Williamson and Cleveland Watkiss featured on Goldie's album
Timeless then Cleveland Watkiss went on to MC at the legendary Metalheadz Sunday
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<b>Headgear:</b> Well, being a kid I didn't have an income except for a bit of pocket money I was
lucky enough to receive every other week. With this I'd make the journey into
Birmingham town centre to Pure Records which was run by Lee Fisher and MC Lenni
(think he just hung out there to be honest) who was one of the better known MC's
on the rave circuit at the time. I'd heard of MC Lenni through a DJ SS mix tape
that someone gave me in '92. You can find the mix on Youtube under the name 'Dj
SS Mc's Lenni & Bassman - Dance Planet 1992'. The set was jokes due to the
amount of technical issues and Lenni screwing at people on the stage. It's maybe
difficult to listen to now, but I'll always remember the effect it had on my
little impressionable mind at the time.<br />
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Anyway, back to the answer. As my craving for music grew I wanted to check
out other places that I'd heard of and one of them was Bang-in Tunes in
Coventry. Now this place had some serious history connected to it as well as
being not far from the The Eclipse which held some of the best raves in the
Midlands at the time. DJ Luke & Neil Trix (FBD Project) worked there so you'd
know that what they stocked was always worth checking out. I pretty much tried
to make that long ass bus journey to Coventry every weekend and I rarely came
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<b>FPZ:</b> When I saw you last we chatted about record shopping at Don Christies in B'ham.
And you said that you worked there, what period was that? And what was it like?
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<b>Headgear:</b> I was never a paid employee at Don Christies but I helped out occasionally
around '95 when Shock C worked there. Ian (Shock C) was a mate of mine back then
and he used to have a regular slot playing Jungle on Choice 102.2FM. He also put
on a regular Wednesday night do at Marco Polo which I played some of my first DJ
gigs at. Don Christies was one of the best reggae outlets in Birmingham and in
the basement they sold Jungle, this is where I spent most of my time. Unfortunately
the building no longer exists as it needed to make way for the new Bullring
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the interview! There's a Rupture X Skutta Recs X Listening Sessions night
happening on the 5th June, how did that come about?</div>
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<b>Headgear:</b> Well, back in 2011 I went to Rupture at Corsica Studios (London, UK) with my long time friend
Ben (Rondema). He'd been on about this night for ages and said I needed to witness
it first hand. Now for me, I'd not been doing any kind of production and had
little interest in Drum & Bass for over ten years. Ben kept passing me CDs
that he'd burnt from either Equinox's 'Scientific Wax' or Double 0 & Mantra's 'Rupture Sessions' show that are on Jungletrain.net. The sounds they were playing
reminded me of what was missing from the music I used to love. The Amen break
was being smashed all over the place and the basslines had weight that you could
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For me, going to Rupture was a life changer - I'd not witness such vibes
and great music since the 90's. Everyone down there was so into the sounds being
played, you had DJ's, producers, music lovers all going there to witness
something special. No egos just love for the music. At that point I knew I
wanted to get back on the beats and start contributing again to a sound that I
once loved.</div>
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Being a Rupture regular and chatting with people online I started to
develop friendships with many of the people involved with the night. Obviously
Double 0 & Mantra are the heads that have been putting on these nights for
nearly 9 years so getting to know them has been one of the factors in getting
them to bring Rupture to Birmingham for the very first time.</div>
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always wanted to put on a night here in Birmingham. I took him to Rupture a
while back, I think he was a bit sceptical at first but that changed quickly.
Like everyone that has been down there, he loved it. </div>
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The final piece to the puzzle came about by going to the Listening Sessions
nights held at PST (Birmingham, UK). Tom and Mat have been providing a platform for up and coming
Birmingham producers to listen to their work on a real sound system. It's an
opportunity to get their music heard by other producers and like-minded people.
Listening Sessions, PST and all involved just seemed to create a unique vibe that
you don't get anywhere else and for the first time in a long time Birmingham had
something I could get excited about. So it didn't take long before we all
started talking about bringing something special to Birmingham and that's how
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All these factors seemed to have converged at the right time along with the
recently built sound-system that has had a number of showings at PST. Those
Creative Hertz guys have built one serious sound system so it made sense to get
them on-board. We want this night to be memorable for a lot of reasons and
having a thunderous sound system always leaves a good impression.</div>
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<b>FPZ:</b> You're playing b2b with Threshold on that night. Will you be trying to 'out do'
each other (in a friendly way of course)? What can the crowd expect from
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<b>Headgear:</b> Threshold likes a good old fashioned sound clash and I know he'll be bringing
some unreleased dubs for the night. This man has too many gems at his disposal
so I'm just looking forward to hear what he brings. I've got a few bits he's yet
to hear so I'm hoping to get a couple of 'what's this tune?' reactions from him.
