COMBAT015 - Point B - Sick mutant garage bizness!

boomnoise · Post by **boomnoise** » Fri Oct 05, 2007 9:31 am

This is one sick release! Mutant garage business. Interesting textures and atmospherics, bastardized 2-step flavours! Really up my street.

you can check the track 'E-blade' out on this week's boomnoise and pokes show on sub fm. download soon.

watch out for it

Forthcoming in November

badger · Post by **badger** » Fri Oct 05, 2007 10:39 am

sounds noice. and combat never disappoints, im waiting eagerly

reso · Post by **reso** » Fri Oct 05, 2007 1:45 pm

dis one is wicked!!! Been getting right back on the ol' swingaling ting recently.
Bagged.

thinking · Post by **thinking** » Fri Oct 05, 2007 2:49 pm

yes! just listening now and it's very very nice. The 2-step revival continues and I am a happy man.

tronman · Post by **tronman** » Fri Oct 05, 2007 2:53 pm

need 2 hear this...

shonky · Post by **shonky** » Fri Oct 05, 2007 2:54 pm

ThinKing wrote:yes! just listening now and it's very very nice. The 2-step revival continues and I am a happy man.

Bout fucking time too

metalboxproducts · Post by **metalboxproducts** » Fri Oct 05, 2007 3:01 pm

GOT A LINK?

stormfield · Post by **stormfield** » Fri Oct 05, 2007 3:24 pm

glad you like it!

wasn't sure how this release would go down with dubstep heads... but we've dropped the tracks at gigs and they mix well with Artwork / Big Apple #01 and some of the Burial tracks.

I'll post up some audio samples this weekend...

ta boomnoise

stormfield · Post by **stormfield** » Fri Oct 05, 2007 6:26 pm

you can hear 2 tracks from the EP on this radio recording, around 231 mins:
http://dubstepforum.com/viewtopic.php?t=29225

apologies for the random radio chat haha!

stormfield · Post by **stormfield** » Wed Oct 17, 2007 9:39 pm

full release info!!!

COMBAT015 :: Cinder Cones & Animal Bones E.P.

Artist: Point B
Format: 12” vinyl 4 tracker
Release: mid-November 2007
Style: electro / 2-step / dubstep
Distribution: Veto.co.uk

click to listen:
A1 Gymede

A2 Embrionic

B1 The Insider (Blackmass Plastics VIP)

B2 E Blade

South London electronics maestro Point B steps up for Combat 15, delivering 3 slices of sleek, chunky mutant electro 2-step, reinforced with a snarling Blackmass Plastics electro-dubstep remix!

if you're bored at work, the full length blah is below....

Co-founder of the Erratica Music alongside Tom Releen, they ran several quality label-based parties during 2003 - 2005 which brought together various strands of good electronic music under one roof, including L'usine, Subjex, Cursor Miner, Pole, ScanOne, ADJ, Bitstream, Kelpe, Andrea Parker, Abstrakt Knights, Con Brio, Stormfield, Delta 9 and many others.

From his first appearance on the well-received chunky electro "KnowOne EP", to electro excursions on Orson Records, right through to the fragile, introspective electronica of his album on the excellent ScSi Av – Point B’s productions have always been noted for their warmth, funk, nimble, intricately programmed rhythms and intuitive, understated melodies that have drawn comparisons to the productions of Plaid (Warp), L’usine (Ghostly International) and colleague Kelpe (DC Recordings).

Since 2006 Point B’s returned his focus to the more groove-driven side of music, taking influences from his native Brixton: deep, addictive 2 step rhythms and dub dynamics from pirate radio, back street clubs and parties. Keeping his head down, he’s churned out a load of new tracks, some of which are surfacing on this release.

A1 >> Gymede

When we first heard B drop this at a gig, the first reaction was “what the fuck is this?!”. This was follwed shortly after by “why isn’t there more of this stuff around?”

Gymede is a very, very sleek electro 2-step track that’s loaded with so much swing, it should come with a government health warning, as witnesses at parties like Grunk, Bloc Weekend, Subculture and Plex.

Android-esque, Claro-intellecto style pads ride atop sleek electro beats arranged in an insanely catchy garage rhythm. Cheeky voice cut-ups and incidental glitches are sprinkled sparingly over the construction, leading to the grinding, halfstep rhythm switchover at the end of the track.

A few years in the making, it was first aired at the pre-Sonar party at the Apollo on la Rambla in Barcelona 2003; the tune went down well with the dancefloor “but just seemed too messy” in B’s own words. What followed were bouts of construction, deconstruction, and repeated modification; the track was almost binned at the height of frustration, but fortunately he decided otherwise – and here’s the result. Futuristic electro-garage that’s guaranteed to flex your spine, sidewinder style.

A2 >> Embrionic

Perhaps the result of standing in a certain well-known dubstep basement in his native Brixton, Embrionic aptly describes the feeling of being suspended in warm, dark womb of gelatinous bass frequencies.

It’s minimal halfstep syncopated drums and growling subs are fleshed out melodically with an insistent thumb-piano line, to evoke the chugging psychedelic vibe of mbira based African music.

