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Although musically of a very different world to the two Jim's of the title, namely Morrison and Hendrix, this new piece from that mad sonic professor, 5G4B, is most definitely a fine tribute to them. And, given that both men were trying to explore new musical space, push creative boundaries, not to mention explore their... Continue Reading →
Woah! This is certainly a track which gets right down to business. No softening up, no gentle easing in, just a sonic salvo powerful enough to knock you across the room. Still, if you are going to make a fast, first impression, why not just come out swinging? And that is exactly what happens on... Continue Reading →
The lion may be king of the Jungle but The BassLION is definitely king of the Drum ’n’Bass! Jungle, the musical style not the impassable forest regions from which it takes its name, might tell us a lot about where the modern D’n’B sound has come from but songs such as Dead or Alive are... Continue Reading →
The one thing which becomes apparent as I sit here day after day listening to, exploring and trying to put into words, the audio outputs, the fab and groovy waxings...the music which flashes across my senses is that this world falls largely into two camps. Those who want to be seen to be making music,... Continue Reading →
You start to think that perhaps there are no new musical territories to be explored by 5G4B's mercurial music. That he may have already mined out the weirder fringes of soul, drum and bass, hip-hop, dance, pop and funk. That he has cross-pollinated, collided and (con)fused what he found there into all the new sonic... Continue Reading →
Entering the sonic world of 5G4B is a bit like what it must have been like for Alice once she emerged from the rabbit hole and found herself in Wonderland. In the music there are lots of recognisable sounds and styles, tropes and topics, grooves and genres but they just seem to be mixed up... Continue Reading →
Trying to work out exactly where 5G4B’s music fits in to the scheme of things depends entirely upon which thread you pull at first. Tug at one funky rhythm and you get a slight inkling as to what’s going on but grab another and you might find yourself holding a soulful break or a hip-hop... Continue Reading →
It is safe to say that Chainsaw is like little that you have heard before. The various elements that it is built from may be vaguely familiar but the way those differing and disparate sonics are drawn together in one place is an experience like few you will have had in music. A fact that... Continue Reading →