Smith & Mighty
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Smith & Mighty are a Drum and bass
/Trip hop
group from Bristol
, consisting of Rob Smith and Ray Mighty. Their first releases, in the late 1980s, were breakbeat
covers of "Anyone Who Had a Heart" and "Walk on By". They went on to produce "Wishing on a Star" for Fresh Four and Massive Attack
's first single, "Any Love".
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...
/Trip hop
Trip hop
Trip hop is a music genre consisting of downtempo electronic music which originated in the early 1990s in England, especially Bristol. Deriving from "post"-acid house, the term was first used by the British music media and press as a way to describe the more experimental variant of breakbeat which...
group from Bristol
Bristol
Bristol is a city, unitary authority area and ceremonial county in South West England, with an estimated population of 433,100 for the unitary authority in 2009, and a surrounding Larger Urban Zone with an estimated 1,070,000 residents in 2007...
, consisting of Rob Smith and Ray Mighty. Their first releases, in the late 1980s, were breakbeat
Breakbeat
In 1992, a new style called "jungalistic hardcore" emerged, and for many ravers it was too funky to dance to. Josh Lawford of Ravescene prophesied that the breakbeat was "the death-knell of rave" because the ever changing drumbeat patterns of breakbeat music didn't allow for the same zoned out,...
covers of "Anyone Who Had a Heart" and "Walk on By". They went on to produce "Wishing on a Star" for Fresh Four and Massive Attack
Massive Attack
Massive Attack are an English DJ and trip hop duo from Bristol, England consisting of Robert "3D" Del Naja and Grant "Daddy G" Marshall. Working with co-producers, as well as various session musicians and guest vocalists, they make records and tour live. The duo are considered to be of the trip...
's first single, "Any Love".
Discography
- Stepper's Delight EP (Three Stripe, 1992)
- Remember Me EP (Three Stripe, 1994)
- Bass Is MaternalBass Is MaternalBass Is Maternal is an album by the Bristol-based group Smith & Mighty, originally released on More Rockers in 1995.-Track listing:#Hold On [Strange Mix] - 3:15#Jungle Man Corner - 4:20#Closer - 5:07#Walking - 4:09#Evolve - 4:36#Drowning - 3:43...
(More Rockers, 1995) - DJ-Kicks: Smith & MightyDJ-Kicks: Smith & MightyDJ-Kicks: Smith & Mighty is a DJ mix album, mixed by Smith & Mighty. It was released on 9 March 1998 on the Studio !K7 independent record label as part of the DJ-Kicks series.* CD Cat number: !K7065CD* Vinyl Cat number: !K7065LP-Track listing:...
(!K7 RecordsStudio !K7Studio !K7 is an independent record label based in Berlin, Germany that focuses mostly on electronic music. The name is an abbreviation of the company's original Berlin address, Kaiserdamm 7 . !K7 has since opened branch offices in New York City, Hamburg, London, and Tokyo.It has four independent...
, 1998) (DJ mix album) - Big World Small WorldBig World Small WorldBig World Small World is an album by the Bristol-based group Smith & Mighty, released on !K7 Records in 2000.-Track listing:#Intro - 2:11#Move You Run - 4:54#No Justice - 4:25#Year 2000 - 5:46#That Woman - 5:22#Small World - 6:24#Believers - 5:44...
(!K7 RecordsStudio !K7Studio !K7 is an independent record label based in Berlin, Germany that focuses mostly on electronic music. The name is an abbreviation of the company's original Berlin address, Kaiserdamm 7 . !K7 has since opened branch offices in New York City, Hamburg, London, and Tokyo.It has four independent...
, 2000) - Life Is... (!K7 RecordsStudio !K7Studio !K7 is an independent record label based in Berlin, Germany that focuses mostly on electronic music. The name is an abbreviation of the company's original Berlin address, Kaiserdamm 7 . !K7 has since opened branch offices in New York City, Hamburg, London, and Tokyo.It has four independent...
, 2002) - Retrospective (!K7 RecordsStudio !K7Studio !K7 is an independent record label based in Berlin, Germany that focuses mostly on electronic music. The name is an abbreviation of the company's original Berlin address, Kaiserdamm 7 . !K7 has since opened branch offices in New York City, Hamburg, London, and Tokyo.It has four independent...
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