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The Downslide Vicious
b/w Orange + instrumental versions Baltimore
experimental hip-hop duo featuring established jungle producer King
Rhythm, and Voxx on the M.I.C. Long before King Rhythm gained notoriety for his mutated drill ‘n’ bass excursions, he was cuttin’ up floors with hiphop. Rhythm (AKA Franklin Yaker) and his fellow Baltimore, MD resident, MC Voxx, have been working as The Downslide for several years. While this 12” is The Downslide’s debut, they have a lengthy catalog of tunes slated for release and gig’s aplenty. Having been bitten by the drum ‘n’ bass bug about two years ago, King Rhythm has been working diligently on compilation contributions for labels based in the UK and the US. The most recent release of this manic methodology is “Sparkz In Tha Sky” on Evil Teen’s The United States of Drum ‘n’ Bass. Here’s some quotes from a recent interview in Mod Magazine. “My brother has always been into dance stuff. I have always been into hip hop, ... My brother had a (jungle) mix tape with hip hop samples all over it - it was something completely new to me....THE BASS!... Now, I have a very nice studio that I'm proud of. I make hip hop, but I never send it out. My first (jungle) tracks were around 145 bpm - for weeks on end I was trying to get the bass alone...messing with low pass filters...I can't make a track without filters. I sent out my first jungle tape and Jungle Sky was into it. I could've had a 12" out on Jungle Sky but I had all these samples in it. The contract said if we get sued, we'll sue you - so I went back and produced tracks with less samples. Now I send a lot of shit out...”
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