[microsound] NEW COMPILATION CD: CONTRIBUTORS SOUGHT

>NEW COMPILATION CD: CONTRIBUTORS SOUGHT
>
>2-step garage is the most potent form of underground dance music to have
>developed in the UK since jungle in 1993-94. Mixing elements of US garage
>and R&B with ultra-complex drum programming and foundation-shaking
sub-bass,
>this is house music made by and for a generation which had its musical
>synapses rewired by drum & bass. Despite achieving mainstream chart success
>in the UK with records like Artful Dodger's 'Rewind', 2-step has
nonetheless
>remained a comparatively localised scene, confined to London and a few
other
>major urban centres. It has not yet achieved the critical mass which
enabled
>jungle to break out onto the world stage. While it is debatable whether -
in
>any case - this would be a desirable outcome (jungle's post-1995 plunge
into
>nihilism and irrelevance being one of the more depressing cultural events
of
>recent years), we at Qubit Records are convinced that 2-step deserves more
>widespread exposure, both within the UK and internationally, than it at
>present receives. We also believe that, in the same way drum & bass forced
>every forward-thinking recording artist to rethink the way they made music,
>the manifold innovations of 2-step demand a coherent response from the
wider
>electronic music community. To this end, we are proposing to release a CD
>compilation featuring both artists active on the 2-step scene, and tracks
by
>non-scene musicians which have been informed and inspired by 2-step. In
>order to help us secure funding for such a release, we are seeking
>expressions of interest from potential contributors. If you think you might
>be interested in participating, please contact Gareth Metford at:
>
>gmetford@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
>Please note: this will NOT be a CD-R release, it will be a professionally
>pressed, packaged and distributed CD. No compilations of this sort have yet
>been attempted, hence there is sure to be considerable interest from both
>press and public. Pirate radio tapes are available for anyone unfamiliar
>with the 2-step sound.
>
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