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| Real Name |
A label set-up by Matt Robinson and Oliver Shah |
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| Music Style |
The music I make doesn't follow a strict pattern to be honest, I just make whatever's going on in my head at the time. I'm a long-time fan of breakbeat music and old skool hardcore so I find myself creating stuff in this vein most of the time, but also experimenting with nice melodic chill-out music and ambient sounds when I'm in the mood. I've also been known to knock up a few drum 'n' bass and techno tracks from time to time. Anything that's runnin' really! (Matt R) |
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| Musical Influences |
Hardcore, chill-out, drum 'n' bass, tek-house, anything breakbeat orientated. (Matt R) |
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| Similar Artists: |
Everything from old skool Prodigy ('91-'92), Manix, Acen, and The House Crew, to The Future Sound of London, Aphex Twin and Orbital. (Matt R) |
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| Artist history: |
I started producing about 4 years ago now, strictly as a hobby and for a bit of fun. Since then people began to notice some of the stuff I was coming up with thanks to my web site and I scored some amazingly overwhelming feedback. After launching Bassquake Recordings, run in conjunction with mp3.com, I'm now releasing material to the public at last! (Matt R) |
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Back to the Old Skool - Sounds of the Bassquake Vol. 1
The first of many planned compilations to feature on Bassquake Recordings, here we see 11 slammin' old skool powered rollers from the current roster of Bassquake artists, all exclusive tracks unavailable on each of their respective Bassquake albums and E.P.s, including some brand new pieces by Dark Forces, Delirium, and Tru-St-Eight among others. The tunes concentrate on recreating the classic old skool hardcore vibe of '92 and '93 for the most part, along with a couple of bonus more experimental pieces, helping to take the old skool sound and push it into exciting new territories which you've never heard before. |
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| Parallel Universe - Prime Movements |
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| Would You Be There (Bassquake Remix) - DJ Ruffage |
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804kb |
| Overdrive - Alien Eye |
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859kb |
| Phenomenon - Blunt Connection |
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| Exorcist (Jesus On E's mix) - Delirium |
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| Cernunnos (remix) - Teknotik |
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907kb |
| A Perfect Mellow Day (edit) - DJ Fyre |
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| Angel Dawn (DJ Orange remix) - Delirium |
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1026kb |
| Rush (Part 1) - Tru-St-Eight |
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| Old Skool Winter - Beat Spell Horizon |
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| Lucid Nightmare - Dark Forces |
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945kb |
Review by Matt Clarke
The first thing that impresses me is the packaging. I've never seen a CD from mp3.com before so was surprised to see it come with a proper printed sleeve and a real printed CD (although it still doesn't like playing in my DVD player hooked up to my stereo). The CD is basically 11 different tracks from the roster of artists currently releasing their own CD's under the Bassquake Recordings label. As with most home produced music, the quality is a little bit lacking sometimes with it's origins obviously being tracker software or wav sequencing packages, but this is more than made up for in the shear quality of the ideas.
I still hear tracks at events at Raindance and Camden Palace that I don't remember or have not heard before and if one of these was dropped I'd quite happily believe it had been recorded back in the day.
Most of the tracks are darker in nature than some of the "anthems" you would hear at some events, there are no "Sound's for the Undergrounds" or "Lock Ups" here, but what you get are new tracks that really do recreate that special old skool feel that we just don't get in today's watered down, sounds like the last one, pushed by Mixmag crap that is in the shops today.
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