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Source Direct
Also known as
  • Intensity
  • Sounds of Life
  • Oblivion
  • Mirage
  • X-Files
  • Hokusai
OriginSt Albans, United Kingdom.
Genres
Years active1994–2001, 2015–present
Labels
Members
  • James Baker
Websitesourcedirectrecordings.com

Source Direct is a drum and bass act originating from St Albans in the United Kingdom. Originally the act consisted of two childhood friends.[1]. Due to differences between the pair however, it became entirely a solo effort of Baker's at some point around the year 1998 with all recorded works being revised as solely written, produced & performed by Jim Baker.[2]. Source Direct are renowned for their complex and irregular breakbeats, snappy and precise hi-hats, dark atmospheric sampling and abstract song structures.

Source Direct produced singles for a variety of different labels: Metalheadz, Basement, Certificate 18, Odysee, Street Beats, Good Looking Records, and self owned label Source Direct Recordings. They also released singles under other names, such as Intensity, Sounds of Life, Oblivion, Mirage, X-Files and Hokusai.[3]

Despite not being featured on the officially released soundtrack, Source Direct gained recognition for the track "Call & Response" which was featured in the now cult-classic superhero horror movie Blade starring Wesley Snipes. The track, originally a single that was then released on their first EP Controlled Developments, was later re-released on the acts second and final album Exorcise the Demons. Source Direct were also one of many electronic music acts (including Photek, fellow St Albans producer and associate of Source Direct) that produced a track specifically for the CD soundtrack of critically acclaimed PlayStation title Wipeout 2097 released in 1996, titled "2097".

Discography

Albums

Singles

  • "Future London/Shimmer" (1994, Odysee)
  • "A Made Up Sound/The Cult" (1995, Metalheadz)
  • "Approach & Identify/Modem" (1995, Source Direct)
  • "Different Groove/Stars" (1995, Odysee)
  • "Fabric of Space/Bliss" (1995, Source Direct)
  • "Snake Style/Exit 9" (1995, Source Direct)
  • "Black Rose/12 Til 4" (1996, Source Direct)
  • "Stonekiller/Web of Sin" (1996, Metalheadz)
  • "The Crane/Artificial Barriers" (1996, Source Direct)
  • "Call & Response/Computer State" (1997, Virgin)
  • "Capital D/Enemy Lines" (1997, Virgin)
  • "Two Masks/Black Domina" (1997, Virgin)
  • "Concealed Identity" (1998, Virgin)
  • "Mind Weaver" (1998, Virgin)
  • "Technical Warfare" (1998, Virgin)
  • "Snowblind/The Place" (2001, Demonic)
  • "Sub One/Escape From Cairo" (2001, Demonic)
  • "Yo Bitch!/Pimp Star" (2001, Demonic)

References

  1. ^ https://gothamcityblog.wordpress.com/2014/07/20/artist-interview-source-direct/
  2. ^ https://aboveboarddist.co.uk/source-direct-approach-and-identify-nonplus/
  3. ^ http://www.factmag.com/2002/10/05/the-essential-source-direct/


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