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Source Direct
Background information
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
Past members
  • Phil Aslett
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, James Baker and Phil Aslett.[1] Due to differences between the pair however, it became entirely a solo effort of Baker's at some point around the year 1999[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[4]. 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"[5].

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/
  4. ^ https://thequietus.com/articles/15894-source-direct-interview-jim-baker
  5. ^ https://drumtrip.co.uk/news/whatever-happened-source-direct-part-2-jim-baker-interview/
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