B1 >> Insider (Blackmass Plastics remix)

The original Insider was a tense, paranoid electronica track released on the “Rain Chemistry EP ” in 2006. Dirty Needles and Thorn Industries boss Blackmass Plastics offered to remix the track, and promptly dragged it into his South London lair, emerging 2 weeks later with this beast of a track.

Managing to uniquely fuse the qualities of the original version with his gritty warehouse rhythms, the result is a prowling, snarling halfstep track with the refined melodicism rarely found in this genre.

Insider VIP has been rinsed extensively on Combat radio slots and raised a few eyebrows when it was first dropped in a DJ set at the Combat vs. Grunk party alongside Cursor Miner, Virus Syndicate, ScanOne and Freq Nasty(!).

B2 >> E Blade

First heard on Sub FM via the Boomnoise & Pokes Show, E Blade started life from a bass noise, tweaked and played for hours. The riff was grafted onto a 2-step rhythm; layers were added, including vocal snippets from Mrs. B, to give a quirky garage mutant that skips along, building into a surprisingly dubstep-like outro where every element settles together into the track’s peak.

Like the other tracks on this EP, E Blade is a snapshot in the constantly evolving sound of Point B, taking on (in this case) rhythmic influences of his native South London. But like his previous electro/electronica releases, each track is infused with a confident and understated melodicism, arising not just from pads and strings, but also exuding subtly from the intricate rhythmic elements to form an organic, breathing work that’s uniquely his own sound.

:: gig alert ::
Point B plays LIVE @ the notorious Yardcore sessions on 2nd November, alongside Bong Ra, Various Production, Zan Lyons, Stormfield, Atki 2, Bizzy B, Codeshift, Ritalin, Rum, Broken Note & Mash for Cash. Info: www.theyardcorewebsite.com

Keep your eyes peeled for more from this guy. Definately one of the most interesting and underrated electro(nic) producers in the UK.

& this Christmas.... COMBAT016 - SCORN

le_hardcore_chiefus · Post by **le_hardcore_chiefus** » Wed Oct 17, 2007 9:55 pm

the last 2 records with komo on have been really lush...will check this out ..cheers

Whistla · Post by **Whistla** » Wed Oct 17, 2007 10:14 pm

Shonky wrote:
ThinKing wrote:yes! just listening now and it's very very nice. The 2-step revival continues and I am a happy man.
Bout fucking time too

the future's bright - the future's 2-step
get to know!

skipple · Post by **skipple** » Wed Oct 17, 2007 10:58 pm

DJ Whistla wrote:
Shonky wrote:
ThinKing wrote:yes! just listening now and it's very very nice. The 2-step revival continues and I am a happy man.
Bout fucking time too
the future's bright - the future's 2-step
get to know!

Amen Brothers...Amen

[b]racket · Post by **[b]racket** » Wed Oct 17, 2007 11:09 pm

2step will always have a special place in my heart

Nice one on this release d and point b

bob crunkhouse · Post by **bob crunkhouse** » Tue Oct 23, 2007 3:08 am

great release, where else can i find some dark mutant garage/2step stuff? theres not enough of this stuff about!

selector.dub.u · Post by **selector.dub.u** » Tue Oct 23, 2007 5:42 am

I am definitely looking forward to this release.

3rdeye · Post by **3rdeye** » Tue Oct 23, 2007 5:51 am

feckin love this stuff!

7" · Post by 7" » Tue Oct 23, 2007 8:18 am

stormfield wrote:A2 Embrionic

Embrionic FTW! Big tune

stormfield · Post by **stormfield** » Tue Oct 23, 2007 8:50 am

Bob Crunkhouse wrote:great release, where else can i find some dark mutant garage/2step stuff? theres not enough of this stuff about!

Sully Shanks and Threnody have some fresh tunes, not sure if they're released yet.

For older stuff, the Ardisson EPs on Seed Records are wicked... glitchy dark 2-step. Worth hunting down.

Whistla · Post by **Whistla** » Tue Oct 23, 2007 8:59 am

stormfield wrote:
Bob Crunkhouse wrote:great release, where else can i find some dark mutant garage/2step stuff? theres not enough of this stuff about!
Sully Shanks and Threnody have some fresh tunes, not sure if they're released yet.

For older stuff, the Ardisson EPs on Seed Records are wicked... glitchy dark 2-step. Worth hunting down.

2 step releases are thin on the ground atm (most stuff is on dubplate still) watch out for plenty more 2 step bits in 2008!
Peeps to watch inc: um ... me

, M2J, Martyn, El-B (ofc), Darkstar, Dysfunktion (formerly Shonky), Threnody, Sully Shanks, Late, TRG ...
There are a few 2 step sleepers on vinyl atm for the "i want some stuff now" krew

Ox Rider Recs 003 - Whistla - Merkaba / Sunlit
Urban Graffiti 003 - H.O.D E.P - Wonderful
Martyn on Tempa Recs - Everything about You
Dirty Needles 004 - M2J - Voltage
Dysfunktion (Shonky) - Canton (digital release only)

There's more but they are ones that just popped into my head

Big up the Stepcore Krew!

2008 = The Return of 2-Step

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