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Issue 71 / 2015
DNB
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Artist of the Month
silence Groove
Progressive trance meets Drum and
Bass
Guestlist recoMMends
5 YeArs of inGredients,
inGredients records.
With 25 of the finest tracks from these
all star producers, this collection has
quality and quantity in spades.
You may not be familiar with
Ingredients Records, but you
will certainly recognise some
of the artists they have brought
to the limelight, boasting the
likes of Dub Phizix, Skeptical,
Jubei, Foreign Concept, Mute
& Mako, Krakota, Ruffhouse
and Response. Suffice to
say, Ingredients has its roots
firmly planted in some of the
most electrifying, forward
thinking drum and bass that
has graced our dancefloors in
recent memory. In celebration
of this, Ingredients Records
have released "5 Years of
Ingredients EP" to showcase
the talent that has graced the
label over the last half decade,
and what a celebration it is.
Silence Groove is essentially a
progressive trance artist who
has stumbled into drum and
bass. Early offerings from the
Polish DJ are expansive and
interesting, see 'Shiny Snow'
the first rude essay of an 18
year old. With the 'Eat Me
Softly' EP however Silence
Groove found that a more
rhythmic, measured approach
actually counterpoints the
flowing progressive texture of
previous releases and allows
space for melody, which
comes in a fairly typical piano-
led format. The most recent
iteration of this blending is
'Reflection', a single released
on Soul Deep. This record has
a heavy rhythmic element
but still manages to blend a
pulsing, glowing background
with drifting vocals in the
foreground.