Let the battle commence.</div>
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Listening Sessions presents Rupture vs Skutta is going to be something unlike
anything brought to Birmingham before. The wealth of talent across both rooms,
the venue, the Creative Hertz sound system all need to be witnessed by as many
people as possible. So, run go tell your friends, family and neighbours this
night is not to be missed.<br />
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Look out for Part 2 of this interview as there is still a lot more history to dig into. Big up Alister Headgear! Check his music out here: <a href="https://soundcloud.com/h3adg3ar/tracks">https://soundcloud.com/h3adg3ar/tracks</a><br />
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PS: Another interview soon to come from another artist that will also be featuring on the night on 5th June :)futurepastzinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06160757088300406972noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6977341306147947052.post-31234135131373848502015-05-21T13:54:00.007-07:002018-04-01T08:35:26.086-07:00Listening sessions: Congo Beat The Drum<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">This is something new for the regular Listening Sessions crowd who are normally used to hearing Birmingham's finest underground music. The guys behind Listening Sessions (Goosensei & Elkie) are doing something different and interesting and so I asked a couple of questions to find out how it all came about.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; line-height: 17px; white-space: pre-wrap;">G-Sensei: </span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; line-height: 17px; white-space: pre-wrap;">I have been a fan of Kalbata's music since I first heard 'Ninja We Ninja' in 2009. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; line-height: 17px; white-space: pre-wrap;">This was pretty soon after I started to develop an interest in producing electronic music and wanting to DJ. Then one of the 1st records I bought after I became hooked on vinyl was 'Play Music Selecta', out on Soul Jazz, and this was a collaboration between Kalbata & Mixmonster and featured Jah Thomas on vocals.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; line-height: 17px; white-space: pre-wrap;">A record that was played in every one of my sets for about a year after it arrived into my bag. Then after stumbling on the 'Congo Beat The Drum' trailer when it was first uploaded onto vimeo a couple of years back, I was seriously fixed on seeing the full length documentary, so to cut a long story short, I've been looking forward to this one for a while :) </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; line-height: 17px; white-space: pre-wrap;">This is a more in depth description by Freestyle Records who released the album: </span><i style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; line-height: 17px; white-space: pre-wrap;">“Two years ago, Ariel (Kalbata) and Uri (Mixmonster) went into their Tel Aviv studio with the purpose of recording a 100% analogue reggae/dub album, combining the spirit of the late King Tubby and the early dancehall era of the late 70's and early 80's. They insisted on not using any computers in the process, whilst blending in elements of techno, psychedelic funk, African tribal music. They then travelled to Kingston, Jamaica and began tracking down their favourite singers and deejays, such legends as Jah Thomas, Little John, Trinity, Echo Minott, Mutabaruka, Major Mackerel, Puddy Roots and the sadly, recently departed Prince Jazzbo.”</i><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; line-height: 17px; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; line-height: 17px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Elkie:</span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; line-height: 17px; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; line-height: 17px; white-space: pre-wrap;">The story of a couple of </span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; line-height: 17px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Tel Aviv based producers travelling to Jamaica to learn the origins of the </span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; line-height: 17px; white-space: pre-wrap;">traditional art of reggae/dub production is really something special, and to </span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; line-height: 17px; white-space: pre-wrap;">observe them tracking down some of the true living legends of the genre whilst they </span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; line-height: 17px; white-space: pre-wrap;">were over there adds another amazing aspect to the whole thing. I've been </span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; line-height: 17px; white-space: pre-wrap;">listening to the 'Congo Beat the Drum' album religiously in the run up to this </span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; line-height: 17px; white-space: pre-wrap;">event - to see how this was all put together, followed up by Kalbata himself </span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; line-height: 17px; white-space: pre-wrap;">playing these tracks is going to make for a really special night. There's some </span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; line-height: 17px; white-space: pre-wrap;">really prolific vocalists on the album - artists like Echo Minott, Mutabaruka </span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; line-height: 17px; white-space: pre-wrap;">and Little John are personal favourites of mine and to hear them lend their </span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; line-height: 17px; white-space: pre-wrap;">unmistakable voices to this project is something really wicked. 'Prisoner In </span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; line-height: 17px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Love' with Little John is a really special track - his vocals paired with </span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; line-height: 17px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Kalbata's excellent production is just a sublime, silky smooth combination!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">G-Sensei: </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">The night starts at 21:00 and begins with an hour of 'open decks' for anyone that wants to be get involved and spin some Roots music! Then Bongo Damo from Birmingham's Jam Jah Sound, an amazing percussionist, drummer in the Friendly Fire Band and wicked DJ will be warming things up (</span><a class="_553k" href="https://soundcloud.com/jam-jah-sound" rel="nofollow" style="cursor: pointer; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">https://soundcloud.com/jam-jah-sound</a><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">)</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">, then Sticky Joe (</span><a class="_553k" href="https://soundcloud.com/stickyjoe" rel="nofollow" style="cursor: pointer; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">https://soundcloud.com/stickyjoe</a><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">)</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">, a local up and coming Reggae / Dub artist will be joined by Birmingham veteran Chesire Cat (who has been vibeing up dances since way back when with groups like Leftfield) which will lead onto the documentary screening which starts at 23.45 running for an hour. Then the main man Kalbata (</span><a class="_553k" href="https://soundcloud.com/kalbata" rel="nofollow" style="cursor: pointer; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">https://soundcloud.com/kalbata</a><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">)</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> will be playing a 90 minute set made up of vintage roots and might even find its way into some more dancefloor orientated riddims also! To finish things off myself Goosensei (</span><a class="_553k" href="https://soundcloud.com/goosensei" rel="nofollow" style="cursor: pointer; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">https://soundcloud.com/goosensei</a><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">)</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> and fellow Dub enthusiast and producer, Jeph1 (</span><a class="_553k" href="https://soundcloud.com/jeph1" rel="nofollow" style="cursor: pointer; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">https://soundcloud.com/jeph1</a><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">)</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> will play back to back for a finish. Also on the night Screams Africa will have a stall setup in the venue where you can buy art and fashion made by African artists so check that out </span><a class="_553k" href="http://www.screamsafrica.com/" rel="nofollow" style="cursor: pointer; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">http://www.screamsafrica.com</a><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Elkie: </span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">The format of the event is something pretty new to us, whilst in the past we have done our signature "showcase" events alongside a few more standard club events, to throw a documentary screening into the mix is something really new and exciting. I felt like it was another great branch of what we do, and in some ways a logical evolution - to take a step back from the usual dancefloor oriented format and to do something that has a strong appeal to music producers but is still interesting for those who just want to observe and soak up some unique culture. To be able to wrap that up with a DJ set from the man Kalbata is just the perfect finish to what should be a really different vibe!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">FPZ: </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">How did you guys make the collaboration happen for Listening Sessions?</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">G-Sensei: </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">After seeing there was a screening taking place of the "Congo Beat The Drum" documentary in Israel a couple of months back I sent Kalbata a message asking when the documentary would be released looking to buy the dvd. He said officially it wouldn't be out for a while but there was a screening planned in Brixton in early May (just gone) and I could go see it in London. So I enquired about a showing in Birmingham as I knew the perfect venue for it (PST) and it went from there :)</span></div>
