artist: V.A.title: Basswerk Sessions Vol. 2.
label: Basswerk
catalogue: BWCD002
format: 2CD
date: 09/2003
country: Germany
info:
it took us a long time to come up with a good follow-up to the succesful basswerk sessions 1 cd. now it became a double cd. as a consequence of our recent giana-brotherz 12 inch releases and the tgm album on combination, we received a lot of good tunes, also from new artists, which we have compiled together with the recent works of our own crew. besides the worldwide drum& bass movement, our artists tgm, taxidriver, giana brotherz, jonathan baker und bassface sascha, misanthrop, diz:play, konrad&coda, basztart & acoustic b, cytech and icr come up with very individual styles. basswerk philosophy remains the same: everything is allowed in the jungle, and we love the space that d&b offers for producing, as there is also room for punk, jazz, electronic and dub-vibes. the tracks sound epic, hard, organic or minimal, sometimes probably more adult compared to 98. never before has d&b in general been so ravy, yet we still think that the musical side of the tracks can be kept. there's no need for borders between minimal techno and rave or liquid funk-d&b. when the beats get faster, the musical aspect doesn't have to be reduced to vocals, soul or brasil elements. all the tracks on here have never been out on cd before. most of them will be released on basswerk vinyl, too. some of them will be on combination records (www.combination-rec.de) or the giana brotherz' new label - or are just exclusive on this cd. icr (impulsecreator) gál zoltán from hungary kept sending us demos and shows incredible sequencer skillz, doing most of his works within propellerheads reason. he lives on the countryside and hardly makes it to a party, but is the founder and co-editor of the country's well respected online drum & bass - magazine www.impulsecreator.hu. the hungarian d&b scene is huge and zoltán recently had a stunning release on breakbeat science's orgone label. his style is very electronic and joins other young hungarian producers shaping the futuristic sounds of the dsci4 label, while icr is being a little more musical and sometimes mellow.
it took us a long time to come up with a good follow-up to the succesful basswerk sessions 1 cd. now it became a double cd. as a consequence of our recent giana-brotherz 12 inch releases and the tgm album on combination, we received a lot of good tunes, also from new artists, which we have compiled together with the recent works of our own crew. besides the worldwide drum& bass movement, our artists tgm, taxidriver, giana brotherz, jonathan baker und bassface sascha, misanthrop, diz:play, konrad&coda, basztart & acoustic b, cytech and icr come up with very individual styles. basswerk philosophy remains the same: everything is allowed in the jungle, and we love the space that d&b offers for producing, as there is also room for punk, jazz, electronic and dub-vibes. the tracks sound epic, hard, organic or minimal, sometimes probably more adult compared to 98. never before has d&b in general been so ravy, yet we still think that the musical side of the tracks can be kept. there's no need for borders between minimal techno and rave or liquid funk-d&b. when the beats get faster, the musical aspect doesn't have to be reduced to vocals, soul or brasil elements. all the tracks on here have never been out on cd before. most of them will be released on basswerk vinyl, too. some of them will be on combination records (www.combination-rec.de) or the giana brotherz' new label - or are just exclusive on this cd. icr (impulsecreator) gál zoltán from hungary kept sending us demos and shows incredible sequencer skillz, doing most of his works within propellerheads reason. he lives on the countryside and hardly makes it to a party, but is the founder and co-editor of the country's well respected online drum & bass - magazine www.impulsecreator.hu. the hungarian d&b scene is huge and zoltán recently had a stunning release on breakbeat science's orgone label. his style is very electronic and joins other young hungarian producers shaping the futuristic sounds of the dsci4 label, while icr is being a little more musical and sometimes mellow.
tracklist:
BASSWERK SESSIONS Vol. 2 - CD 1/2
1. the green man (tgm) - xxx
2. taxidriver - toytonic
3. the green man (tgm) & cytech - feb 21st
4. konrad & coda - don't let me...
5. misanthrop - eis rmx (edit)
6. basztart & acoustic b - goblinson
7. the green man (tgm) - autobahn
8. giana brotherz - crossed roots
9. icr - wide awake
10. jonathan baker & bassface sascha - keep going on
11. taxidriver - give it up
BASSWERK SESSIONS Vol. 2 - CD 2/2
1. the green man (tgm) - nu wheels
2. misanthrop - hölle
3. the green man (tgm) - truth
4. the green man (tgm) - funk electrick
5. taxidriver - baba bass
6. giana brotherz - giana brotherz
7. the green man (tgm) - collision
8. the green man (tgm) - keep it simple
9. diz:play - the syndicate
10. giana brotherz - wüstensturm
11. taxidriver - dub yo
12. jonathan baker - oddity
"German label Basswerk showcases its finest over two CDs. A varied selection it is too, taking in everything from No U-Turn-style nastiness in generous amounts to the tech-y delights of 'Toytonic' by Taxidriver and the sumptuous Reprazent-style vocals and rolling breaks of Konrad and Coma. No true classics here, but this lot definitely know what they're doing production-wise, so watch this space" ~ Knowledge
