Source Direct

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Source Direct
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Background information
Also known as
  • Intensity
  • Sounds of Life
  • Oblivion
  • Mirage
  • X-Files
  • Hokusai [1]
Origin St Albans, Hertfordshire, England
Genres
Years active1994–2001, 2014–present [2]
Labels
Members
  • James Baker
Past members
  • Phil Aslett
Website sourcedirectrecordings.com

Source Direct is an English drum and bass act from St Albans, Hertfordshire, England. [3] [4] Source Direct have released an EP, Controlled Developments (1997), an album, Exorcise the Demons (1999), [5] as well as numerous singles, under both the Source Direct name and a number of aliases.

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Originally Source Direct consisted of James Baker and Phil Aslett, later becoming a solo project of Baker's in 1999.

History

Originally the act consisted of two childhood friends, James Baker [6] and Phil Aslett. [7] [8] Due to differences between the pair, however, it became entirely a solo project of Baker's in 1999, after the release of Exorcise the Demons. [1] [9]

Source Direct's music uses complex and irregular breakbeats, snappy and precise hi-hats, dark atmospheric sampling and abstract song structures. [1] [2]

Source Direct have released music on a variety of record labels: Metalheadz, [10] Science (Virgin Records), [1] Good Looking Records, Astralwerks, Basement, Certificate 18, Odysee, Street Beats and the self-owned Source Direct Recordings. They have released singles under the names Intensity, Sounds of Life, Oblivion, Mirage, X-Files and Hokusai. [11]

Despite not being featured on the officially released soundtrack, Source Direct gained recognition for the track "Call & Response" which was used in the horror movie Blade. [12] [13] The track, originally a single, was later included on their EP Controlled Developments, and on their album Exorcise the Demons. [2] Source Direct contributed the track "2097" to the CD soundtrack of the PlayStation game Wipeout 2097, released in 1996. [14]

Fact included Exorcise the Demons in its "The 100 Best Albums of the 1990s". [1]

Discography

Albums and EPs

Singles

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 "The Essential... Source Direct". 5 October 2012. Retrieved 28 March 2019.
  2. 1 2 3 "The Quietus – Features – A Quietus Interview – Chasing Perfectionism: An Interview With Source Direct". Thequietus.com. 31 July 2014. Retrieved 28 March 2019.
  3. ↑ Shapiro, Peter (1999). Drum 'n' Bass: The Rough Guide. Rough Guides. ISBN   9781858284330 – via Google Books.
  4. ↑ Martin, Clive (10 January 2014). "Is Lee Bannon the man to sell jungle to America?". The Guardian . ISSN   0261-3077 . Retrieved 28 March 2019.
  5. ↑ "The 100 Best Albums of the 1990s". 3 September 2012. Retrieved 28 March 2019.
  6. ↑ Beaumont-Thomas, Ben; Martin, Lauren; Thorp, Gwyn Thomas de Chroustchoff & John (22 March 2014). "Clubs picks of the week". The Guardian . ISSN   0261-3077 . Retrieved 28 March 2019.
  7. ↑ Beaumont-Thomas, Ben; Maine, Sammy; Thorp, Lauren Martin & John (12 October 2013). "Clubs picks of the week". The Guardian . ISSN   0261-3077 . Retrieved 28 March 2019.
  8. ↑ "Artist Interview – Source Direct". Gothamcityblog.wordpress.com. 20 July 2014. Retrieved 28 March 2019.
  9. ↑ "Source Direct – Approach And Identify (incl. Demdike Stare Remix) – Nonplus". Aboveboarddist.co.uk. Retrieved 28 March 2019.
  10. ↑ Beaumont-Thomas, Ben; Pollock, David; Thorp, Gwyn Thomas de Chroustchoff & John (23 October 2015). "Clubs picks of the week". The Guardian . ISSN   0261-3077 . Retrieved 28 March 2019.
  11. ↑ [ dead link ]
  12. ↑ "Lost & Found: Source Direct's paranoid d'n'b thriller Controlled Developments (1997)". 26 August 2012. Retrieved 28 March 2019.
  13. ↑ "The Cornerstone Tracks of Source Direct: "An Industrial World Run By Machines" – fabric blog". Fabriclondon.com. 26 March 2015. Retrieved 17 May 2020.
  14. ↑ "Whatever happened to Source Direct? Part 2 : Jim Baker interview – Old Skool Jungle, Hardcore & Drum and Bass". Drumtrip.co.uk. Retrieved 28 March 2019.
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