Drumsound & Bassline Smith
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Drumsound & Bassline Smith are a British
electronic
production
group from Derby
, consisting of Andrew Wright, Benjamin Wiggett (Drumsound) and Simon 'Bassline' Smith. Their record label
is Technique Recordings, which celebrated its tenth anniversary in 2009. They met at one of Derby's club nights in the summer of 1998.
In 2004 their "Odyssey" banger was judged Mixmag
's tenth best all-round dance
anthem of the year, and hit #1 on the UK Dance Chart
. They have released tracks on a string of some of the most respected imprints in drum and bass
, including on Ltj Bukem's
Good Looking Records
, Bryan G’s V Records and Grooverider's
Prototype Records.
Also, in 2004 Drumsound & Bassline Smith released their first studio album
, Nature of the Beast, featuring "Crossfire (Danger)", "Planet Mars", "The End" and "Tinman", on Technique Recordings.
They enjoy regular plays on BBC Radio One and 1Xtra from Fabio
and Grooverider, Zane Lowe
, Mistajam
, Annie Nightingale
and Annie Mac
. The trio are one of the few complete multiple mixes for BBC Radio One.
The 10 Years Of Technique album included the "Can You Feel It", "Clap Your Hands" and "Law Of The Jungle", and reached #1 on the BBC Radio 1 and 1xtra charts at the end of November 2009. 2009 remixes included VV Browns
"Leave"’ at the request of Universal
's Island Records
and Fugative's
- Supafly for Ministry Of Sound
.
Annie Mac requested the crew complete a remix
of Chipmunk's
"Oopsy Daisy" for her Mash Hitz segment. They also did a remix of the Eastenders
theme for the E20 Music Competition set up by the BBC
.
In 2010, Drumsound & Bassline Smith remixed work by Blame feat Ruff Squad, and mixed "Until You Were Gone
" by Chipmunk featuring Esmée Denters
. The group have also completed a remix of Afrojack featuring Eva Simons' "Take Over Control" on Data Records
, and produced tracks on the Dansette Junior album on Columbia Records
.
United Kingdom
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electronic
Electronic music
Electronic music is music that employs electronic musical instruments and electronic music technology in its production. In general a distinction can be made between sound produced using electromechanical means and that produced using electronic technology. Examples of electromechanical sound...
production
Record producer
A record producer is an individual working within the music industry, whose job is to oversee and manage the recording of an artist's music...
group from Derby
Derby
Derby , is a city and unitary authority in the East Midlands region of England. It lies upon the banks of the River Derwent and is located in the south of the ceremonial county of Derbyshire. In the 2001 census, the population of the city was 233,700, whilst that of the Derby Urban Area was 229,407...
, consisting of Andrew Wright, Benjamin Wiggett (Drumsound) and Simon 'Bassline' Smith. Their record label
Record label
In the music industry, a record label is a brand and a trademark associated with the marketing of music recordings and music videos. Most commonly, a record label is the company that manages such brands and trademarks, coordinates the production, manufacture, distribution, marketing and promotion,...
is Technique Recordings, which celebrated its tenth anniversary in 2009. They met at one of Derby's club nights in the summer of 1998.
In 2004 their "Odyssey" banger was judged Mixmag
Mixmag
Mixmag is a British dance music and clubbing magazine. It styles itself as "the world's biggest selling dance music magazine", with an Audit Bureau of Circulations audited circulation of approximately 21,250...
's tenth best all-round dance
Dance music
Dance music is music composed specifically to facilitate or accompany dancing. It can be either a whole musical piece or part of a larger musical arrangement...
anthem of the year, and hit #1 on the UK Dance Chart
UK Dance Chart
The UK Dance Chart is a chart compiled by The Official Charts Company from sales in record stores and digital downloads. Although the chart does not currently receive any airplay on the radio or television, the chart can be viewed on the BBC Radio 1 and The Official Charts Company website.Digital...
. They have released tracks on a string of some of the most respected imprints in drum and bass
Drum and bass
Drum and bass is a type of electronic music which emerged in the late 1980s. The genre is characterized by fast breakbeats , with heavy bass and sub-bass lines...
, including on Ltj Bukem's
LTJ Bukem
LTJ Bukem is the stage name used by the drum and bass musician, producer and DJ Danny Williamson . He and his record labels Good Looking and Looking Good Records are most associated with the jazzy, atmospheric side of drum and bass music....
Good Looking Records
Good Looking Records
Good Looking Records is a Jungle/drum & bass record label, formed in the early nineties by pioneering DJ/producer LTJ Bukem.Artists who have released on this label include LTJ Bukem, Tayla, Furney, Redeyes, Q Project, Peshay, Big Bud, Nookie, Makoto, Intense, Artemis, New Balance, MC D.R.S., PFM,...
, Bryan G’s V Records and Grooverider's
Grooverider
Grooverider is a British drum and bass DJ.-Biography:Grooverider began his DJing at illegal raves and warehouse parties in the UK in the late 1980s, and rose to prominence with partner Fabio through his sets at nightclub nights such as 'Rage'. Grooverider was also on the London pirate radio...
