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Name: Matt Member Since: Aug 06, 2005 Rank: 3427 Average Vote Received: Correct (4.08, 130 votes)   last 10 days: Correct (4.04, 26 votes) Rated 212 releases, average: 4.07 Location: The Great Northwest, U.S.eh. Profile: Moderator, now Voter Since: 29-June-07 V$ still doesn't seem fully logical. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I listen to most kinds of music, although it all seems to be Drum & Bass right now. But there's also House, Downtempo stuff, Oliver Lieb, Techno, and um ... Rage Against The Machine. Older (60s - 70s) Rock, Video Game Music (? ... no, really), Indie Rock, Breakcore, IDM, and liek, everything else? I probably listen to too much music. And! I am looking for a (vinyl) copy of 'Bhangra Dub' by DJ Brain, supposed to be out on Armada, but they flopped before it could see full release. And... 0=0 - Awake Mishko - Distorted Stringz Nuriya Hamid & Moises Modesto - The Americans Are Coming (A remix of A.R. Rahman's Bombay Theme) (Original version? A slightly different version got released here: The Americans Are Coming) Exocet - Demon Seed (Bungle Remix) Armour - Afterlife (neither of the 3 Armours on Discogs already, I don't think, unless Vex'd were doing liquid dnb in '04) Vortex Involute - Energiser Pendulum - The Follower Pendulum - Girl In The Fire (Original Mix) (Different from the version on the album. As far as I know, it's unreleased, but maybe not...) The Upbeats - Binge Drinker [BINGEDRINK001] (One-Sided) The Upbeats - In & Out (2005 - Ballistics Recordings?) The Upbeats - Red Lobster [MOZAIK002] The Upbeats - Bat Fuel / Poopoochaloop / Fuck U (Drop On Request Recordings dubs?) The Upbeats - Basket Case (Timeless Recordings dub?) And anything else by The Upbeats, like: Under Sand, Tear Down, Zip Zap Wrap Attack, Werewolf VIP, Shalimar, Sump Boy, Missing, Neanderthal, Space Paranoids, Geek Theme, Penal Colonies, Suffocation, Face Strain, Incognito, Untitled Noises, Bozo Rockers, Poopoochaloop, Critters, In & Out, Three Ways, Cold As Ice (with Teknik), Crocodile Dundee (with Optiv), Untitled (with Mayhem). Long live the Terror Snake and the Downie Wolf(e)! Recommended! InsideInfo - Angel Way A Note About My Submissions: I occasionally submit releases I don't actually own, things I've borrowed from friends or from the local library, but only when they have complete information, and always with tracktimes (for CD stuff anyway). The releases are always in hand until they're through the submission process and I can provide scans of anything, but more often then not, I won't, because they have all kinds of library barcodes and tags messing them up (this, for example), and so that's why I submit a lot without accompanying cover pictures. Scans or digital photos of anything can be provided upon request. eBay (or any other offers) No thanks! Can't afford atm ...unless it's something mentioned immediately above, which I'll buy regardless of where it is ^ (esp. those Upbeats ones :D To paraphrase the above: NO EBAY OFFERS PLEASE. (Unless it's something particularly rare. Maybe.) Thanks.

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Jonny.L* - Synkronize / Phreak - 19-Jul-09 09:04 AM
Synkronize is a weird tune, in a sort of Jonny L-kind-of-weirdness which is no bad thing. His usual warped bass sounds over a vocal sample and a nice chimes melody, and the expected clean drums. But there's also these out-of-place samples that pop up throughout. Flies buzzing? Muffled dog barking or something? Frogs croaking? I've got no idea, but it makes for a unique track. As said, it's not a bad tune - definitely a good one, but one that might make your forehead crease in confusion a little as you listen.

Oh, and Phreak's ok. Old school sample and a buzzing bass, *shrug*. Not as good (or attention-catching) as the A side.

Various - Ghostly Swim - 24-Mar-09 06:55 PM
Gave it a 5 just for Deastro's track.

I'm a fan of [adult swim]'s little interludes w/ music, and had been keeping an eye out for the music in case it got released in some obtainable form. Noticing this label (and it's easily accessible digital releases), I downloaded a bit, and was pleasantly surprised by this release. Not so much with the African and Def Swims, but that's for another review I suppose.

Some of this follows the instrumental hiphop standard (Dabrye, FLYamSAM), some of it's more drawn-out mellow downtempo (10:32, Milosh), some IDM (Cepia, Dark Party), chiptune? (Aeroc), and some of it's less-classifiable (Deastro, The Chap). All around good sampler for headphone oriented electronic music. Still not sure if it's the music they actually use on the TV channel, but it's close enough for the moment....

Recommended tracks: Blue Little, Light Powered, Traffickers.

Crossfire - Sensation / Icarus - 12-Apr-07 06:10 AM
Is there such a thing as minimal Drum & Bass? Regardless, Icarus definately fits. Slow, calm buildup over subbass into an Ed Rush & Optical-like shaker/cymbal/drum combo. A very clean operation, with even the slightly distracting beeps and whistles ending up sounding good.

Sensation sorta follows the same idea, but ends up showing how easy it is to miss the mark with techy stuff. While the drums are solid, the muffled bass is boring. The little synthy tune that runs counterpoint is much more interesting (which unfortunately isn't saying much).

All in all, an acceptable release, with Icarus as the main reason to pick it up.

Various - Master Of The Sixth Speed - 02-Mar-07 11:00 AM
I was surprised to find this here, though I suppose it makes sense given the musical content.

I blame the Hive track for getting me into Drum & Bass. After hearing this track, I searched out what I could find by Hive (since 'Elias Associates' are totally unknown (and the original Chase wasn't all that special anyway)). I ended up stumbling upon Teebee's remix of Surreal Uncut, and I was hooked.

There's not much special about the release, 1, 3 through 5 and 7 seem to be specially produced for this free release, and the production values show through. Thievery Corp serve up a nice sort of bouncy dub, sort of breaks thing, but Hive's remix is the only reason to pick this up. Standard Hive breaks over a solid backgound bass hum and the original track's ambient loop. A nice extrapolation on the original, even if it is a bit subdued for a dnb track.

On a side note, I might mention that my copy of this didn't come with all the extras, but then I got mine attached to a car magazine, so it's to be expected.

Denius - 17-Jan-06 12:16 AM
This guy has been producing stuff since 2003, and the fact that he hasn't had a proper label deal by the end of 2005 is a travesty!

I actually heard one of his songs first in a set (having little access to Knowledge Magazine), 'Catch Your Breath', which is a bit different from the free songs avaliable on his site, but I was impressed enough to follow up on him, and I'm glad I did.

The free tracks range all across the general genre of 'intelligent' dnb, but what's most impressive about them is the consistant quality. Maybe he goes through 2 tracks a day, but he's got a good ear for what's worth releasing.

Recommended tracks, 'Not Belong Here' (still avaliable on his site, as of this posting), 'Catch Your Breath', 'Babi Leto' & 'Make The Feethers Fly', which will show you his broad range of capabilities, from atmospheric beats to pounders to work with MCs, without losing a signature sound, similar to poster child Teebee, but still unique (essentially a prerequisite for being considered 'intelligent'... which part you ask? Which ever you prefer :)

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