artist: ICR title: Song For A Change / (faalb remix) label: Misspent Music catalogue: MISSPENT002 format: digital download date: 10/2007 country: Hungary
"While we flatter ourselves that things remain the same, they are changing under our very eyes from year to year, from day to day." - Charlotte Perkins Gilman
info: ICR keeps coming up with intricate atmospheres to keep the chin-stroking massive busy, and he's also got the straight beats and pounding subs to make a change. Oh, that's exactly what the tune says! Song For A Change is a plea against aggressive-for-the-sake-of-it drumandbass that has been plagueing the scene, but at the same time taps into a social vein that listeners can't ignore. It's that type of song that makes you associate sounds with colours, events, feelings and when it becomes tactile, it peaks and leaves you in a higher state. Faalb is an up-and-coming electronica producer that takes the sweet harmonies in the original and, in Gescom style, skilfully glues them on a Skam-esque skippy and distorted pummeling beat. It serves as a delicate but firm aftershock of it's dnb cousin but it should become a firm favourite to fans of Bola or Vector Lovers. words by TRG (myspace.com/trgproductions)
"For the next installment of my 'spotlight' series, I've chosen to shed light upon one of Drum+Bass's most prolific producers to date. With his unique and diverse creations, ICR (Zoltán Gál - Budapest, Hungary) has released music on countless labels throughout the world. Recently launching his very own digital label to distribute his mass amount of work output, MISSPENT MUSIC is a breath of fresh air for music lovers in search of quality through diversity."
Tracklist: 01. Something About Nothing (Intro) Misspent Music 2008 ( from the digital download album Something About Nothing - http://www.myspace.com/misspentmusic ) 02. Skin Shades To Red Tentative Recordings 002 2008 ( http://www.myspace.com/tentativerecordings ) 03. Weight Of Soul (Part One) Misspent Music 2008 ( from the digital download album Something About Nothing - http://www.myspace.com/misspentmusic ) 04. Coral (Prode): ICR rmx from the forthcoming Versus album featuring 21 free tracks 05. Simply Peace from the forthcoming Versus album featuring 21 free tracks 06. Fly feat. Jason Brock Counter Intelligence Dub ( http://www.myspace.com/counterintelligencerecs ) 07. No More Misspent Music 2008 ( from the digital download album Something About Nothing - http://www.myspace.com/misspentmusic ) 08. ICR vs Mentalien - Playground from the forthcoming Versus album featuring 21 free tracks 09. Sense Of Touch Misspent Music 2008 ( from the digital download album Something About Nothing - http://www.myspace.com/misspentmusic ) 10. Almost There Influence Records Dub 11. ICR vs Aus - Stargazing from the forthcoming Versus album featuring 21 free tracks 12. Watch Me, Absurd Exegene Dub ( http://www.myspace.com/noisecorrosion ) 13. The Nonbeliever Counter Intelligence Digital Dub ( http://www.myspace.com/counterintelligencerecs ) 14. Leadium (Gnome): ICR rmx from the forthcoming Versus album featuring 21 free tracks 15. All Your Secrets from the forthcoming Versus album featuring 21 free tracks 16. Touche unsigned 17. Fake unsigned 18. Love, Hate & Between Transmute Digital Dub ( http://www.transmutedigital.com/ ) 19. Angels Misspent Music 2008 ( from the digital download album Something About Nothing - http://www.myspace.com/misspentmusic ) 20. Overtime Red Mist 005 dub ( http://www.myspace.com/hazeyhaze )
artist: ICR title: Misspent / Long For You label: Misspent Music catalogue: MISSPENT001 format: digital download date: 10/2007 country: Hungary
"Time misspent in youth is sometimes all the freedom one ever has." - Anita Brookner
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Shying away from the blueprint of techy liquid rollers or formulated drumfunk, ICR goes for leftfield sonic aesthetics to express his own take on progressive, positive music. Misspent is a moody piece of drumandbass that sets off with an incredibly physical and epic soundscape that brings complex architecture to mind. The drumwork reclaims his Offshore affiliation with a driving yet understated b-line and sub stabs that punctuate the tune's discourse. Misspent is cinematic and emotional, a Mihalkov movie set to music of a higher form and function. Long For You follows the same aesthetics but in a more optimistic, liquidy manner over a straight 2-step pattern, with instrumental elements that make this one for the sunrise crowd. words by TRG (myspace.com/trgproductions)
artist: ICR
