Source Direct
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Source Direct is a drum and bass
producer team from St Albans
in the United Kingdom
, initially consisting of Phil Aslett and Jim Baker. Source Direct are often compared with ambient drum and bass artists such as LTJ Bukem
and other Good Looking Records
producers, but their work displays a much more percussive assault than the laid-back jungle artists. They are widely recognized as being amongst the greatest and most influential drum and bass producers ever.
The duo produced singles for a variety of different labels: Metalheadz, Basement, Certificate 18, Odysee, Street Beats, Good Looking Records, and their own Source Direct label. They also released singles under other names, such as Intensity, Sounds of Life, Oblivion and Hokusai. Aslett had left the team by the end of 1999, but Baker still records under the Source Direct name.
Drum and bass
Drum and bass is a type of electronic music which emerged in the late 1980s. The genre is characterized by fast breakbeats , with heavy bass and sub-bass lines...
producer team from St Albans
St Albans
St Albans is a city in southern Hertfordshire, England, around north of central London, which forms the main urban area of the City and District of St Albans. It is a historic market town, and is now a sought-after dormitory town within the London commuter belt...
in the United Kingdom
United Kingdom
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, initially consisting of Phil Aslett and Jim Baker. Source Direct are often compared with ambient drum and bass artists such as LTJ Bukem
LTJ Bukem
LTJ Bukem is the stage name used by the drum and bass musician, producer and DJ Danny Williamson . He and his record labels Good Looking and Looking Good Records are most associated with the jazzy, atmospheric side of drum and bass music....
and other Good Looking Records
Good Looking Records
Good Looking Records is a Jungle/drum & bass record label, formed in the early nineties by pioneering DJ/producer LTJ Bukem.Artists who have released on this label include LTJ Bukem, Tayla, Furney, Redeyes, Q Project, Peshay, Big Bud, Nookie, Makoto, Intense, Artemis, New Balance, MC D.R.S., PFM,...
producers, but their work displays a much more percussive assault than the laid-back jungle artists. They are widely recognized as being amongst the greatest and most influential drum and bass producers ever.
The duo produced singles for a variety of different labels: Metalheadz, Basement, Certificate 18, Odysee, Street Beats, Good Looking Records, and their own Source Direct label. They also released singles under other names, such as Intensity, Sounds of Life, Oblivion and Hokusai. Aslett had left the team by the end of 1999, but Baker still records under the Source Direct name.
Albums
- "Controlled DevelopmentsControlled DevelopmentsControlled Developments is an EP by drum and bass artists Source Direct, which was released November 4, 1997. The album is composed entirely of previously released singles-Track listing:#"Call & Response" – 7:15# "Computer State" – 7:39...
" (1997, Virgin) - "Exorcise the DemonsExorcise the DemonsExorcise the Demons is a studio album by drum and bass artists Source Direct, which was released on March 8, 1999. Three of the tracks, "Concealed Identity", "Mind Weaver", and "Technical Warfare", are previously released singles.-Track listing:...
" (1999, Virgin)
Singles
- "Future London/Shimmer" (1994, Odysee)
- "A Made Up Sound/The Cult" (1995, Metalheadz)
- "Approach & Identify/Modem" (1995, Source Direct)
- "Different Groove/Stars" (1995, Odysee)
- "Fabric of Space/Bliss" (1995, Source Direct)
- "Snake Style/Exit 9" (1995, Source Direct)
- "Black Rose/Hokusai" (1996, Source Direct)
- "Stonekiller/Web of Sin" (1996, Metalheadz)
- "The Crane/Artificial Barriers" (1996, Source Direct)
- "Call & Response/Computer State" (1997, Virgin)
- "Capital D/Enemy Lines" (1997, Virgin)
- "Two Masks/Black Domina" (1997, Virgin)
- "Concealed Identity" (1998, Virgin)
- "Mind Weaver" (1998, Virgin)
- "Technical Warfare" (1998, Virgin)
- "Snowblind/The Place" (2001, Demonic)
- "Sub One/Escape From Cairo" (2001, Demonic)
- "Yo Bitch!/Pimp Star" (2001, Demonic)
Source Direct in other media
- The track, "Call & Response", appeared in a scene from the 1998 film "BladeBlade (film)Blade is a 1998 vampire superhero action horror starring Wesley Snipes and Stephen Dorff, loosely based on the Marvel Comics character Blade. The film was directed by Stephen Norrington and written by David S. Goyer. Blade grossed $70 million at the U.S. box office, and $131.2 million worldwide...
" in which the track is being listened to, on headphones, by the villain, Deacon Frost (Stephen DorffStephen DorffStephen Dorff is an American actor, best known for portraying Stuart Sutcliffe in Backbeat, Johnny Marco in Somewhere, and for his roles in Blade and Cecil B. DeMented.-Early life:...
), whilst he searches a library's archives. However, the song did not appear on the film's soundtrackBlade (soundtrack)Blade is the soundtrack to the 1998 film, Blade. It was released on August 25, 1998 through TVT Records and featured a wide range of musical genres including hip hop, techno, electronic and alternative rock...
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- Their track "2097" was created especially for use on the CD soundtrack of the 1997 PlayStationPlayStationThe is a 32-bit fifth-generation video game console first released by Sony Computer Entertainment in Japan on December 3, .The PlayStation was the first of the PlayStation series of consoles and handheld game devices. The PlayStation 2 was the console's successor in 2000...
game Wipeout 2097Wipeout 2097Track listing Saturn/Windows versions * CoLD SToRAGE: "Canada"* CoLD SToRAGE: "Body in Motion"* CoLD SToRAGE: "Kinkong"* CoLD SToRAGE: "Plasticity"* CoLD SToRAGE: "Messij Xtnd"* CoLD SToRAGE: "Tenation"* CoLD SToRAGE: "Surgeon"...
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