New Day / Dislike / Uprise

artist: ICR
title: New Day / Dislike / Uprise
label: Covert Operations
catalogue: COV012
format: 12" vinyl
date: 07/2005
country: USA

info:

ICR is the latest artist we welcome to our roster and he offers us 3 seminal pieces from his forthcoming CD album, Daytrip. New Day is all about the summer vibe, with is catchy pads and sultry vocal. The warm bassline just confirms the tracks appeal even more. You'll be singing this one in the shower for some time to come! Dislike is an opposite to New Day, with it's space age theme and cold keys and Gattaca samples, this is one to inject some mood into the mix. Finally, Uprise shows ICR's versatile skills as a produer as he injects downtempo interludes into the drum & bass soundscape. You have to hear it to believe it.

tracklist:
A. New Day
AA1. Dislike
AA2. Uprise

The Public Diary of Zoltan Gal aged 22 and 2/3

Words from Zoltan to the sounds of ICR. Does it make any sense?

Once I had a tune named ASPD which stads for anti-social personality disorder. It was four years ago so it's not a new thing.

What are diaries and sounds for?
Its pretty the same. To express your thoughts and feelings, to create something out of nothing. A little bit of a verification that you are exist, you are alive and there's something in you that you can share.

Why now? What is the concept?
On the one hand I felt I have so many tunes - about 70 in the last two years - that I could not release in any form but wanted to make them public. What's the point of making songs only for yourself? On the other hand I felt strongly about letting this all out in the hope of leaving things behind can help starting new things. The only concept is to be sincere, to make a personal collection of sounds whether there is anyone who likes it or not.
All the original tunes are specially edited and/or remixed for this particular project (except Untrue remix, Keynote and Roundabout) as it is reflected in the titles. It's not only diverse drum & bass, but there's a little breakbeat (Break The Sky), downtempo (Hopelyhen, Words v050123), a bit of electronica (Useless) and leftfield too (Switchboard To Your Soul, Mindframe). All slightly passed as a whole story. Check the personal notes according each track at drumandbass.hu/icr/diary

tracklist:
01 I'm A Fool
02 Unture (ICR "Wants You" Mix) [original by Soulproof]
03 Slingblade (Dream)
04 Stumbling Hungarian 7000 Miles From The Caribbean (Daydream)
05 Keynote
06 Useless
07 Break The Sky
08 Let It Snow / Hopelyhen
09 Close By
10 Switchboard To Your Soul
11 Roundabout
12 Where The Lions Weep
13 Mindframe
14 One Step Forward
15 Words v050123
16 Guide To The Last Sea
17 World Dissapears

Absolutely loved it. Some amazing interludes and fresh pieces and the way it gels together kind of reminded me of my own work and how I do stuff.
(ASC, Covert Operations)

No nonstop beats, many melodic soundscapes, easy BPM-switches. Timeless stuff. Now I listen to it the third time. Good flow from the beginning to end.
(Lightwood, Santorin)

http://www.drumandbass.hu/icr/diary/