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understanding of what we are trying to do with Listening Sessions - without PST
we wouldn't be able to put on things like this, so I just want to give them a
little shout out for all the amazing support. I really feel there is nowhere
else in Birmingham this event would work - the intimate vibe of the rooftop
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Here is a selection of music I have come across that I am really feeling. I keep telling myself I'm not into Drum and Bass and I don't really play much of it, but funnily enough a few of the tracks below are of that style! </span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Please take the time to read and check them out…..</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">A few weeks ago I interviewed, Justice, for the blog and he mentioned a new MJAZZ release from Metro, Momentum and himself. It's a 2 tracker and both tracks are around 10 minutes long! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I listened to them in my car on the way to work in the morning when the sun was shining down - it was the perfect sound track for my ride. Both tracks have only a handful of elements (breakbeat, bass, melody, sound fx), it's the arrangement of them which makes the tracks really standout. Anyone can make a 10 minute track and call it 'epic', but there is a skill in being able to do this well - these tracks definitely display that. They were easy to listen to in their entirety. This E.P. has been released at the perfect time for me as the days are getting longer, warmer and brighter.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The track I listened to was 'Third Ground' it's my favourite track off the E.P. It reminded me of the feel of Photek and Hidden Agenda tracks from around 1996/97 (I mean this in a positive way). This track is full of texture and suspense. It feels like there's lots of snippets from different records - they all work together really well. Sometimes when you hear music, the different elements of a track really stand out such as sparkly hi hats, or the bass is really strong and boomy. In this track it felt like everything just worked together in a way where there's some kind of 'chemistry' going on between the different elements. I'm not sure if that makes sense... what I'm trying to say is that because all the sounds gel together so well, there wasn't a particular element that stood out. But yeah, a really beautiful track to vibe to.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">A few months back I was introduced to 'Phuture Shock Musik', a record label based in Bristol (UK). I picked up a couple of 12"s, one of which was this one.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">This release by Simon/off is very rhythmic and it's around the 120-130 bpm mark (I think!). The first track uses a combination of beats, of particular interest is the way the Funky Drummer break is used in the track, it's clever and I think it will appeal to quite a few of the headz that are into their beats. The tracks on this E.P. are somewhere between that broken beat and percussive uk funky sound. Really cool tracks. They'd fit neatly with something like an old Crazy Cousins tune. I'd say these tracks by Simon/off (and Psyah who I will mention in a moment) would work well for the dancers and skankers out there.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Once again, these tracks are in the vein of UK funky and broken beat. Definitely for people that like to flex and skankout. Tough beats with sweet melodies. These tracks are from 2010 but they still sound pretty fresh to me. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">'Shrunken Head' is slightly different, it's more on a house tip, 4/4 kicks. The bass reminds me of LFO's 'LFO', and it's filled with bleepy melodies. The drums are classic Roland. I'm really looking forward to hearing more from Phuture Shock Musik and the artists that have featured on their releases.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Most of the time I listen to music in my car, and when I listened to this album it was like I was on a predator style spaceship, filled with dread type aliens in a deep sleep and somehow I'm able to tap into their minds and they're sending me these sonic images….. anyway before I get carried away…. this album is wicked, I haven't heard anything like it before. It's not too f-ed up and far out, and it's not too typical and straight either. There's a good mixture of tracks that would work on a dance floor or away from it. I've been blasting this in my car waving my hands around like I'm operating a spaceship and other drivers have been giving me funny looks but f-em because if they were listening to this, they'd be doing the same.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">A lot of the tracks are on a 170 tip, and I was surprised that I was engaged by the all the tracks as usually I like a fair bit of variety on an album. There is one techno track on it, so it's not all 170 bpm. The album to me feels sci-fi, tribal, primal and heavy. Armageddon. But there is one favourite track I have. It's the 7th track, 'Element 7'. The track fills me with hope, it sheds light. The synth sound on it almost feels like it's singing and the bass lifts you up, it's really beautiful music and my hat goes off to Dyl for this.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The tracks here are a definite nod to Jungle and Juke, I have to say that a lot of stuff like this I've heard just sounds wack to me and it's so obvious - grab an old jungle record and stick loads of 808 kicks over it. The tunes here are different though, when I listen to them it makes me feel like I'm listening to a Jungle tape pack but it sounds new if you know what I mean.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">All tracks here have a dub wise feel to them. One track really does something for me - 'Nine Euro'. I haven't got a clue what that's in reference to. The track is seriously HEAVY HEAVY HEAVY! Put it this way, I had to keep playing this track from start to finish for about 40 minutes. Rinse and repeat!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Another deadly release from Skutta Records by Slaine. An artist that has been steadily getting his music released and is constantly testing his music out at the <a href="http://www.listeningsessions.co.uk/" target="_blank">Listening Sessions</a> nights in Birmingham.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I've got to mention 'Commix Sans'. It's a tribute track to Commix, and an excellent one at that. The bass is soothing and the snippets of melody make the track come alive. It's a hypnotising track, and now this one is my favourite! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">This track is part of an album released on Dubs Alive called 'Don't Tread on Dub'. The headline for me is 'Reach Out', created by the deadly duo otherwise known as Goosensei and Krytikal. I've heard it umpteen times before it was released :-)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">It's a dubstep tune that's got bass to make your rib cage rattle, and is immersed in dub fx. I love the percussion around the 2.45 mark. I've witnessed this tune tear out the place on a heavy soundsystem. I'm really looking forward to hearing more from these guys!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">There's a track by Dubsworth and Tapa, 'Clave Maria', which is pretty damn cool also! I love the bass on this tune, it's almost grungey but without the midrange, and the beats are a kinda 2 step flava.</span>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Niko '4AM' is killer material, pretty much every single track on this album is quality! I highly recommend checking this out. I was nicely surprised as I thought all the tracks would be 'typical' reggae/dub influenced, but it's not typical at all, it's more of an exploration with reggae/dub as a foundation.</span><br />
