DJ Trace was an early member of the tight-knit crew of producers
constituting popular techstep drum'n'bass label No U-Turn. Like colleagues
Nicoand Ed Rush, Trace's first crack at broad exposure came through the
Techsteppin' compilation, released by the Emotif label and containing a
number of tracks licensed from No U-Turn studios. Released in 1995, the
compilation helped seed a new direction in drum'n'bass, one characterized by
heavy use of electronics, cavernous beats and basslines, and the dystopian
histrionics that have since become trademarks of the No U-Turn/Nu Black
sound. Trace's 1995 release on Emotif, "The Mutant" (itself a remix of
T-Power's "Mutant Jazz"), also spawned a remix of its own.
"Mutant Revisited" became an influential trial run of tech's by now cliched "hoover" bassline and rolling, relentless breaks.
Today he runs DSCI4, a label that has pushed new producers through such as
Black Sun Empire,SKC&Chris SU and many more in recent years as well as having
legendery names
like Bad company,Kemal&Rob Data,Stakka&Skynet and Optical record for the label.
Now in its tenth year DSCI4 is set to release the final chapter in the Spy
Technology compilation series in 2008. More info can be found at
www.dsci4.com/forum & www.dsci4.com
DJ BOOKINGS: UK and EU: info@uniqueartists.co.uk
N Amercia : kgofcircle@aol.com
ASIA+AUS : dj@dsci4.com
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Hey Dj Trace, Your essence is equal to the beauty of a galaxy. How it passes there and back again like a tear drop glistening in moonlight. Your sweet voice is like the application of aloe vera upon a sunburnt back. Cities crumble, skies ignite spontaneously in your presence. Please let me hear more of that wonderful sound. The skin I shed is a perfume that makes water bubbles so terribly clear to me. Your beauty is multiplexed in contemplation of your multidimensional effervescence. Panoramic aromavision is the future. The elves that play in the toasters wash their drum sticks in honey and sing strikingly colored anthems in perfect harmonious pleasure. Your wonderfully bright soul keep the demons from torturing me. Your cleverness helps me breathe without the need of oxygen. How beautiful is the snowshine in your eyes, so directly current from the static in your mind. I desire to see life through your hallucinations so that they massage my viscera into an eternal state of turgid flux.
Think it's worthwhile reuniting the Trance Europe Express Compilation classes of 93 and beyond! These records opened my mind and, though much has come and gone, they still form an essential part of my days....
Whassup Trace?? Man, I was listening to your tag team set in Boston back in 1996 with Ed Rush (Dark Christmas/Jungle Roots). Its still lethal after all these years...
You gotta come see me in Miami man... Good times!! Hope all is well - Roger
fooji and i drove from boston, i don't remember the year or name of the renegade.... my buddy dj karlos was there too. ol'skool here! ear blasting sounds.... (ow). g'times.