Prototype Records.
Also, in 2004 Drumsound & Bassline Smith released their first studio album
Album
An album is a collection of recordings, released as a single package on gramophone record, cassette, compact disc, or via digital distribution. The word derives from the Latin word for list .Vinyl LP records have two sides, each comprising one half of the album...
, Nature of the Beast, featuring "Crossfire (Danger)", "Planet Mars", "The End" and "Tinman", on Technique Recordings.
They enjoy regular plays on BBC Radio One and 1Xtra from Fabio
Fabio (DJ)
Fitzroy Heslop better known by his stage name of Fabio, is a drum and bass DJ and producer from the UK. Fabio has been described as one of the best DJ's of all time. He runs the Creative Source record label.-Biography:...
and Grooverider, Zane Lowe
Zane Lowe
Zane Lowe also known as 'Zipper', is a radio DJ and television presenter. He was born in New Zealand and grew up in Auckland, where he was a presenter on the local music station Max TV, before moving to England...
, Mistajam
MistaJam
MistaJam is an award-winning DJ and Radio presenter for BBC Radio 1, joining in 2008 and BBC Radio 1Xtra, joining in 2005.His show on BBC Radio 1, taglined the "Saturday Night Soundclash", is broadcast on Saturday nights between 11pm - 1am and is simulcast on BBC Radio 1Xtra. The show is part of...
, Annie Nightingale
Annie Nightingale
Anne "Annie" Nightingale MBE is an English radio broadcaster. She is most commonly known by the more informal name of Annie...
and Annie Mac
Annie Mac
Annie Mac is an Irish DJ and television presenter who hosts an eponymous electronic dance music show on BBC Radio 1 in the United Kingdom which airs at 7:00 pm on Friday evenings as well as a Sunday evening show alongside co-presenter Nick Grimshaw.-Personal life:Annie Mac was born in Dublin,...
. The trio are one of the few complete multiple mixes for BBC Radio One.
The 10 Years Of Technique album included the "Can You Feel It", "Clap Your Hands" and "Law Of The Jungle", and reached #1 on the BBC Radio 1 and 1xtra charts at the end of November 2009. 2009 remixes included VV Browns
Island Records
Island Records is a record label that was founded by Chris Blackwell in Jamaica. It was based in the United Kingdom for many years and is now owned by Universal Music Group...
"Leave"’ at the request of Universal
Universal Music Group
Universal Music Group is an American music group, the largest of the "big four" record companies by its commanding market share and its multitude of global operations...
's Island Records
Island Records
Island Records is a record label that was founded by Chris Blackwell in Jamaica. It was based in the United Kingdom for many years and is now owned by Universal Music Group...
and Fugative's
Fugative
Fugative is a rapper and record producer from Essex, England. He worked with Kirk Burrowes for a week in April 2009 in Atlanta, Georgia the former manager of Mary J. Blige and co-founder of Bad Boy Records after Burrowes was contacted by Byart's mother Gloria who previously managed Marvin Gaye...
- Supafly for Ministry Of Sound
Ministry of Sound
Ministry of Sound London, commonly referred to as simply Ministry of Sound or MoS, is a nightclub based in London, United Kingdom and an associated record label. It was ranked fourth in the 2010 DJ Magazine top 100 clubs poll 2010. As well as the nightclub in London, there is another in Egypt and...
.
Annie Mac requested the crew complete a remix
Remix
A remix is an alternative version of a recorded song, made from an original version. This term is also used for any alterations of media other than song ....
of Chipmunk's
Chipmunk (rapper)
Jahmaal Noel Fyffe known by his stage name Chipmunk, is a British hip hop rapper and songwriter from Tottenham, London....
"Oopsy Daisy" for her Mash Hitz segment. They also did a remix of the Eastenders
EastEnders
EastEnders is a British television soap opera, first broadcast in the United Kingdom on BBC One on 19 February 1985 and continuing to today. EastEnders storylines examine the domestic and professional lives of the people who live and work in the fictional London Borough of Walford in the East End...
theme for the E20 Music Competition set up by the BBC
BBC
The British Broadcasting Corporation is a British public service broadcaster. Its headquarters is at Broadcasting House in the City of Westminster, London. It is the largest broadcaster in the world, with about 23,000 staff...
.
In 2010, Drumsound & Bassline Smith remixed work by Blame feat Ruff Squad, and mixed "Until You Were Gone
Until You Were Gone
"Until You Were Gone" is Chipmunk's sixth single and features Dutch singer Esmée Denters. The track is the first single from the platinum edition of I Am Chipmunk. The single was recorded in January 2010 with producer, Fraser T Smith, and songwriter Ayak Thiik...
" by Chipmunk featuring Esmée Denters
Esmée Denters
Esmée Denters is a Dutch singer-songwriter. She was a regular cover-artist on video-sharing website YouTube on which she covered songs by contemporary musicians like Justin Timberlake and Natasha Bedingfield....