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futurepastzinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06160757088300406972noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6977341306147947052.post-28574233602592817692015-04-19T13:46:00.006-07:002018-04-01T08:34:29.924-07:00Interview with JusticeFor anyone who hasn't heard of Justice, he has been involved in music since the early nineties. His musical output covers a host of genres such as hardcore/rave, jungle/DnB, nu jazz/broken beat, house/techno and hip-hop/beats. Personally, what I find interesting about Justice is that although he has released some timeless classics, he doesn't rely on that success. Plus he's a really down to earth guy willing to give advise :)<br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">JUSTICE: </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Thanks, yeh we put out Late Night Beat Tape 2, which was Nappa and myself, Co-Op Beat Tape which was a bunch of us all putting beats in. We started this year with a 45's inspired tape by me and have just put out the HBSMA guys 'Shed Beats' tape based around their You Tube digging show from their shed. We have plenty more lined up and in development too. The vinyl releases came about because at the heart of what MUJ is, we are all diggers and record buyers. This coupled with finding a guy who hand cuts really small vinyl runs gave me the idea to translate the beat tapes as a few heads had asked about the possibility. It makes it nice and collectible, limited and touched by the human hand which is important to everything we do, it's all a labour of love.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Some classic Mantronik produced hip hop, contains an all time fave track of mine 'Cold gettin dumb'. This is the music I grew up, I had bits and pieces off this LP but never the album , so I scooped it up a week or so back. I mean just look at the sleeve alone.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">This is some Afro funk styles from the 70's. A proper collision of instrumentation, my man Chris from HBSMA hooked me up with this one.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">As a kid growing up I used to love Adam and his Ants. It was the first music to really capture my 7 year old self in 1980 when this came out. I got loads of their 45's and dare say I had this on tape back then, so when I saw it I grabbed. Brings back a lot of memories. I guess that's the thing with digging you never know what's going to turn up, you can go looking for beats and samples and nostalgia turns up along the way.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">I mean , again, look at the cover alone. More classic hip hop from 1987 on the infamous Luke Skywalker Records. The title track was a big tune and has a classic Earth, Wind and Fire sample teamed up with some 808 beats , scratching and Shy D Rhyming. I am trying to myself off buying 80's hip hop but it's difficult.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">JUSTICE: </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">On MJAZZ this year we will be doing a few different things. It was nice to put the Betamax Heard LP out as it's something totally different and that's the label ethos. In that frame of mind, we have a digital 12 inch out soon which is Metro, Momentum and myself doing some proper extended dance mix stuff. There were some tunes we had started doing and one of them Metro turned it into a 10 minute epic. So when we did the flip side we made that into an opus also. Both the cuts are different again and call on funk, electro, soul, house and wicked mid tempo beats. </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">It will be just a digital single for now. It was great to do, in the drum and bass heydays we used to do 7, 8 or 9 minute tunes so it kind of took me back to then.</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">It's drum and bass at a slower tempo. It the labels 20th year so we may do something around that also, but it could well happen on its 21st....!</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">FPZ: </span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">The last Modernists compilation you released (which featured a couple of Brummies) was the fourth in the series. Do you think there will be a 5th?</span><br />
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">JUSTICE: </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">There seemed to be a Brummie takeover on Mod 4, you're right! There may well be a fifth, I never rule anything out, but I just think we had done four solid editions, you know, hand done, tapes, all sorts of time consuming elements and that it was just time for a rest, plus we were putting together 'Works' which went back over the first 18 years of MJAZZ. Other things come up and start happening as well so the label, or myself as an artist also might go off on that tangent for a bit. So I never say never, if a bunch of tunes present themselves then Modernists 5 could well happen.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">JUSTICE: </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">I had just done a track with the artist Enjoy who has worked with Omni quite a bit in the past. We had just hooked up and did a track which came out on a vinyl EP they were putting together. I have always had chats with Chris the boss man from Omni over the years as well. So when Metro and myself started to record 'Dischord' we had the idea that we wanted someone else to put it out, we could of put it on MJazz, but we just wanted to do something as artists, record it and hand it over to a label to release it. So it all just fell into place, things often happen in this way and I like the whole organic way things can just happen.</span><br />
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5. Dreams of you (funky technicians remix)-Rising Sons</div>
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futurepastzinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06160757088300406972noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6977341306147947052.post-60835118034274975622015-03-31T13:42:00.002-07:002018-04-01T08:34:07.239-07:00Krytikal Interview & Mix<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">I first had the pleasure of meeting Krytikal at the 'Movement' night at Club PST (Digbeth), and then at various places including the Listening Sessions events. He's been a supporter of the zine and has contributed tracks for various Futurepast Zine projects. His productions are meticulous, I seriously mean that, he's got a high standard of production in the music that he makes. His initial releases were solo, but recently he has worked with 'Goosensei' and also 'Yilan'. His music has been released on labels such as Area Recordings, and his tracks have been aired on the notorious Rinse FM a few times too.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #141823; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17px; white-space: pre-wrap;">1. </span><b style="color: #141823; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Who are you? And, how did you get into making music, dj’ing, etc…</b><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">My name is Dane, and I make music and occasionally DJ under the monikor Krytikal. I purchaced my 1st set of turntables around 2004 along with Aphrodite and Mickey Finn's 'Bad ass!', Q Project's 'Champion Sound' and Potential Badboy's 'Your mine'. I then continued to collect Drum and Bass, Hip Hop and Garage records for the next few years. In about 2006 when hearing Youngsta's Dubstep Allstars Volume 2 and discovering this exciting minimal sound I decided I wanted to begin making my own tunes. I downloaded a cracked version of FL Studio 7 on my clapped out old PC and spent countless late nights reading tutorials, strolling through forums and watching videos with the sole intention of just being able to cut my own dubplate to throw in the mix. Countless crap tunes and late nights later I finally cut my first dub ('Close your eyes' and 'Dreadlock'), two tunes that I hold quite dearly). After I got my production to a standard that I felt another DJ would be willing to play out themselves, I sent some tunes out to a few DJ's via Myspace, one of the first DJ's I recall giving me some airtime was a local DJ and producer by the name of Wooda (out to Wooda each and every) who hosted a weekly online radio show on 'After Dark Radio' every Tuesday night around 2008/2009 (I wish I had recorded the mix). I think judging by the way the scene had progressed up and down the country it seemed only natural for me to be naturally gravitated towards the local guys, who I was always interested in seeing what they're up to, especially in a city with very little to no Dubstep scene at all. This led me to send a few tracks to Be-1ne around 2010, another local DJ, producer and owner of Area Recordings. I remember returning back from a holiday to an email from Be-1ne, the email read:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">"Easy. Thanks for letting me know about your music. Really dig these two tunes. Is there any chance of being able to grab wav's of your final mix downs? I ask for these as I usually get dub plates cut of material I would play out.
