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Source Direct
Background information
Also known as
  • Intensity
  • Sounds of Life
  • Oblivion
  • Mirage
  • X-Files
  • Hokusai
OriginSt Albans, Hertfordshire, England
Genres
Years active1994–2001, 2015–present
Labels
Members
  • James Baker
Past members
  • Phil Aslett
Websitesourcedirectrecordings.com

Source Direct is an English drum and bass act from St Albans, Hertfordshire, England. Source Direct produced the EP Controlled Developments (1997), the album Exorcise the Demons (1999) and a number of singles released on labels including Metalheadz, Good Looking Records, and their own Source Direct Recordings.

History

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 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 horror movie Blade. The track, originally a single that was then released on their first EP Controlled Developments, was later re-released on the act's second and final album Exorcise the Demons.[4] Source Direct were also one of many electronic music acts (including Photek, a fellow St Albans producer and associate of Source Direct) that produced a track, titled "2097", specifically for the CD soundtrack of the PlayStation title Wipeout 2097, which was released in 1996.[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. ^ "Artist Interview – Source Direct". Gothamcityblog.wordpress.com. 20 July 2014. Retrieved 28 March 2019.
  2. ^ "Source Direct – Approach And Identify (incl. Demdike Stare Remix) – Nonplus". Aboveboarddist.co.uk. Retrieved 28 March 2019.
  3. ^ [1] [dead link]
  4. ^ "The Quietus - Features - A Quietus Interview - Chasing Perfectionism: An Interview With Source Direct". Thequietus.com. Retrieved 28 March 2019.
  5. ^ "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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