OK so today I had a bit of a revelation on this funky thing. I’ve kinda dismissed it before becuase I didn’t really get it, other that some of the bigger tunes (see my previous post). I had a similar feeling with dubstep last year, I heard a load of my mates raving about it, read up on it but just couldnt get into it until I caught Skream live, then it clicked with me. Theres a whole other level to these tunes when you here them raw at a loud volume, rather than mp3s.
I went into the newly relocated Uptown Records to pick up some bassline, but I also wanted to get a copy of De Siegalizer by Apple, which is one of those tunes you can get hooked on in one listen, it’s so catchy.
What I like about Uptown is that you’ll always come out with a load more than what you went in for. But in this case, I was kinda hoping to be able to avoid more funky reccommendations becuase I didn’t want to buy any. Thing is, all this stuff they reccommeded is massive. Rather than sampling it through some headphones, they whacked it through the speakers in the store, cranked it up and just went with it. Un-compressed, off the vinyl, through a good sound system, it totally clicked, I spent a shitload on records today and the worst bit is I don’t even have my decks with me right now so I’m not gonna hear any of it again until Saturday night at Bassime. Can’t wait.
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