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Chuffed. Proper. Not only was somebody willing to support my music, but they were passionate about it enough to be willing to fork out their hard earned cash to cut it to a format that I was into, it felt right, it was the way it was meant to be. Ben continued to support my music and gave me the platform to introduce me to a wider audience and eventually released one of the tunes on the compilation Area Music Volume 1, a double 12" release alongside some very talented artists who are still holding their own today, a release I'm very proud of and a milestone to me as an artist (Respect! respect! respect!). Experiences like this made all the late nights worth while. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">I would not say I have a particular style, more recently, especially due to the support and feedback I have received, especially through events such as '<a href="http://www.listeningsessions.co.uk/" target="_blank">Listening Sessions</a>', I have become more confident when it comes to my production and I am much more into the idea of playing sets which are 100% my own tunes and tunes from other local producers, it's just something I never thought I'd be able to achieve and a great feeling to have a completely organic set of original local music.
When given a little more free will over what tunes are played, I just love digging in deep to my collection that I have accumilated over the years, I love hip hop, I love garage, anything jazzy, funky, dubby, anything that kicks, especially when playing with other music lovers with an equally eclectic taste, shit goes off, take the Futurepast podcasts for instance, vibes!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Some of it was vinyl, some of it was digital. I felt I had to throw a dubplate into the mix at some point so I included my track 'Militant Movement' which I had cut about 2 years ago, it was also nice having a dig through my hip hop records to see what I had and if I had anything to fit the kind of theme of the mix that I was going for. I have been experimenting with using DJ software to mix with, just to try something new, this mix was my first real attempt at doing that, this also simply allowed me to include tracks in the mix that I dont own on vinyl due to not owning any CDJs.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">"Selfish Ways" (Area Recordings)
"Encounters" and "Cleric" (Phantom Hertz Recordings)
"Goosensei - Summon (Krytikal Remix)" (Dubs Alive Records)
"Goosensei & Krytikal - Reach Out" (Dubs Alive Records)
"Illusions" (Futurepast Zine)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">I have a forthcoming release on Futurepast Zine's Kickstarter funded project "Agents of Disruption". Check the link because I'm sure Mr Futurepast himself will be much better at explaining it than I am.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><a class="_553k" href="https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1346237437/agents-of-disruption" rel="nofollow" style="color: #3b5998; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1346237437/agents-of-disruption</a>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">6. </span><b style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">What music are you feeling at the moment?</b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">I am always interested in hearing what all the local guys are up to, Listening Sessions (big up Goosensei and Elkie!!!) is a perfect way to get my monthly dose of local talent, it's always exciting to hear what everybody is making. I have also become slightly obsessed by a rock band from Seattle called 'Band of Horses' who make some revolutionary shit. I am still quite a big listener of Rinse Fm, I always have time for Keysound Recordings, a label that continues to support lesser known artists and has had consistantly strong releases from the beginning. Ah man, I wouldnt know where to start. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">I don't have one particular favourite album but one that I continuously return to is 'Jedi Mind Tricks- The Psycho-Social, Chemical, Biological & Electro-Magnetic Manipulation of Human Consciousness'. It's just the most interesting hip hop album I have ever heard, the album speaks continuously on religion, space, physics, war and production is perfect, it's the epitomy of a perfect hip hop album to me.</span><br />
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Jedi Mind Tricks - I who have nothing
Bloc Party - So here we are
Double Helix - LDN
Band of Horses - First Song</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Maximum respect going out to Krytikal! Check him out on Facebook: </span><a href="https://www.facebook.com/krytikalsound" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">https://www.facebook.com/krytikalsound</a><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> and Souncloud: </span><a href="https://soundcloud.com/krytikal" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">https://soundcloud.com/krytikal</a></div>
futurepastzinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06160757088300406972noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6977341306147947052.post-63441923063485887022015-03-22T14:23:00.004-07:002018-04-01T08:33:28.705-07:00Random stuff...<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I've got a few things I wanted to mention for this blog post, a mixture of tunes, events and stuff….</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">This album features 16 tracks on house/techno tip. Every single track on this album is wicked. Betamax Heard have had their tracks featured in the MJAZZ Modernists series. I really like these tracks because they're quite different to the popular house/techno sounds that seem to dominate. The album would sound great in a deep, dark, dingy basement. The music is rugged. Betamax Heard also make references to their influences such as Larry Heard and Kenny Larkin (you can find out more if you manage to get a copy of Futurepast Zine #6).</span><br />
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<a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/356235084582257/" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;" target="_blank">28th March 2015:</a><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> Futurepast Zine and K Francis are putting a little party at the </span><a href="https://www.facebook.com/thespacebirmingham" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;" target="_blank">112 Space</a><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">. It's a strictly vinyl thing, and you can expect to hear K Francis, Anjin, Hollow, Burlish and Rawtrachs playing some great music. There's a lot of events happening around Birmingham on that evening, but we start at 8pm and so you could start off at our event and then move onto the other events if you so choose :-) Also, the proceeds for this event will be going directly to The Children's Society. Also, got to give a special mention to the other excellent events happening on this night: </span><a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/895228543861257/" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;" target="_blank"><span style="color: black;">Dubgasm at PST</span></a><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> (fundraiser for a stolen Foodbank van); </span><a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/1422324164731506/" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;" target="_blank"><span style="color: black;">Listening Sessions</span></a><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> hosting the alternative room at Alfie Birds; And DJ Pierre is playing at the Hare and Hounds!!! All unmissable events. However, feel free to come and check us out first and make your way to other places, or stick around!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">3rd April 2015<span style="color: black;">:</span> <span style="cursor: pointer; line-height: 24px;">Cache & Listening Sessions Present Audio & Visual Showcase. </span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #141823; line-height: 18px;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Forged by the collaboration between Cache and Listening Sessions we present to you an audio and visual experience, featuring artwork curated by both local artists and independent institutions, providing the ideal backdrop to a series of underground vinyl only sets orchestrated by Freerotation and Untilmyheartstops boss Joe Ellis, Cloak n Dagger resident Lewis Oxley and Cache & Listening Sessions residents.</span></span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br style="color: #141823; line-height: 18px;" /></span><br />
