August 15, 2013 - 10:24 am
RELEASE DATE: OUT NOW!
Label bosses Drumsound and Bassline Smith have done it again. On their mission to bring through the freshest D&B talent from all over the world, they’ve found another winner. This time it’s a twenty-year old production prodigy from Perth, Western Australia who goes by the name of Spectrem.
For his debut Technique release, Spectrem has put together four tracks to show the multiple interlocking pieces that make up his style. First up, the title track, Supernova, combines crisp, clean production with sci-fi riffs and an off-kilter chord progression that reveals the musicality at the heart of this artist.
And that musicality comes to the fore with the next track, Trust, a collaboration with fellow-Ozzie Spillage. This is where Spectrem’s soulful side comes out. Haunting strings and a laid-back vocal provide a counterpoint to rolling drums to provide an essential dose of late-night liquid.
While you’re in the mood for soul, Spectrem delivers another injection with Mind’s Eye, although this time with a twist. An uplifting piano sequence and gentle ethereal pads swirl around the rhythm and bass to add a mid-nineties atmospheric vibe.
Just in case you thought that you’d heard everything this guy has to offer, he flips it again with the final track, Catch Me if You Can. With his now-trademark soulful flavour intact, Spectrem adds in some punch from Beckon on the mic before unleashing the grime with a dangerously raw drop.
Over these four tracks, Spectrem shows exactly what he can do. From pure soul and atmosphere to grit and toughness, he demonstrates that his moniker isn’t false advertising: he’s got the full spectrum covered. Now that this artist is signed to Technique, you know you’d better watch out.
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01. Supernova - Spectrem |
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02. Trust - Spectrem & Spillage |
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03. Mind’s Eye - Spectrem |
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04. Catch Me if You Can - Spectrem (Ft. Beckon) |
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info@techniquerecordings.co.uk
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New Signing: Spectrem
With a roster including scene luminaries like 2DB, Tantrum Desire and Hashtag, you know when Technique Recordings introduces a new artist you’d better sit up and pay close attention.
Now it’s time for a twenty-year old DJ and producer from Perth, Western Australia called Ben Polson to step into the spotlight. Ladies and gentlemen, this is Spectrem.
Spectrem took his first steps into music production at the age of fourteen, but it was hearing Shock One’s track “Polygon” a few years later that inspired him to take this hobby more seriously. Quickly graduating from Mixcraft to Ableton and buying his first set of CDJs, the young producer dedicated himself to the art of bass. He began DJing at as many parties as he could and putting the hours in in front of his DAW to hone his original sound.
Having established himself in the bass music scene of his home town as a DJ and as a producer of dubstep and D&B, he’s caught the discerning ears of Technique label bosses Drumsound and Bassline Smith. Now it’s time for Spectrem to take his place on the international stage.
With a style that encapsulates multiple influences into a style that’s all his own, Spectrem’s productions are set to blow up in raves and on airwaves worldwide. So, get to know. Thisyoung artist’s about to take things up a gear.
To get up to speed, check out Spectrum at the usual online locations:
Spectrem Official Social Links
Or, for interview requests, and further information, contact:
info@techniquerecordings.co.uk
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Ukrainian drum and bass pioneer MaxNRG signed to Technique Recordings last year, and instantly proved his credentials to the UK scene. His debut EP, “Prometheus”, showed off a melodic sensibility that provides an ideal counterpoint to his tough beats and basslines, resulting in heavy radio and rave rotation. So, time to show off more of this flavour.
And that flavour, as MaxNRG has already proved, has a lot to do with melody, which is at the top of the agenda for “Hide Away My Heart”. A sing-along refrain and cleverly interweaving riffs create the calm before the firestorm of the drop. An, proving the flexibility of this style, on top of the D&B mix, there’s a selection of other delivery systems for the payload. A Radio Mix, an Instrumental Mix, a savage Dubstep Mix and even a electro-plosive House Mix, proving that, whatever your flavour, MaxNRG’s style can get you hyped.
This flavour’s all about melody, but that’s not the end of the story. “Danger Zone” flips the musicality into another dimension. Now, it’s deployed to create an unsettling horror-movie landscape, populated by tormented samples, before filtered beats and a gravelly bassline slowly move into view. On the face of it, this is a simple, if dark-hued roller, but as the tune progresses, sounds become modulated beyond your wildest expectations to draw you further into this paradigm.
If you don’t know about MaxNRG yet, then you’d better not miss out on this release. In these two tracks, he’s shown that his style can encompass both the light and the darkness, making his output vital parts of any selector’s armoury.
Tracklisting:
1. Hide Away My Heart (Original Mix)
2. Hide Away My Heart (Radio Mix)
3. Hide Away My Heart (Instrumental Mix)
4. Hide Away My Heart (Dubstep Mix)
5. Hide Away My Heart (House Mix)
6. Danger Zone
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info@techniquerecordings.co.uk
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The first salvo of Crossfire hit at the beginning of last year. It was an EP that gave warning that Technique Recordings’ elite unit of producers were the ones
to watch for 2012. And the ubiquity of their tunes all over Radio 1, 1Xtra and Kiss, and in raves worldwide, soon proved that it wasn’t a warning to be taken lightly. Now it’s time to give 2013 the same treatment.
First up is Oxygen, from heavyweight outfit 2DB, drawing in the listener with subtle arpeggios and evolving riffs, creating a warm and melodic intro to the Crossfire experience. Then KG and Erb n Dub, in their Hashtag guise, switch things up with a sparser, technoid-paranoia workout in Don’t You Want Me. And proving that you can’t pigeon-hole Technique, there’s yet another sound on display next with a steel-reinforced VIP mix of L Plus’s anthemic Time Travel from 2011.
Halfway through the EP, and still the variety keeps coming from the Technique team. MaxNRG drops Grimey Beats into the mixture, a half-speed D&B stomper that combines elements of reggae, electro and R&B with devastating consequences. Then L Plus is back for a second contribution with End of Story, a track which takes his trademark silk-textured synths and street- hardened beats and twists them around subtle musical reference points. Then finally, 2DB come through to wrap up proceedings with Spud Gun, a tune which rolls in under the radar before jump- ing out at you with a powerful assault of twenty-first century acid.
If you were anywhere within hearing distance of a bass-conscious DJ in 2012, you’ll have heard a Technique Recordings release. But, even if you’re late to the party, this second Crossfire show- case is here to demonstrate why these flavours should be on everyone’s setlist.
Tracklisting:
1. 2DB – Oxygen
2. Hashtag – Don’t You Want Me 3. L Plus – Time Travel VIP
4. MaxNRG – Grimey Beats
5. L Plus – End of Story
6. 2DB – Spud Gun
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