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Soundbox - Entry Point album (VB23MP030)

Post by dr i honey » Fri Oct 13, 2006 7:44 pm

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Soundbox - Entry Point (VB23MP030)

|||||||| 3rd Earth Lunatic
|||||||| The Art Of Soundboxing
|||||||| Whisper
|||||||| Dungeon Waltz
|||||||| 3rd Earth
|||||||| Fuel Injected Oasis
|||||||| Original Skankster
|||||||| Red Striper Chaser

Mastering by tarekith@gmail.com

Stream full tracks at 96kbs >here<

// Released Monday 16th October ///

Without a doubt dubstep has to be one of the fastest spreading electronic musical forms in the last ten years. The sound is massive globally. Bristol (UK) has always given us great producers in many areas of music and dubstep is no exception. Someone who is about to burst onto the scene is Rich James aka Soundbox with a forthcoming 12" release on the mighty Boka label and his debut album dropping on Virus B-23. With a healthy mixture of electronics, edits, bass mutations, musical form and experimentation the Entry Point album is heaving with energy and ideas. Most bases are covered honestly and thoughtfully with a Soundbox Productions stamp on it ... the album release unravels into darkness, crystalized moods and facets that should get approval of people into their dubstep. Fragmented echoes and patterns occupy the space for deeper atmospherics within the tunes and adding to the structure you'll hear haunting piano, delicate sounds, splintered hats, bass being given a full workout and many hints and touches that combine into pieces of music that are memorable and destined to be dropped on the more adventurous dubstep soundsystems. There may only be eight tracks on the album that clock in at thirty eight minutes but that seemingly short space of time is an adventure and with 3rd Earth Lunatic opening up proceedings rather ominously to begin with but then dropping into bass swells, clattering drums and vibrating tones you get a taste of what's to come. Entry Point is a confident and striding first album that gives us just a peek at what Rich has up his sleeves and with more releases being a dead cert we here at HQ think he's defintely a name to watch.

Equally there are tracks that will be played by DJs and the album also works well as something that can be listened to from beginning to end at home on a decent system (neighbours permitting). It's not going to be everyone's cup of tea as the music world is a fickle place and tastes are more varied than ever, but Entry Point should hopefully slip across a few genre barriers and appeal to different groups of people. A follow up download single is planned for December featuring a remix by Markomen.

Biggups and support from -

Deapoh, Barefiles / Baredubs - "I'm really liking this ... Soundbox is heavy"

Repax_one, Shrine Of Juju - "Albums are about texture and Soundbox's Entry Point travels from sublime dubbed out late nighter nodders through technical jarring blipscapes whilst sometimes plunging into depths of what I'd describe as futuristic slasher film filth and underpinned with massive amounts of bass of course! It woos and tears you to shreds in a single sitting. Overall listening to this makes my palms sweat at the thought of playing it on a big rig to a crowd of unsuspecting dub zombies, eyeballs are bound to wobble infact limbs may fall off."

Bushby, Digital Distortions - "3rd Earth Lunatic, Whisper and The Art Of Soundboxing are fresher (and filthier) than something that's fresh and filthy."

Kevin FCB, Chi Recordings - "Really nice release ... quality glitchy dubstep. I'll be playing some of these in my sets!"

Mr Seavers, Pure Filth - "Red Stripe Chaser ... never has the phrase filthy fucking bass dirge had such profound meaning. I can see myself trying to work some of this stuff into techno sets."

DJ Wedge, H.E.N.C.H. - "A deep soundtrack of moody atmospheric landscapes in contrast with punishing bass frequencies and grimey beats. With eclectic influences from techno, breakcore, dubstep and garage this bass weight fusion will not disappoint even the most hardened electronic journalist. A good one for the coffee table market, as well as the tear out skankers."

www.myspace.com/soundboxproductions
www.virusb-23.co.uk | info@virusb-23.co.uk

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