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quoted 7 lines Does anyone know anything about the people who made the Air - Modular

>Does anyone know anything about the people who made the Air - Modular >Mix 12' on Mo' Wax? It's a fucking brilliant song, I've listened to it >again and again since I bought it. It's one of those musical bits of >perfection...like Analouge Bubblebath, or In/Flux, or EVA. I started >hearing it earlier in the year and I know it was included in the Source >Lab comp. and the same people have a track on Source Lab 2 (coming out >domestic BTW). Who are they and what else have they done?

While I haven't heard it... some mention was just made of it on the Breaks list and it was either done by Source Direct or remixed by Source Direct, who are some of the best jungle producers, IMHO. Their track "Secret Liaison" is absolutely brilliant. Playing Now: "Secret Liaison" by Source Direct :) Regards, John

...could someone provide or point me to some information on this guy (guys?), i.e. other pseudonyms, labels, discography, etc.?

In message <Pine.BSF.3.95.960917150644.28519A-100000@Jupiter.Mcs.Net>, Arjun <svan@Mcs.Net> writes

quoted 3 lines ...could someone provide or point me to some information on this guy

>...could someone provide or point me to some information on this guy >(guys?), i.e. other pseudonyms, labels, discography, etc.? >

Source Direct = Source Direct = Sounds of Life = X-Files = Oblivion = Mirage..... Labels = Metalheadz = Odyssee = Basement = Streetbeats = Certificate 18 = Razors Edge Discography = at least 15 12" BTW..someone mentioned that Innervisions was Source Direct....wrong...Innervisions is Jay Majik...another source of good sounds -- Keith Rogers

At 15:08 17-09-96 -0500, you wrote:

quoted 2 lines ...could someone provide or point me to some information on this guy

>...could someone provide or point me to some information on this guy >(guys?), i.e. other pseudonyms, labels, discography, etc.?

# guys! Jim Baker and Phil Aslett (from Ipswich as Rupert 'Photek' Parkes) # other pseudo's: Mirage, Oblivion, Inner Visions, Sound of Life, Intensity, X-Files.. # labels: Source Direct (idem), Basement Records (X-Files, Intensity), Metalheadz (as Source Direct), Good Looking (as Source Direct), Certificate 18 (as Sound of Life), Street Beats (Oblivion), Odysee (Source Direct, Mirage) # discography (sort of..) four on their own as Source Direct (cat. 1 - 4) two on Metalheadz (16 & 22) one on Good Looking (15) two on Street Beats (2 & 9) five on Odysee (1 & 3 as SD, 4-6 as Mirage, 2 by Photek btw.) (at least) two on Basement (48 & 55) and some on Certificate 18.. and maybe more. For best try the Source Direct stuff, especially those on thier own label (The Crane, Snakestyle, Exit 9 -> all get you nuts!!) last releases are on Metalheadz and Basement Records, reviews at url in sig.. ............................................................... ............ re: gonzales /////////????????????/ /?????????%%%%%%%%%########$^^^^^^^^*&%^*&*#@!$#@$$@$#@!$# ....................... http://wwwedu.cs.utwente.nl/~wielen/ delsin ..............................................

On Tue, 17 Sep 1996, . gonzales wrote:

quoted 2 lines # other pseudo's: Mirage, Oblivion, Inner Visions, Sound of Life,

> # other pseudo's: Mirage, Oblivion, Inner Visions, Sound of Life, > Intensity, X-Files..

InnerVisions is J Majik, drum'n'bass child prodigy check new single 'mermaids' out soon on mo'wax mikebee

Discussing Photek and Source Direct...

quoted 6 lines what does Source have to do with all of this? the German label?

> > what does Source have to do with all of this? the German label? > Ro70, Moufang, etc? Photek 12"s have come out on a handful of labels: Looking > Good, Basement, Rupert's own Photek and Science imprints, etc. Source Direct > also have their own imprint (uh... Source Direct), but they've released on > Basement, Metalheadz, and others.

Please keep your eyes open! The Debut release from Source Direct on SCIENCE is floating around, as well as their new 12" on their own imprint. Oh yes, both are absolute killer. Thaddi, "being invisible is the best..."

C Twomey wrote:

quoted 6 lines no forward development? They haven't released a tech-step track until now -

> no forward development? They haven't released a tech-step track until now - > that certainly marks a change. And the hard funk bass line of "Dubstar" is > new to their style. I especially like the orchestral sounds they sample, > in "Capital D" and "Call & Response" and the new one "Technical Warfare." > And doesn't "Love & Hate" make you smile when they mix soft pads with old > skool hoover sounds?

I sort of liked Dubstar the first time I listened to it, but I wasn't really paying much attention. When I tried to actively listen to the album later, I just got fed up with the way everything took at least five minutes to develop into anything interesting. If you're going to make epics, don't start so small and repeat so often that it takes half the track just to get started. 'Capital D' and 'Call & Response' are the two best tracks on there, and they were on the "Controlled Developments" EP they released nearly 2 years ago. 'Love & Hate' was decent but not memorable enough to merit throwing down the $16 I paid for this thing. Mediocre. I agree with Mark: techstep by numbers to me.

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quoted 8 lines From: Mark Kolmar <mkolmar@xnet.com>: this was a big disappointment. I

>From: Mark Kolmar <mkolmar@xnet.com>: this was a big disappointment. I >certainly >haven't tracked down all their 12"s (anyone wishing to part with some, get >in touch) but what I've heard up 'til now has been excellent. This >album...is not. It shows no forward development in their sound that I can >detect. Plus a lot of it is "techstep by numbers" to a point that some >tracks should already sound dated. >

no forward development? They haven't released a tech-step track until now - that certainly marks a change. And the hard funk bass line of "Dubstar" is new to their style. I especially like the orchestral sounds they sample, in "Capital D" and "Call & Response" and the new one "Technical Warfare." And doesn't "Love & Hate" make you smile when they mix soft pads with old skool hoover sounds? some news: Now that they've breathed life into Exorcise The Demons, Source Direct's own imprint's catalogue will be resurrected and repackaged. "The Crane" and "Snake Style" have been remixed, but are yet to be scheduled. After a year spent working intensively in their home studio Source Direct are determined to marshal their forces in a serious way in 1999, with DJ tours, remixes and single releases being planned. CT

Just thought I'd try and defend the album a bit after all the almost universally negative reviews it seems to be getting here. Although I didn't think all that much of this album when I first heard it, I've got to say it's growing on me quite a lot. Some of the new sounds they're bringing in are pretty cool - Technical Warfare sounds like Bartok, and for some reason Haunted reminds me of Godspeed you black emperor. Admittedly, it's not too original, but it seems a bit unfair to accuse them of constantly ripping off Photek (last track's ni ten ichi ryu-isms aside) - after all, didn't they all help to come up with that sharp St. Albans sound. Could probably do with a bit more variety too, but I've put it onto tape with some of their older tracks as well (crystal house, 12 till 4, stuff like that). It seems to work a lot better that way. What's my point here? Just that it's a pretty good darkish d&b album that good to listen to if you're in the right mood - similar to Wormholes in that respect. Dan Shoebridge. np: Roots Manuva - Brand New Second Hand. Does he really say 'slap the bacon from your mouth, dance around the sarnie'? What a bizarre image.