(idm) (IDM) NEW COMPILATION CD: CONTRIBUTORS SOUGHT
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NEW COMPILATION CD: CONTRIBUTORS SOUGHT
2-step garage is the most potent form of underground dance music to have
developed in the UK since jungle in 1993-94. Mixing elements of US garage
and R&B with ultra-complex drum programming and foundation-shaking sub-bass,
this is house music made by and for a generation which had its musical
synapses rewired by drum & bass. Despite achieving mainstream chart success
in the UK with records like Artful Dodger's 'Rewind', 2-step has nonetheless
remained a comparatively localised scene, confined to London and a few other
major urban centres. It has not yet achieved the critical mass which enabled
jungle to break out onto the world stage. While it is debatable whether - in
any case - this would be a desirable outcome (jungle's post-1995 plunge into
nihilism and irrelevance being one of the more depressing cultural events of
recent years), we at Qubit Records are convinced that 2-step deserves more
widespread exposure, both within the UK and internationally, than it at
present receives. We also believe that, in the same way drum & bass forced
every forward-thinking recording artist to rethink the way they made music,
the manifold innovations of 2-step demand a coherent response from the wider
electronic music community. To this end, we are proposing to release a CD
compilation featuring both artists active on the 2-step scene, and tracks by
non-scene musicians which have been informed and inspired by 2-step. In
order to help us secure funding for such a release, we are seeking
expressions of interest from potential contributors. If you think you might
be interested in participating, please contact Gareth Metford at:
gmetford@qubit.demon.co.uk
Please note: this will NOT be a CD-R release, it will be a professionally
pressed, packaged and distributed CD. No compilations of this sort have yet
been attempted, hence there is sure to be considerable interest from both
press and public. Pirate radio tapes are available for anyone unfamiliar
with the 2-step sound.
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