http://www.mtldnb.com/ mtldnb.com RSS en-us Tue, 30 Jan 2007 18:19:38 GMT 1440 CPG-Nuke Dragonfly mtldnb.com News http://backend.userland.com/rss http://www.mtldnb.com/images/logo.gif http://www.mtldnb.com/ http://www.mtldnb.com/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=37 This Month, New Zealand's State of Mind give us a look at their current top ten of currently released and forthcoming Drum N Bass singles. Tue, 30 Jan 2007 18:19:38 GMT http://www.mtldnb.com/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=35 A Different State of Mind In every genre of music, the artists who maintain the longest careers are often those who develop their music to reach a broad audience yet preserve their own specific sound. At a time when Drum N Bass is more divided by sub-genre than ever, New Zealand’s State of Mind has used what some may see as a downfall to DNB to their advantage. “People get stuck into a pattern of producing one type of sound, as though it’s a different type of music.” they explain, “DNB is already underground enough in the big picture of things, without dividing it up into niche sub-genres like Neuro, Liquid, Jump-Up etc.” Sun, 28 Jan 2007 22:38:55 GMT http://www.mtldnb.com/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=34 Every so often, an artist comes along who is extremely unique not only in sound, but in process, thought and execution of ideas. While the so-called accessible artists are busy worrying about what those in the mainstream will merely bob their heads to, these distinctive artists focus on what drives most of us to music in the first place; an inquisitiveness for sound which touches our deepest emotions like nothing else can. This month, MTLDNB.COM is lucky enough to have an exclusive interview with Amon Tobin. Sun, 28 Jan 2007 21:35:11 GMT http://www.mtldnb.com/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=33 ASC, Enduser, Soundmurderer, Venetian Snares, the list of broken beat innovators using this application goes on. In beta since September 2006, Renoise 1.8 is on the horizon. RC1, recently having been released for free to the general public, boats over 100 improvements and new features compared to the previous version, Renoise 1.5.2. Tue, 09 Jan 2007 03:22:28 GMT http://www.mtldnb.com/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=32 His style is unorthodox by design, but it has a certain synergy and bridges the gap between the classic “Blue Note” era and the more aggressive, “B-Boy” style of DnB that his HORSEMEN affiliates are providing to the masses. Hailing from Norfolk, VA, USA, Perpetuum has already made a name for himself in many DnB circles, even though he has only been producing seriously since 2002. Sun, 31 Dec 2006 06:59:51 GMT http://www.mtldnb.com/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=31 Hailing from Norfolk, VA, USA, Perpetuum has already made a name for himself in many DnB circles, even though he has only been producing seriously since 2002. His style is unorthodox by design, but it has a certain synergy and bridges the gap between the classic “Blue Note” era and the more aggressive, “B-Boy” style of DnB that his HORSEMEN affiliates are providing to the masses. Sat, 30 Dec 2006 03:46:12 GMT http://www.mtldnb.com/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=30 In December 2004 Vision Publishing, the publishers of Knowledge, published a book. Entitled All Crews it's a journey through drum & bass from its inception by Brian Belle-Fortune. Brian Belle-Fortune conceived and co-produced One In The Jungle, Britain's first national jungle program for Radio One. His TV credits include BBC South, Channel 4 and MTV where he specialised in underground youth culture, particularly jungle. He was also label manager for DJ Ron's London Some'Ting Records, and has played on London pirate radio stations Rude FM/Ruud Awakening as DJ Zy:on. Sat, 30 Dec 2006 03:27:25 GMT http://www.mtldnb.com/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=29 It started with a shared vision. LIFTED MUSIC came to be through the united ideals of eight of the scenes freshest minds, with an ethic built on future thinking. With the right skills and know how at hand, it was time to bring these ideals to light, to create a new force greater than the sum of its parts. Tue, 31 Oct 2006 03:00:53 GMT http://www.mtldnb.com/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=28 Thursday March 9th marks the Montreal debut of DJ Deekline, born Nick Annand, a London UK DJ and producer whose name is synonymous with the booty break phenomenon gaining momentum around the world ($10, at Saphir). Wed, 08 Mar 2006 09:39:33 GMT http://www.mtldnb.com/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=26 America's superstar DNB Dj Dieselboy will be playing in Montreal's ARIA afterhour on Friday December 9th alongside Stabba, Genric & the hardsteppers. He was nice enough to take some time off his busy schedule to give us an update on his current projects & futur plans. Mon, 05 Dec 2005 22:45:17 GMT