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Dna Records: Not Lazy!
| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» Corey_K replied on Sun Jan 16, 2005 @ 8:28pm |
 Coolness: 96515 | Well well, another long gap, and here I am again…writing reviews. The only excuse I’ve got for the delay is that every single week in December, the new records would show up and then disappear within a matter of hours! The idea of writing reviews for records that were no longer in the store did not sit well with me, so I did what any self-respecting junglist would do…I ordered more records!
[DRUM & BASS] Chris Su – Luster/Grim Reaper On Subtitles. Once again Chris Su proves why he is a leader in d&b production, not just in his hometown of Budapest but worldwide. Dropping his first solo release for Teebee’s Subtitles imprint you know this one’s going to be a winner. Shit-hot synths rip their way through ‘Luster’ in Chris Su’s trademark style, while ‘Grim Reaper’ sees him taking a more heavy approach as on his DSCI4 releases. All-in-all one of his best yet. Noisia – Hubcap/Backdraft On Subtitles. Ummm, how can I explain this one? Noisia comprises of a bunch of guys from Norway who’s names are completely unpronounceable. They’ve had tunes released already on Nerve, Payload and Shadow Law. Oh, did I mention they’re ON FIRE right now? I burnt myself just typing the track-title. Get ready 2005, cuz Noisia are coming, and ‘Hubcap’ is only the beginning. A double-pack from Moving Shadow is waiting in the wings to signal the apocalypse, and at that point I say it’s a no-holds-barred fight to the death between them and Pendulum. The winner gets an intimate dinner with Matrix. Maybe I should go overt that with him first… Calibre & High Contrast – Mr.Majestik/The Other Side on Signature. Dub dub dub dub dub dub. That’s word on the street these days innit? Don’t be fooled by imitations people, these are the originators. Contrary to what many people think, the dub-step sound people are talking about 24/7 these days, has been around for some time. With that said it’s nice to see it getting a bit more acceptance these days, with artists as diverse as Cause 4 Concern and Cyantific giving it a go. But please make no mistake people, when it comes to dub, Calibre is da man! ‘Mr. Majestik’ has been one of the most hotly anticipated tunes this past year, and now that it’s out I can see it was worth the wait. Classic reggae vocals, alongside beautiful horns and some head-nodding bass, how could a partnership like this go wrong? Big surprise, it can’t. Buy on sight. Amit – Sound Warrior/Motherland on Commercial Suicide. Amit is one of those guys with a very particular sound at the moment. While I can’t quite describe his drum programming in words, I will say that his tracks have a very “eastern” vibe at the moment. Both these tracks remind me of that time I was wandering in an Arabian desert and had no water, I started to get delirious and hallucinated that Aphrodite was the best producer in the world and everybody made tunes just like him. Suddenly I woke up and realized that I’d been sniffing Febreze from a paper bag all night…I’ve never even been to the desert! Then I put on this record and felt all Twilight Zone-ish. Weird. SKC & Chris Su – Desert Siege/Crash on Commercial Suicide. It looks like good things come in two’s this week. First there were 2 new singles from Subtitles, and now 2 more from Klute’s Commercial Suicide. SKC & Chris Su bring more dancefloor business to the table with ‘Desert Siege’, a wicked melodic intro builds up to a big off-key bassline that devastates. ‘Crash’ comes across sounding more like a classic Decoder & Substance hook up, but gets away with it nicely. Wayne Wonder – No Holding Back (Suv & Surge Remixes) on Playside. This one’s strictly for the jump-up massive. Wayne Wonder’s chart topping reggae hit gets reworked for the launch of this new label from Full Cycle crew Suv & Surge. Generally formulaic in it’s sound, both of these mixes to exactly what they’re supposed to do, one version more dancefloor and the other more liquid. Bad Company – Rush Hour (Sonic & Silver RMX)/Sonic & Silver – Speed Of Light on BC Presents. The Accidental Heroes join forces once again, this time to remix an all time classic from the Bad boys. ‘Rush Hour’ has always been a standout tune with its solitary synth intro rising into a crescendo of high frequencies obliterated only by the drums and bass which follow. Sonic & Silver have taken the essence of the original and added their own dirty drum-work to the mix, reinvigorating it for the masses. And if that wasn’t enough, ‘Speed Of Light’ is an absolutely wicked original from S&S proving they can hold their own on any twelve. Roni Size – No More feat. Beverly Knight & Dynamite MC/Trust Me VIP on V. The next two part single from Roni’s ‘Return to V’ album is here and it’s got “radio” written all over it. While d&b may not be everyone’s cup of tea on this side of the ocean, I think this album’s going to turn a lot of heads, and house diva Beverly Knight definitely helps that cause. All that aside, the VIP mix of ‘Trust Me’ is an essential tool for any serious dj playing regularly. Don’t miss that second drop! Roni Size – No More (High Contrast RMX)/Want Your Body (Calibre RMX) on V. So here’s the mix I was looking for! High Contrast takes everything that’s good about the original, and makes it even better, stripping down the vocals, adding his now trademark orchestral horns to the mix, and giving it that Hospital bounce it so desperately needed. Calibre also comes correct on the flip, doing his best to make Joe Roberts’ vocals sound not-too-cheesy and still make a winner. Could we expect anything less then the best from the Mr. Calibre? Both remixes are textbook definitions on how to make someone else’s tunes sound better. Raiden – Bare Knuckle Fight (C4C Remix)/Resonant Evil – Doomsday Device (Loxy & Verse Remix) on Outbreak. Every producer has a track that really defines them as an artist, and dictates their style. ‘Bare Knuckle Fight’ is one of those for Raiden. Usually when it comes to these tunes, artists don’t like to let just anyone start messing around with ‘em and possibly turning them into garbage. So for Cause 4 Concern to get the green light on this, you know it’s going to be special. The perfect yin and yang of neurofunk and tech-step collide on this remix to create and excellent roller for the dark room massive. Loxy & Verse do a nice job on flip, making Resonant Evil’s mundane ‘Doomsday Device’ actually listenable! Phantasy, Shodan & UK Apache – Gimme De Gal (Simon Bassline Smith Remixes) on Ganja. As if the original version wasn’t big enough, the king of the thumpers steps up and cranks the whole thing up to another level. This tune can only sound good on a HUGE sound-system, otherwise I thinks it’s just being wasted. So let this be a note to you all: buy bigger speakers! And then buy this record! And then….buy more records! Ok that’s it. Various – Spine EP on BSE. 4 dark tunes from the people that brought you the Driving Insane LP. Black Sun Empire naturally contribute a scary piece of work with ‘Fearless’, and Skynet makes his second appearance on the label with ‘Night Raiders’. Newcomers Jade & Matt-U come with a stunning debut in the form of ‘Got Lost’, but the real standout here is a collaboration between Chris Su and Rawfull called ‘Panorama’. Wicked keys build up a trance-like intro after which the bass drops and Chris Su once again injects the neurofunk as only he can. Fucking awesome. Zinc feat. MC Eksman – Drive By Car on Bingo. Zinc shows us why he’s one of the top guys in the scene at the moment with yet another fine example of MC laced d&b. Now you know he’s done the Ready Or Not Bootleg AND the Shook Ones, he even recently remixed Jesus Walks, but now he’s taking it a step further with some original vocal material from the Eksman! The vocals are excellently executed, however I’m leaning more towards the dub mix on the flip, less vocals really allow Zinc’s production to shine through. Top roller bizzness. Various – Renegade Rollers Vol.5 on Renegade. All your favorites from the smoother side of things on this double-pack. Mostly vocal tunes as well so if you’re expecting this one to be like Vol.4 I’m afraid you’ll be a little disappointed. Nevertheless, solid production on all 4: Holdtight – Feel Like Jammin’ Basic Operations – Today My Love Crescent – Right There David Carbone & Kubiks – Lovin’ Me Q Project – Ask Not/Times Up on CIA. This has got to be one of my favorite smooth tracks right now. Q Project, the better half of Total Science, comes through with some of his best material in ages, sampling JFK’s famous speech. The tune isn’t that busy, and doesn’t even try to make new ground, what is does however is make me feel all warm and fuzzy inside, and not many tunes do that for me right now. As a matter of fact, I think I’m going to put it on right now… Various – Hardware Chronicles Vol.4 on Renegade Hardware. Lots of new artists breaking through on Renegade Hardware these days, seeing how their regulars aren’t really making the waves they used to. Most of these tunes are following the growing trend of stuttering drums and big switch bass, basically what Pendulum is known for