<span class="text_exposed_show" style="color: #141823; display: inline; line-height: 18px;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></span><span class="text_exposed_show" style="color: #141823; display: inline; line-height: 18px;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Joe Ellis (Freerotation/<wbr></wbr><span class="word_break" style="display: inline-block;"></span>Untilmyheartstops)</span></span><span class="text_exposed_show" style="color: #141823; display: inline; line-height: 18px;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Lewis Oxley (CND)</span></span><span class="text_exposed_show" style="color: #141823; display: inline; line-height: 18px;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></span><br />
<span class="text_exposed_show" style="color: #141823; display: inline; line-height: 18px;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Cache Residents: </span></span><span class="text_exposed_show" style="color: #141823; display: inline; line-height: 18px;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Niall Wolfe </span></span><span class="text_exposed_show" style="color: #141823; display: inline; line-height: 18px;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Jayson Wynters </span></span><span class="text_exposed_show" style="color: #141823; display: inline; line-height: 18px;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Christy Lakeman </span></span><span class="text_exposed_show" style="color: #141823; display: inline; line-height: 18px;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Jon.E </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #141823; line-height: 18px;">All sets will be streamed live both visually and audibly on the Cache website (</span><a href="http://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fcachebirmingham.co.uk%2F&h=5AQEP-fPB&enc=AZNTnMRjUXdwFWObPfN10KaKGwBVi37jrDATHAiKNzfGoiMM8wXMlNI5Iz8HhGl26H0&s=1" rel="nofollow nofollow" style="color: #3b5998; cursor: pointer; line-height: 18px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">cachebirmingham.co.uk</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #141823; line-height: 18px;">) using a live stream. This will accompany art work in association with IKON, PROVIDE shop and local artists. </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #141823; line-height: 18px;">Lineup: (Vinyl Only)</span></span><br />
<span style="color: #141823; line-height: 18px;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">For the first hour of the event, you can expect performances by both local artists who are keen to establish their careers in the city and also those who are already making headway overseas. With little to no constraint on genre this should offer a real eye opener into Birmingham’s music scene.</span></span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">10th April 2015: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/1422324164731506" target="_blank"><span style="color: black;">Project Birmingham</span></a> are organising an event at the 112 Space which will feature some bands and dj's. Anjin, Hollow and Burlish will be representing so come and check it out. More details to come.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">5th June 2015: I'm not sure what I'm allowed to write about this, but I'll write the following: 'RUPTURE', 'LISTENING SESSIONS', 'SKUTTA', 'BIRMINGHAM'. More details to come soon hopefully. You know it's gonna be a big one, so save the date and get them dancing shoes ready :-)</span></div>
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futurepastzinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06160757088300406972noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6977341306147947052.post-81645700245949264432015-03-11T14:24:00.002-07:002018-04-01T08:32:33.619-07:00Interview with Fushara<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Fushara has been a supporter of the zine since it's first issue way back in 2010. Last year sometime he sent me a batch of tracks which I thought were absolutely awesome (they still haven't been released - yet!). I noticed that there seemed to be a change in the music he made, it felt like it was more techno influenced. I've been listening out for his music since then, he released an album on Omni Music in November 2014 (http://omnimusic.bandcamp.com/album/the-ohm-series-fushara-test-one-lthe-ohm-series-fushara-test-one-lp). Once again the music very techno influenced and almost tribal. Recently I was lucky enough to check out his latest album 'A Wasteland of Memories'.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">It's a masterpiece. I heard the music and I thought I had to definitely find out a bit more about the person behind the music……</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Full name is Thushara Goonewardene, I was born in London, I got into DnB and electronic music after teenage years spent raving at local events etc.. I started DJing in school and at university got a regular slot on LifeFM under Paul Roast. There I started to meet all crew, I played along artists such as Data, Wilsh and Madcap, and met long term friends and Croydon based crew Lab Creation. Debut release was on Martsmans/Cycom Plainaudio Productions, however my first album was Tales from a Concrete City on Make:shift records.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">1. Reprazent: 'Heroes'. First exposure to the musical side of DnB, I was </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">inspired by the New Froms album.</span><br style="color: #222222;" /><br style="color: #222222;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">2. John B: 'Starburst 1.1' off his debut 'Visions' album. This track inspired </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">me to make music. The synth and tech step was great at the time when I </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">was at school.</span><br style="color: #222222;" /><br style="color: #222222;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">3. Prodigy: 'No Good' from 'Music for the Jilted Generation'. The nineties rave </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">sound features heavily in my music!</span><br style="color: #222222;" /><br style="color: #222222;" /><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #222222;">4. Massive Attack: 'Unfinished Sympathy'. The vocal gets me every time, great track.</span></span><br style="color: #222222;" /><br style="color: #222222;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">5. Vangelis: 'Rachel's Sound'. Anything from Vangelis gets my thumbs </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">up. Inspired soundtrack to Bladerunner and space age atmospheres is </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">what's its all about!</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><b>Your earlier tracks were very breakbeat driven, whereas some of things I've heard from you in the last year have had more 4/4 kicks in them. How did that come about?