Stuff I like:
Drums, Phat basslines, Tea, Trainers, Dusty old vinyl, Sunday sessions, Philosophy, Randomness, Escapism, Space, Reflecting, The Brixton Dogstar, Open minds, My family, My mates, Fenchurch clothing, Lazers, All night raves, Al fresco, Snow capped mountains, My snowboard, Reason 4, Cowbells, Retro, Sharks, Most amazing police chases ever, Scarface, Egg, Bernard Matthews turkey slices, Film soundtracks, Strings, Percussion, Open 24 hours, Old school breakbeats, Sampling stuff, People who dont take themselves too seriously, TK Maxx, My Rotweiller Zeuss, Red Stripe, Channel 4, Alan Partridge, Peep Show, Curry, Duvet days, Skinny dipping, Doing anything for the fist time, Really good Hi-Fi's, Analog, Immaturity, Eccentricity, Colourful socks, Mad old people, Black tie, Pound in a pintglass stripclubs, Technics 1200's, Allen & Heath Mixers, Fancy dress, British films, Stupidity, Temptation, Love.
Stuff I'm not so found of:
The Daily Mail, Snoring, Clock Watching, Itchy woolly jumpers, Health and Safety, Conforming, Sunburn, Celery, Arrogance, Egos, Selfish people, Rude people, Sweaty tube journeys, Being skint, Chavs, Getting Fat, Getting Old, Blood tests, Automated customer service phone lines, Bad customer service, waiting, Creative block, Hangovers, Trendy wankers, Style over substance, Dry spells, Cucumber, Dentists, Body Odour, Obsessive women, Gangs, Violence, Bling, Manflu, Getting a shit haircut, George Bush, War, Hate.
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I was just about old enough to experience some of the epic white gloved horn blowing raves of the early 90's. I snuck out to Evolution at the Sanctuary aged 12, armed with a mates brother's National Insurance card to see DJ Randall. If I wasn't already hooked by the endless Dreamscape tapepacks permanently wired into my ears at school, that night sealed the deal.
It was around this time that I got my first set of decks and began collecting Vinyl. I became obsessed with Suburban Base records and the original hardcore sound of Dj Hype, Dj Crystal and D Cruze. The sound of the Amen break sounded so fresh back then, I had never heard beats like that before. I always wondered how these producers were making these seemingly impossible drum patterns.
It wasn't until many years later, when I discovered funk and rare groove that I realised where that original Amen breakbeat sample had come from. I was amazed that for all of those years I was buying records which were centered around this one drum sample. It seemed like that one four second drum loop could be cut up and recycled endlessly without ever sounding dull. It was not long before I obsessed about tracking down other original breakbeats from old funk records.
After years of Djing, playing drums and generally eating, sleeping and shitting beats, a friend introduced me to Acid Pro and Fruity Loops. He loaded me up with a huge library of beats, breaks and samples to get me started. I stayed up for 48 hours solid to finish my first track. 8 years later I am still hooked on sampling, cutting up breaks and making tracks.
I hope you enjoy my music! Cheers for swinging by,
Rich
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Tunes wot I have made:
Vital Substance 'Crowd Control' (Systematica Records)
Vital Substance 'Somebody' (Edit records)
Vital Substance 'Dropkick' (Systematica Records)
Kid Nexus 'Lapdancer' (Vital Substance remix - Systematica Records)
Vital Substance 'Digital Dub' (Edit Records)
Vital Substance 'Dropkick' (Remixes - Vsubs Rerub - Systematica Records)
Vital Substance 'This Is A Test' (Edit Records)
Vital Substance 'Getting It On' (Feat Lurch Adams - Dead Famous Records)
McQueen 'Leroy House' (Vital Substance Remix - Edit Records)
Vital Substance 'Illusions' (Factory Records)
Vital Substance 'Broken Pieces EP' (Breakin Even Deep)
Vital Substance 'Before The Dark EP' (Breaking Even Deep)
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