biographical

	Geographical base	A tower block, South London
	Occupation	Reinterpretation of drum'n'bass
	Mission	Subversion of the airwaves
	Apparatuses	Ancient sampler and worn-out synthesizers
	Qualifications	Space cake guzzling professors of echo mayhem

From out of nowhere they came, young pretenders to the drone, clutching a bunch of tunes brewed up over four years of mixing the chemicals:the beats and the bass. Tune one takes you to the heart of the darkside-Darth Vader in the mix-guiding us along the way-sharp beats and even sharper bass. A science-fiction burbling fl atrolling monster to amaze and educate, to enthrall and stimulate, put it on yer plate, mate. Tune two locates itself in the outer regions of the hemisphere-spinning outwards in a psychedelic haze.The dilemma of the shimmering chords conflicting with the deep sub-bass and the hyper crunching beats. Endless rolls of flabby extraneous nonsensical noises, punctuated by the corruscating riddims. Tune three, described recently by our friendly foreign affairs correspondent as 'sounding like a fucking war' is certainly not short in the hardness department. The industrial clanking machinery sampled direct from a factory. A techstepping masterpiece depicting the vibe of the one nation that we so proudly feel a spare part in. Frequency. Out.

equipment Korg Wavestation Korg DW8000 Emu Emax II Turbo Roland D50 Novation Supernova Fostex D5 DAT Tascam D220 cassette deck Alesis D5 drum module LA 4x4 noise gate / compressor Mackie 32:8 mixing desk Behringer Ultrafex Zoom 9120 reverb Vestafire DDL Fender Stratocaster Custom-built bass Roland 100w guitar amp Roland monitor amp Aiwa speakers 100w keyboard amp Fostex R8 8-track tape deck Shure SM58 mic Atari 1024 running Creator
review
	From issue 8 of Big Cheese This is drum and bass to make small children cry. Fractured beats create totally unpredictable and remarkable soundscapes. The tracks are experimental but not pretentious, hard but not unlistenable. In short it's fantastic.

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