</b></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">Yeah as much as I have always been into Experimental DnB, I have </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">moved away into other forms as I have been hearing some good techno </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">and downtempo over the last year or so. Sigha's album on Hotflush </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">recently caught my attention with his dark but emotive techno. Also, I </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">have been getting into the dub sound with Shackleton. The sound I am </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">working on is an interpretation of what im hearing in the dub and </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">techno scene with my DnB background interlaced with it.</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I wanted to take my music a step further and be able to work under </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">my own terms on my own time scale. It's good to have almost total </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">control over your music. It has been hard work to get other people</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">The name represents my feelings towards my experience of the music </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">industry. I have had to learn the ropes on my own and everything I </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">have done in music has been through my own motivation and self</span><br style="color: #222222;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">learning and hence that's where the 'Lone' comes in. </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">The foundation is the building blocks, so 'Lone Foundation'.</span></span><br />
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<b><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">You've recently released an album on Omni Music, 'Test One'. What </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">was that album about? And, does it have any relation to your new </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">album, 'A Wasteland of Memories'?</span></b></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">The tracks for that album were all essentially experiments in </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">preparation for this album, I was toying with changes of tempo and </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">trying to work out how to use different drum machines instead of </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">chopping breaks. I still have a lot to work out.</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">A deep one! Well over the last couple of years I have had to change </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">a lot of things in my life and for a while my head was all over the </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">place. I was disenchanted with music and did not feel the reward and</span><br style="color: #222222;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">ambition that I used to have. I had lost contact with a lot of old </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">friends and my job was getting tough and I saw very little point in </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">that. The album is a representation of all the memories and emotions I</span><br style="color: #222222;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">have experienced through that time. I have always been into concepts </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">of robotics and urban decay, and expressed the album with those </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">concepts in mind. Whereas other albums have been born from my current </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">experience within an environment such as with 'Tales from a Concrete </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">City', this album is more reflective and for that reason I reached out </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">to old friends to help complete it.</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><b>What have you got planned for the rest of the year?</b></span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">I want to spend the next few months promoting the album. Depending </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">on sales I'm looking to set up a one year joint project with another </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">artist to hopefully release next year on vinyl and cd format. I </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">haven't approached them yet but I have a couple of people in mind!</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">Books: 'Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep'. The book that inspired Bladerunner</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Films: Moon <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1182345/" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank">http://www.imdb.<wbr></wbr>com/title/tt1182345/</a> an underrated space drama.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Special thanks to GODO the artists behind the visual work, Bear the Artist and Metro for layout and design and obviously a big shout out to all collaborators musically for the album.</span></div>
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<a href="http://lonefoundation.bandcamp.com/">http://lonefoundation.bandcamp.com</a></span><br />
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While the London media tend to focus on the "hardcore continuum", a linear progression from Hardcore, through Jungle, DnB, UK Garage, Grime and Dubstep, to wherever we are today, they very rarely tend to acknowledge that a lot of those scenes didn't die around the UK when the next step arrived.</div>
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In the south of England, London and Bristol especially, producers disheartened by the champagne and gun-crime brigade turned away from Garage and through sonic experimentation from the likes of Horsepower Productions, Ruff Sqwad et al, twisted it to fit their own visions. As chart-friendly UKG died, seemingly taking with it up-tempo vibes and girl-next-door vocals, the Midlands and north of England saw its underground cousin, Speed Garage, lumber on at the same pace it always had.</div>
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Through clubs in Sheffield, the famous Niche especially, Birmingham, Leicester and Leeds amongst others, an often ignored mutation occurred, and Bassline was born. The story follows a pretty standard arc from thereon; Rise, further rise, police wariness, police involvement, beginning of the end, and inevitable fall. UK Funky held casual club going Londoners' attention well enough to keep Bassline from taking hold down south, and it quietly faded away into musical obscurity.</div>
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Cut to 2007. At college in Birmingham, for anyone with even a passing interest in music, Bassline was hard to ignore. There was at least one friend with the latest copy of Joe Hunt's Phunky Basslines, or somebody playing some tune, likely called "Untitled" and produced by "Unknown" on a Sony Ericsson. Despite that ubiquity, nobody ever seemed to speak about it, or even really acknowledge it. At the time, a young Gareth found he gainfully employed at BHS in Solihull, and saw him spend a lot of time on the 72 bus. These journeys were inevitably soundtracked by one of two tunes. Gwen Stefani and Akon's "Sweet Escape" or a tinny tune, with a 4x4 beat and chopped up vocals. A chance look at Channel U taught me that the tune was called "Heartbroken" by a guy called T2.</div>
