Here’s a little 100bpm experimental refix I did in order to mix this in my moombahton sets; I figured I’d share it for those of you that can make use of it, or just fancy hearing a different take on the whole moombahstuff phenomenon, lol.
NOTE: Dubphizix had it removed from SoundCloud, probably because it clocked up over 1000 plays in the 22 hours it was online. Please, SHARE this to help spread this and let more ears hear it…. :)
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“Kryptic Minds in their hayday”-esque beat from Geode! :D
Absolutely colossal mix from 16 Bit, which if nothing else, simply shows how far UK Bass music has come in 2011.
HUGE
Fela Kuti - Documentary Part 1/6
All 6 parts are on youtube, I just can’t be bothered to link them.
Pure SICKNESS from our very own Geode!
Don’t be shy, check his SoundCloud: http://soundcloud.com/geode-1
GHETTS SHIFT FROM GRIME - MC HITS HOME WITH 90BPM FREESTYLE ON SBTV THAT RIVALS ANY IN THE SCENE
Further to my comments on the grime scenes transition into slower tempo hiphop and rap, here is a perfect example of a big name clearly shifting from 140bpm grime tracks into grime sounds at a leisurely 90bpm. Check the part 1 of the video also on SBTV, and notice the hint in the video title that clearly promotes a shifting of genres…
Also, many of you who know the scene will notice Ghetts never released his long awaited album in 2011 following his Calm Before the Storm free mixtape…. My guess is that like many artists in the Grime scene at the moment, he has held back his material for one last farewell broadside at the grime market, perhaps in the form of another free release mixtape that will be quickly followed with a full hybrid album of his biggest grime and hiphop to date…
After an unexpected lull from this usually hyperactive artist, with well produced collabs such as the recent 8 minute track with Kano talking of the death of grime, the build up of promotion such as this from ghetts suggests more releases are not far off…
Dark future, but Grime shows it still has roots to maneuver…
So it seems even those who held up flames to the scene back in the day (including me to an extent) have been writing the death of grime all over twitter, facebook, blogs and even in lyrics, but poke around in the ashes, and you will be suprised by what you find…..
Back at the turn of the 90s, Garage was dying. It had not only helped forge the roots of UKG and UK Bass as we know it (Grime, Dubstep, Bassline ect.) but has also created a base through which UK MCs could establish a name, such as Donaeo and Ms Dynamite. Suddenly MCs had the opportunity to take centre stage, and a sprawling sound of complex lyrics of hard basslines erupted out, with momentum being kept alive through pirate radio, white label releases and the growth of internet culture.
Now we see a similar thing for the Grime scene, made more painful by the openness of the internet - people can sit back and watch the death of a genre unfold as artists fall from grace, and commercial music begins to stifle the raw roots of the underground.
But…. songs like this offer hope as the critics descend on the stagnant carcass of what is now defined as the Grime genre… Here we see two artists of the old cause (Ghetts and Kano) rising and stretching their necks over the creative block, showing the entreprenurial talent for grafting sound that remind me of the days when they had everything to gain from daring to be different.
With a sound that incorporates a Kanye West style 808 hiphop feel, with the raw lyrical talent for imagery realised through Grime, this new track has played on repeat since I found it. Lets hope they have the balls to put their careers on the line, and realise that at this current crossroads in sound with the next big thing bubbling under the surface, being different is the only way to survive…… Their lyrics definitely seem to indicate they will…………
