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Solid Liquid Gas Fisticuff
Drums b/w Robbery in Progress Producer
and label owner Keith York of San Diego, CA serves up his debut DnB
12" in a style mixing breakbeat, hiphop, jungle and jump up styles
into a wicked mess. Fisticuff
Drums (Keltech Remix) b/w Robbery in Progress (Keltech
Remix) Keltech (AKA
Lloyd Morgan of pyraplastic.com) remixed IQ-03 after the initial pressing
flew out the door. Distributors gobbled these up quickly as well making
the label's goal of 10 releases in 10 months possible. Thanks again to
DJ Stratus for his help. Substances exhibit and mutate themselves in three distinct forms while drum ‘n’ bass exists across several different, uniquely defined paths. Solid Liquid Gas illuminates some of the darker paths folks fear approaching after the sun sets and mutates across the spectrum of DnB knowns. Bass quakes and snare duels fight with Amen breaks, as hips sway and dancers scream for the rewind. Bass flows like a liquid across the dancers’ bodies. The heated breakbeats expand like gases indefinitely into the air surrounding the crowd. Solid forms expand and explode from bassbins and stylli alike. Solid Liquid Gas has entered the room and commands your attention. The samples
are taken from records by Eric B. and Rakim, as well as King Tee, but
for a reason: It’s where and when these two song ideas were born.
DJing a mix of hiphop, noise and industrial dance in clubs and on radio
stations in the 80s, Keith York a.k.a. Solid Liquid Gas, realized a musical
truth: The best examples of engaging music combine melody, noise and a
wicked rhythm. Keith continued to DJ in his living room, parties, clubs
and radio throughout California, spreading his understanding of beat culture
through the 80s and early 90s, somehow successfully circumnavigating rave
altogether. Instead of bargaining for attention within “E”
culture, Keith made mixed tapes on his decks and screamed, strangled guitars
and mutated rhythms in a variety of “bands”.
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