. The group have also completed a remix of Afrojack featuring Eva Simons' "Take Over Control" on Data Records
Data Records
Data Records is a record label based in London, the record label is full owned by Ministry Of Sound. Releases by Data Records are often said they are released by Ministry Of Sound.-Albums:-Singles:*Some releases Infomation is From Discogs....
, and produced tracks on the Dansette Junior album on Columbia Records
Columbia Records
Columbia Records is an American record label, owned by Japan's Sony Music Entertainment, operating under the Columbia Music Group with Aware Records. It was founded in 1888, evolving from an earlier enterprise, the American Graphophone Company — successor to the Volta Graphophone Company...
.
Discography
- A Pole Dancer Called Eternity
- Aneurysm
- Annihilate
- Ant's Nest
- Aquarius
- Badman
- Bandsaw
- Barcode
- Beeswax
- Beeswax (TeeBee Remix)
- Belly Dancer
- Big Tings
- Big Tings (DJ Hype Special Mix)(featuring MC Skibadee)
- Big Tings (DJ Hype Special Mix)
- Bigheadz
- Body Movin'
- Body Pump
- Booty Call
- Booty Call (Phetsta Remix)
- Breakdown
- Breakdown (2009 Re-Lick)
- Breakdown (Twisted Individual Remix)
- Bust It Up
- Can You Feel It
- Cape Fear
- Cape Fear (Tantrum Desire Remix)
- Catacomb
- Clap Ya Hands
- Clap Ya Hands (Dubstep Remix)
- Close
- Close (Dub Mix)
- Close (Jacob Plant Remix)
- Close (Mensah Remix)
- Cold Turkey
- Conspiracy
- Crossfire (Danger)
- Crossfire (Danger) (DJ Friction & K.Tee Remix)
- Dangerous
- Databass
- Datastream
- Dirty Dancing
- Disco Biscuit
- Distinction
- Distortion (Aquasky Remix)
- Dragonfly
- Dragonfly (Loxy Remix)
- Drain Pipe
- Dubtrack
- Eight Ball
- Electro-Tech
- Ever Changin'
- Evolution
- Fallin'
- Feel The Sunset
- Feelings
- Fire (Burning)
- Firewall
- Freestyle Mambo
- Freak
- Freak (Dubstep Remix)
- Freak (Crissy Criss Drumstep Remix)
- Friday
- Future Tech
- Future Tech (Future Tech Remix)
- Fu Manchu
- Fu Manchu (140 Dubstep Mix)
- Get Through
- Get Through (Distorted Minds Remix)
- Get You Together
- Ghost
- Give It To You
- Go
- Good Times Roll
- Harder
- Heavy FC
- Higher
- Hipsteppin'
- Humanoid
- Hypnosis (A-Sides Exclusive Mix)
- Hypnosis (Aphrodite Remix)
- Hypnotic Regression
- I Need Your Love
- If You Need Someone
- In & Out
- In The Silence
- Intro
- It Came From Mars
- Judgement Day
- Jungle
- Jungle Fever
- Junglist
- Junglist (Twisted Individual Remix)
- Killa DJ
- Kilo
- King Of Kings
- Law Of The Jungle
- Lazor Razor
- Lazy Bones
- Let The Good Times Roll
- Live Another Day
- Mafia
- Mafia (VIP Mix)
- Maze In Your Minds
- Midnite
- Mine
- Moving Target
- My Way
- Natty Music
- Newsflash
- Nightmares
- Ooh Baby
- Original Badboy
- Overdrive
- Pegasus
- Phoenix
- Planet Earth
- Planet Mars
- Planet Saturn
- Plutonium
- R U Ready
- R U Ready (Dubstep Mix)
- Ragga Twins Story (Dub Mix)
- Ragga Twins Story (Full Vocal Mix)
- Rasta Blasta
- Ready For The Bassline
- Ready For The Bassline (Ruffstuff VIP Mix)
- Realization
- Reverence
- Robotix
- Rock N Roll
- Rock Your Body
- Roll The Night
- Rottwieler
- Ruffkut
- Scallops
- Skumbag
- Slipstream
- Smoker's Anthem
- Special
- Stay Loose
- Steal My Heart
- Steal My Heart (Tearout Mix)
- Stigmata
- Stories Of The Future
- Street Level Funk
- Subliminal
- Subsonic
- Sucker
- Superfly
- Supersonic
- Target Practice
- Tears Drop (On & On)
- Testament
- The Don
- The Odyssey
- Tijuana
- Time
- Time To Burn
- Tin Man
- Today
- Tokyo Electric
- Trouble
- Tsunami
- Tudo Lindo (Track Two)
- Tyrant
- Underworld
- Vicious
- Welcome To The Jungle
- West Bank
- What Do...
- What You Gonna Do Now?
- Without You
- Zanzibar (Ascend & Dead Dread Remix)
- Zeus