Just some random picks - MARRS, Coldcut, S-Express, Bomb The Bass, Stakker Humanoid, Jungle Brothers, Simon Harris, James Brown, Fresh 4, Smith and Mighty, Rob Base & DJ EZ Rock, Eric B and Rakim, Derek B, De La Soul, PE, BDP, Big Daddy Kane, Biz Markie, Tuff Crew, MC Shan, Ultramagnetic MCs, Beastie Boys, EPMD, Roxanne Shante, Todd Terry, Armando, Marshall Jefferson, Adonis, Inner City, Soul II Soul, Richie Rich, Frankie Bones, Double Trouble, Rebel MC, Silver Bullet, Massive Attack, Hijack, Digital Underground, ATCQ, Gangstarr, Toni Scott, The Scientist, 4 Hero, Ragga Twins, Shut Up and Dance, LFO, Unique 3, KLF, Deelite, C&C, LA Style, Beltram, Altern8, Prodigy, SL2, Nookie, Top Buzz, Micky Finn, Urban Shakedown / Takeover, Bizarre Inc, Break The Limits, M D Emm, Gordon Edge, Carl Cox, Seduction, Slipmatt, Suburban Base, Ibiza Records, Reinforced Records, Sub Love, Roni Size, Wax Doctor, Alex Reece, Congo Natty, Goldie, DJ SS, Dem 2 Ruff, Ram, Bukem, Photek, Fantazia, Universe, Helter Skelter, Dreamscape, Tristan B, Ivanhoe Campbell, Mikey Dread, Raw radio, Bad radio, FTP radio, Black FM, SPEC radio, Magnum radio, SYT radio, Geoff Young, Galaxy radio, Power FM, Passion FM, Ragga FM, Pete Tong, John Peel, loads more hip hop, funk, soul, reggae, disco, house, hardcore, techno, jungle...............
CUE BURN DIGITAL is a new label set up by Mulder
who used to write DnB for Urban Takeover. Mulder has been writing music known
as Hardcore Breaks or Nu-Rave for the last couple of years and has finally decided
to take control of his output and put it out on his own label. There may be
vinyl releases at some stage but for the moment the releases will remain digital.
This does not mean that they have to stay in the digital domain however, in
fact customers are encouraged to get the mp3s cut to dubplate at DUBSTUDIO
or another cutting house and print the dubplate labels in the release .zip to
produce a physical product from the digital product. The same goes for CDRs,
using the CD inlay art included for printout. Records are collectable objects
which mean a lot more to you than just a file you've downloaded and even if
you don't play vinyl out, it's sometimes nice to have a physical copy of a tune
in your hands.
The
first release on this new label is a four track EP. The title track - Cue Burn
- lends it's name to the label and the EP and immortalises the sound of cue
burn (the scrathy sound you get at the cue point of a vinyl or dubplate record)
in a tune.
Mulder's
History
DJ MULDER is so called because of his slight resemblance to David Duchovny,
who plays the character Mulder in The X Files. In 1997, he released his first
drum and bass record with Urban Takeover, 'Don't Believe / Stick-up Kid'. The
tracks had some sucess on the dancefloors and were played by DJ's such as Hype,
Nicky Blackmarket and Darren Jay, along with Mickey Finn and Aphrodite of course.
His style has always been on the more 'Jump-up' dancefloor side of dnb, but
he's done some tracks that wouldn't really be classed as such. In 1998 he released
a record on Bristol's 'Tribe' label called 'Gettin' Blunted', which ended up
playing a small part in the film 'Human Traffic'. One of Mulder's favorite musical
tasks is that of remixing tracks by other artists. He has had remixes for Fat
Boy Slim and the Freestylers released, with a remix for the Prodigy getting
a release on a compilation album for Mixmag. In 2002, he released his first
Breaks track with Plastic Raygun records called 'Listen To The Basstone', which
was followed by a remix for fellow Bristol producer October on a German label,
Dangerous Drums.
In
Janurary 2003, Mulder developed a long-term anxiety problem, which is still
unresolved. He no longer DJs professionally, and he has also stopped DnB production
work. Mulder hopes to make a return to the DnB scene at some point in the future.
Present
In
2006, Mulder started working on a number or 'Hardcore Breaks' / 'Nu-Rave' tracks.
Hardcore Breaks is basically a return to the oldskool 1991-93 style of production,
with new production techniques and sounds used to produce a 'new' sound. It
was originally known as 'New Oldskool', but the name 'Hardcore Breaks' has been
chosen to represent the music for the time being. Nu-Urban distribution have
chosen to tag it as 'Nu-Rave', as it sells better under that name, and it's
already a buzz word thanks to the NME using it to describe guitar music with
a slight rave influence. It's hoped that eventually Nu-Rave will be a term associated
with real 'Rave Music', instead of Indie music. Hardcore Breaks should not be
confused with 'Bassline' or 'Tearout' Nu-skool breaks, although some of it is
very much in the same vein. Early in 2008, Mulder decided it was time to start
his own label to showcase his productions. This was the birth of CUE
BURN DIGITAL.
Check
out the websites B2VOS
and NU-RAVE.COM for more information about
Hardcore Breaks / Nu-Rave.
Chris' debut album launches off of the back of the tremendous critically-acclaimed "Quantum breaks" EP released on March this year, continuing on the "mad as a box of cats" style of breakbeat debauchery. "A Day @ The Zoo" is a gltichy, brain-popping collection of edgy, off-the-wall tracks bursting with new sonic directions in the breaks genre. A garaunteed speaker-breaker and crowd-pleaser.
I hope all is well and good and I just wanted to let you know I've just put up a new track called ECHO so I thought you might want to have a listen. :o) It's just the instrumental version I did not long ago but I do have a full section of vocal to arrange into this track so I'll keep you posted on the outcome! :o)
I appreciate your time and support and any comments posted.
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