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When 2008 rolled around, and we were old enough to go on nights out in Solihull, we took full advantage. The generation spanning "Rosies" (not its real name) was, aside from the tiny Opal Lounge , the only real club option in the affluent town centre. At that time, "Heartbroken" would be heard AT LEAST 3 times in a given night, nameless DJs taking the opportunity they had to drop a guaranteed floor filler. Slowly and surely, more and more tunes found their way into regular rotation. Amongst the well-worn Artful Dodger pieces, tunes from the likes of Sutton Coldfield's Katie May and Midlands own Joe Hunt and Danny Wynn began to become highlights of the night. Despite Flo Rida's omnipresent "Low" making at least one guaranteed appearance, for all intents and purposes, Rosies was for a while, a Bassline club. The aforementioned Opal Lounge was more direct, with Wynn DJing regularly at full-fat, fully advertised Bassline nights, such as Re:Public, only to a much smaller capacity crowd.</div>
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Without knowing it, these fledgling club-goers were part of a burgeoning scene of local DJs playing music by local producers playing out in a wealthy, leafy town parked on the edge of England's second city. Soon, despite packed floors and queues that stretched the length of the high street, sweeping changes occurred in Solihull's night life.</div>
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Lloyd's Bar, the premier pre-Rosies destination and purveyor of half decent tunes, decided you needed to be wearing shoes to enter, before bizarrely claiming that only 40 or so people were allowed on the dancefloor at one time. Oh, also, you now had to pay to go on the dancefloor. Starved of a pre-club location, people milled around a handful of pubs for a while, but soon Rosies music policy changed to chart tunes, and its unique selling point was gone. Opal Lounge underwent a long slow death before ending up as the strip club it is today. Now, with no reason left to stay there, people moved their nights out to Birmingham's Broad Street instead, and what was once a place you could go to alone, guaranteed to meet people you knew, became a town full of small clubs that would be dead out, even on Friday and Saturday.</div>
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This decline seemed to mirror that of Bassline, which post-"Heartbroken" (kept only from topping the charts by Leona Lewis' world-conquering "Bleeding Love") and "What's It Gonna Be", failed to gain any real commercial traction and new tunes became much harder to find, whilst Bassline nights became once again, niche, and impossible to track down.</div>
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Due to the nature of the tunes being passed around, either cut from £3 CDs like "Birmingham Bassline", mixes by Leicester's 1qy & F@z or surreptitiously grabbed from LimeWire, most of the tunes floating around on PCs and MP3 players were at best 128kbps snippets, with very few full, high quality tunes available, and as such, were forgotten about or deleted en masse. Aside from the everlasting vinyl releases (of which there were very few), and at least partly attributable to its unfashionable reputation, tracking down Bassline in 2015 is close to impossible.</div>
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futurepastzinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06160757088300406972noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6977341306147947052.post-92102606145128557412015-01-31T14:52:00.000-08:002018-04-01T08:31:27.926-07:0025 Years of Techno Art > Dust and GroovesLast blog post was in September…. it's kinda strange this blog thing, constantly want to write stuff for it, and also the zine… it happens when it happens!<br />
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So this time round there's a couple of books I really wanted to mention, so here goes!</div>
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First up is '25 Years of Techno Art' by Abdul Qadim Haqq (You'll have to forgive the crude photo's). I became a fan of Abdul's work from when I first got into Underground Resistance and saw the artwork that he contributed. I was really into the way the visuals worked with the music. A few years after that I stumbled upon a compilation album that he put together, Technanomicron (it was an influence for the 'Light of Day' cdr that was released last year). I was exposed to more of his artwork:</div>
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He's created visuals for Model 500 (Juan Atkins):</div>
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From reading the book, it's clear that those he has worked with hold him in high regards. His art has a very futuristic feel to it, it's beautiful, appealing and warming to the eye. His book contains some of the art he has created over the years. It also tells his story of how he started, to where he is now. It's a really interesting read, and it's evident that he has a unique experience and history in Techno (there's lots of very cool people he has worked with: UR, Drexciya, Jeff Mills, Rick Wilhite, Orlando Voorn, the list goes on!). I can't recommend the book enough for fans of techno, and also for those that are interested in futuristic images. It's honestly written and you can't go wrong with that.</div>
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To find out more info, go <a href="http://www.delsinrecords.com/release/4737/abdul-qadim-haqq/25-years-of-techno-art" target="_blank">here</a> and <a href="http://www.thirdearthvisualarts.com/" target="_blank">here</a>. Check this too:</div>
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I haven't read the whole book from cover to cover, it's nice to flick through it here and there whenever there's a few minutes. Personally, I like to collect records and I have a preference for this format over mp3's and other 'digital' formats. While reading the book it cements how I feel about records, and there's some really nice quotes in the book to help confirm that.</div>
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Here's the interview of Alexander Nut that was part of Futurepast Zine #8. Remember, he's coming over to play at 'Futurepast Zine presents' @Club PST in Digbeth Saturday 27th 2014.</div>
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<a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/1501740236735848/" target="_blank"><span style="color: purple;"><b>Futurepast Zine meets PROVIDE</b></span> </a>on the 20th September 2014.<br />
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Wahey! Some of the Futurepast Zine/INWYK DJs are going to be spinning a few tunes over at PROVIDE in Digbeth (<a href="http://www.provideshop.com/"><span style="color: purple;"><b>www.provideshop.com</b></span></a>). It's a bit of a warm up to when we have the man like <a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/833359853349843/" target="_blank"><span style="color: purple;"><b>Alexander Nut come and play at Club PST</b></span></a>. We're all really excited and can't wait!<br />
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So come on over, check the vibe, hear some sweet music, see what the store has to offer - there's a few books I would love to recommend - oh and pick up the latest copy of Futurepast Zine too :)<br />
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See you there!<br />
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Enjoy our new podcasts while you wait….<br />
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Futurepast Zine September 2014 Part 1:<br />
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Futurepast Zine September 2014 Part 2:<br />
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