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Total Science - RH29A1 Total Science - Street Level
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Total Science - RH29A2 Total Science - Rebel Soul
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Total Science - RH29B1 Total Science - Room Service
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Total Science - RH29B2 Total Science - Out Of Touch (Source Direct Remix)
Next up from Renegade Hardware's 'From the Vaults' rerelease series we have an EP that might have just celebrated its
twentieth anniversary, but still sounds as future-proofed as ever. This is the 'Street Level EP'.
First, a bit of background. By 2001, Q Project and Spinback - or Total Science as they're known in combination - were
already well-established pillars of the junglist community. Between the pair of them, they'd delivered anthems like the
perennial 'Champion Sound', released on labels as disparate as Reinforced, Good Looking, Hardleaders and
Metalheadz, and even dropped a full-length album, 'Advance', on their own CIA imprint.
As we journey from 'Street Level' to 'Rebel Soul' onwards to 'Room Service', we hear the influence of Total Science's
junglistic roots, a sound that has remained steadfastly relevant across the generations. Breaks and samples are sliced,
twisted and manipulated into heart-palpitating arrangements, with an expert's ear for rhythm programming keeping us
just the right side of insanity.
The EP is closed out with Source Direct's remix of 'Out of Touch', reconfiguring Total Science's break and bass workout
into an evolving old skool-tinged surrealist landscape. So, we're shown yet another facet of drum 'n' bass music's
possibilities drawn out by Hardware's roster.
And again, Renegade Hardware's 'From the Vaults' series delivers. Many current junglists are actually younger than this
EP, which is why it's huge that this music has become available for them in an accessible form. Clearly, this era of
stylistic meldings as jungle influence combined with drum 'n' bass technique should be a cornerstone of their musical
education.
Sicherheits- und Herstellerinformationen / safety and manufacturer info (GPSR)
WAS - Word and Sound Medien GmbH
Liebigstrasse 2-20
DE - 22113 Hamburg
Germany
Contact: [email protected]More
twentieth anniversary, but still sounds as future-proofed as ever. This is the 'Street Level EP'.
First, a bit of background. By 2001, Q Project and Spinback - or Total Science as they're known in combination - were
already well-established pillars of the junglist community. Between the pair of them, they'd delivered anthems like the
perennial 'Champion Sound', released on labels as disparate as Reinforced, Good Looking, Hardleaders and
Metalheadz, and even dropped a full-length album, 'Advance', on their own CIA imprint.
As we journey from 'Street Level' to 'Rebel Soul' onwards to 'Room Service', we hear the influence of Total Science's
junglistic roots, a sound that has remained steadfastly relevant across the generations. Breaks and samples are sliced,
twisted and manipulated into heart-palpitating arrangements, with an expert's ear for rhythm programming keeping us
just the right side of insanity.
The EP is closed out with Source Direct's remix of 'Out of Touch', reconfiguring Total Science's break and bass workout
into an evolving old skool-tinged surrealist landscape. So, we're shown yet another facet of drum 'n' bass music's
possibilities drawn out by Hardware's roster.
And again, Renegade Hardware's 'From the Vaults' series delivers. Many current junglists are actually younger than this
EP, which is why it's huge that this music has become available for them in an accessible form. Clearly, this era of
stylistic meldings as jungle influence combined with drum 'n' bass technique should be a cornerstone of their musical
education.
Sicherheits- und Herstellerinformationen / safety and manufacturer info (GPSR)
WAS - Word and Sound Medien GmbH
Liebigstrasse 2-20
DE - 22113 Hamburg
Germany
Contact: [email protected]More