UK
Blame's label.
Was a subsidiary of Good Looking Records until the end of 2001 when they became independent.
3rd Combination - First Magnitude (720 007) was never released due to a fallout between LTJ Bukem & KMC.
Blame's label.
Was a subsidiary of Good Looking Records until the end of 2001 when they became independent.
3rd Combination - First Magnitude (720 007) was never released due to a fallout between LTJ Bukem & KMC.
kill100music
May 9, 2010The original incarnation of this label (when it was a Good Looking subsidary) is responsible for the release of some of the highest quality atmospheric (or intelligent) drum and bass there has ever been.
Once the split from GLO was past, Blame restarted the label (cat. no. changed to 720NUxxx) and began pushing a more dancefloor orientated sound. The development of this sound was quite subtle till around release NU#8, a single which housed two exceptionally rave-inspired, almost jump-up numbers. By this time, Blame had been collaborating with fellow artists Mampi Swift and The Pedge, partnerships which saw the release of a number of successful dancefloor-orientated releases on Charge, Transfer Recordings and Penny Black.
Initially, early outings were quite impressive. Blame seemed to go back to the early days, firing up the old synths and generally delivering stuff that hit hard but with a retro sci-fi edge (highlights would probably include #9 Future, and #16 Desert Planet - so good it was released again on #25).
The new formula seemed to unleash a new wave of creativity resulting in a large turnover of music, the majority ending up on 720 Degrees, peppered with a number of higher profile releases on Charge, Metalheadz, Moving Shadow (after a ten year gap), and Hospital.
However, after around 2004s 720 Revolutions CD, each new release has been a similar selection of synth-lead rave numbers, each one louder than the one before, with similar beats, bass, style and progression. Agreed, times change, and if it isn't broken then don't fix it - but you can probably guess what a new 720 Degrees record will sound like before you hear it, and that is the saddest part of this whole story.