Open chrisfizik opened 4 years ago
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4 years ago chrisfizik
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4 years ago dom and roland can't punish me dubplate - throw it back on a friday to something older or old skool. This one is a throwback but also not! Dom's been on a quest that last number of years to dig more stuff out of the 'dungeon' from his collection of pressings and DAT tapes that may have never seen the day. Of course, there is some of his own material in there also! Being a big part of drum n bass production and tech step sound Dom & Roland put out some quite hard steppy tunes especially around the late 90s. One of the bigger ones was this, "Can't Punish Me". Released on Moving Shadow in 1999 it has a catchy melodic riff and a huge bassline and amen tear out that really represents a certain sound of the time. This one will take anyone who was around back to it being played at peak time in large parties. I immediately have sensation of large venues in Toronto and huge soundsystems. The big breakdown and bassline basically was a quintessential sound that featured in all the large party sets of the time (along with any of the other mega hits of the time from all the usual big techy suspects) from 98-01.
The flip of this is where things get fresher - a 'new' unreleased version of the tune! (dubplate culture, this one from 98, neat to hear... still prefer the refined and more full sound of the official release) Side note on Dom & Roland: the floppy disks! and new album. This is a guy who has contiued to evolve and push his sound drawing on experience and capabilities. Really pushing the state of the art and perfecting all aspects of his style on 201_'s album for metalheadz, Dom's put a new album together that features more strong tracks but also some more stripped down dubby/slower tempo beat creations - all with the same crisp/well-rounded production. Check it out
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4 years ago intalex post 1
-- memoriam, great first post, take it back to a mix marcus did to promote 21 album. journey thru inspiration and evolution. Thru the continuum. Upload to soundcloud. Mention intalex foundation release in post. Fix up photo. add watermark
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4 years ago kamaal williams - jazz under the influence
potential pics: kamaal djing pic, and on stories pic with him and me for kicks, filter and watermark
I pay attention to jazz beats, there are many scenes that intersect from broken beat to house to the historical significant movements of funk, soul, and raregroove.
initially stumbled upon kamaal williams right before The Return came out . It was the keys. A sucker for the warm sounds froma rhodes/hammond organ. So good. But this had beats. Something was different. It was jazzy, downtempo, foreign and familiar...... drawing on influences from the middle east, from jazz roots, but also from hip hop, from grime, from house music (see also there were releases on familiar other labels in the house sphere etc under the name Henry Wu/Wu Funk etc..... hmm) Followed from strength to strength, and the character started to appear more - an attitude. Now on Wu Hen as he writes in the liner notes, this is an (whatever quote is) "london underground movement". This latest production continues to manifest all these influences, and does it with immense style. It's continuumizm.