at the moment. Not that it’s a bad thing, but I’m hoping the scene doesn’t get too saturated because it’s a good sound right now. Check it out: Unknown Error – Shadows Skitty – Fall Down Spor – Haywire Bulletproof – Fifty South Castor – Emily/Le Metro on Nu Electro. John B signs some new talent to his fledgling Nu Electro imprint. ‘Emily’ is quite literally electro at a drum & bass tempo, while the flip breaks the mould and actually goes for the real thing at 120 bpm. Both feature vocals and both are kind of boring. Still, props to John B for trying to push something different on all the narrow-minded purists out there. Next week….Follow The Leader! Corey K DNA Records 3828 St-Laurent Blvd. Montreal, Quebec (514)288-9DNA [ www.dnarecords.com ] |
| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» nothingnopenope replied on Sun Jan 16, 2005 @ 8:34pm |
 Coolness: 201285 | Hey corey were you surprised when I answered nimi's phone last night instead of her ? |
| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» Suckballs_bebe replied on Sun Jan 16, 2005 @ 9:16pm |
 Coolness: 66545 | I love high contrast, oddly enough because of Nimi... |
| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» djAmalgam replied on Sun Jan 16, 2005 @ 10:37pm |
| Coolness: 105850 | Excuse my ignorance and the fact that I haven't dropped by in.... years... but do you carry non-dn'b genres at your new store? |
| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» El_Presidente replied on Sun Jan 16, 2005 @ 10:41pm |
 Coolness: 299385 | he has some house and some elctro if i remember well |
| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» Corey_K replied on Mon Jan 17, 2005 @ 2:03am |
| Coolness: 96515 | We carry the following styles of music:
Electro, House, Techno, Breaks, Drum & Bass, Hip Hop and we've even started to carry a little bit of reggae. Corey |
| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» basdini replied on Mon Jan 17, 2005 @ 11:30am |
 Coolness: 145260 | but no booty
*sniff sniff |
| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» BA_Baracus replied on Mon Jan 17, 2005 @ 6:39pm |
 Coolness: 121095 | getting the commercial suicides again this week?
and the roni size remixed by hc and calibres? funny&entertaining descriptions+ |
| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» Corey_K replied on Tue Jan 18, 2005 @ 1:40am |
| Coolness: 96515 | Did we run out of those already? I'll order them pronto...
And yes we carry Booty! Corey |
| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» PitaGore replied on Tue Jan 18, 2005 @ 1:46pm |
 Coolness: 471865 | Corey's the man
Egyptian Magician ; i picked up the Commercial Suicide already ...freakin good ! |
| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» BA_Baracus replied on Tue Jan 18, 2005 @ 6:40pm |
| Coolness: 121095 | basstard! ya beat me to it
which one tho? the amit or chris su? i ll check the other one out |
| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» PitaGore replied on Wed Jan 19, 2005 @ 12:11pm |
| Coolness: 471865 | Chris Su
thought we could possibly trade sometime if u get the Amit .. didnt get it ,....in fact didnt see it comin ... and i like Amit big time ... |
| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» BA_Baracus replied on Thu Jan 20, 2005 @ 12:02am |
| Coolness: 121095 | done dunn! (if i can find it) |
| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» PitaGore replied on Thu Jan 20, 2005 @ 10:45am |
| Coolness: 471865 | bah in the end i'd never trade the SKC-Chris Su one ...
damn its great |
| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» BA_Baracus replied on Thu Jan 20, 2005 @ 12:24pm |
| Coolness: 121095 | whatsup this week corey? |
| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» basdini replied on Thu Jan 20, 2005 @ 6:22pm |
| Coolness: 145260 | why do you mock me correy, why? |
| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» BA_Baracus replied on Thu Jan 20, 2005 @ 7:06pm |
| Coolness: 121095 | seb did u get the chris su on subtitles? |
| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» Corey_K replied on Fri Jan 21, 2005 @ 5:46am |
| Coolness: 96515 | new stuff with be put up shortly...
Corey |
| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» PitaGore replied on Fri Jan 21, 2005 @ 11:23am |
| Coolness: 471865 | Benj ; affirmative
got it a month ago and Corey rocks |
| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» BA_Baracus replied on Fri Jan 21, 2005 @ 7:47pm |
| Coolness: 121095 | damn guy got it too
its all good tho i got other stuff... |
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