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Review: Tom Major
THE fourth episode of the world famous Solid Steel mix series
is here and it comes from the Silent Brazilian, Amon Tobin.
After a year and half of performing his DJ set, Amon found himself in Australia in the final stages of a long but rewarding tour. Every night was recorded, and it was decided that a memorable and sweaty night in Melbourne would be the perfect opportunity to add to the Solid Steel series.
The custom versions of tracks are included but this time, the really 'future shit' is that instead of having to laboriously cut loads of dub plates to play his special versions Amon was able to create the whole mix using just two pieces of vinyl.
The whole dark and dirty episode was performed using a software and hardware bundle called Final Scratch which, combined with his laptop and a set of decks, means Amon can mix two special time coded records on the turntables in the normal way while triggering music files on his computer. Listen to the evil three-headed Cerberus of 'Proper Hoodidge/4Ton Mantis/Hey Blondie' for a perfect example.
Amon has effortlessly incorporated many of his favourite aspects
of drum and bass and heavy, heavy beats in the mix along with
lush down tempo and even some Velvet Underground. The recording
includes tracks he considers classics - old and new - with Suspicious
Circumstance's 'Completely Real', Danny Breaks' awesome
'Science Fu' and T Power's ' Cuba ' getting
a look in.
With the exception of a couple of edits to take out some tracks that Ninja Tunes couldn't get the rights to, this is a straight front to back mix with no post-production. This mix reflects all of Amon's musical passions and showcases his superb DJ skills coupled to cutting edge technology.
This release is also being accompanied by a competition whereby
Ninja Tunes are giving away one lucky fan a copy of Final
Scratch, the software, hardware bundle that allowed Amon
to create the amazing mix that he did.
To enter, all you have to do is buy the release and hidden in
the sleeve there will be a special Ninja number, which will enable
you to unlock the Amon competition website, where you will be
entered for the competition. Good luck! |
