We've just posted another one from the same session as the 'Deep Sea Space' video posted above; much more of a straight-up hip-hop vibe on this one but hopefully people will dig it. Our emcee, Raphael Attar, is releasing a mixtape this month and this is the first tune taken from that...
Our first EP (including 'Deep Sea Space', plus a guest vocal from Stones Throw's Dudley Perkins) is out now on all digital download stores, plus on CD from here --> http://papertiger.bigcartel.com
We also did a guest mix a few weeks ago for the lovely Inhabit blog: Soundcloud
Thanks again for the support people!
Re: LIVE garage/grime/dubstep band
Posted: Tue Aug 02, 2011 7:08 pm
by Zakhopper316
stop_hammertime01 wrote:Thanks a lot guys... great to get some feedback.
We've just posted another one from the same session as the 'Deep Sea Space' video posted above; much more of a straight-up hip-hop vibe on this one but hopefully people will dig it. Our emcee, Raphael Attar, is releasing a mixtape this month and this is the first tune taken Soundcloud
Thanks again for the support people!
Dude this is really awesome, I'm guessing you guys over dubbed the drums with a sequenced drum rhythm for the album and music video?
I'm trying to do some live instrument stuff to and it's good to see the same. I'm wandering if most of your songs are vocal heavy? Or just that single..also whats your demographic and stuff? Are u trying to get ur stuff to a particular audience? dj's in the club or to the more pop oriented listener maybe?
Thanks just wanted to pick your brain a bit as I'm going through the same thing right ow.
Re: LIVE garage/grime/dubstep band
Posted: Tue Aug 02, 2011 8:25 pm
by garethom
stop_hammertime01 wrote:
Our first EP (including 'Deep Sea Space', plus a guest vocal from Stones Throw's Dudley Perkins) is out now on all digital download stores, plus on CD from here --> http://papertiger.bigcartel.com
Just bagged the EP, Green Hill Zone is so good!
Re: LIVE garage/grime/dubstep band
Posted: Tue Aug 02, 2011 9:04 pm
by stop_hammertime01
Thanks so much for copping the EP sir! We do 'Green Hill Zone' with the live band too - we filmed it as part of the same session, video to come soon, so keep an eye out for that...
In answer to the above question, nothing is overdubbed or sequenced on those live videos. Everything with the live band is triggered/played - with the drums we use pick-ups on the acoustic kit, and these trigger sounds from a drum machine. What you end up hearing is a blend of electronic and acoustic sounds. Hope that makes sense! It's a bit of a rule of ours - for our productions we sample bits of live instruments and sequence it all obviously... but with the live show we want 'live' to mean LIVE: no playing along to backing tracks, or pressing play on an Ableton file. Every sound you hear, you can see its origin... I've lost count of the number of times I've been to see producers' 'live show', only to see one bored guy hunched behind his laptop, twiddling a knob every 10 minutes.
Well, that's the logic anyway!
Re: LIVE garage/grime/dubstep band
Posted: Mon Aug 22, 2011 2:12 pm
by stop_hammertime01
For those that are interested, our vocalist Raphael Attar has released a free album today... it's mostly hip-hop but there's some grime/dubstep-influenced stuff on there as well. Link here:
stop_hammertime01 wrote:For those that are interested, our vocalist Raphael Attar has released a free album today... it's mostly hip-hop but there's some grime/dubstep-influenced stuff on there as well. Link here:
One of the tracks from the album, 'Taken (Starring Liam Neeson)', has an accompanying video which... well, you have to just watch it really!
All feedback welcome as always...
My god that is sick. Being someone who likes bits of every genre, i love this.. i've been to see so many live bands in the past including a lot of rock as well as reggae and original dub bands. Its brilliant to see this cross over in dubstep/garage/grime, i think its something that could really become popular (in a good way, done properly). I used to go to a lot of ska and reggae gigs and sometimes they'd have dub support acts.. being at the front with the huge bass going was fantastic and is similar in some ways to being near a speaker while a DJ like mala is playing.. to have a full band would be something i'd defintely like to check out!
Seen videos of James Blake, SBTRKT and true tiger doing live shows with instruments and it looks brilliant. Big up!
Re: LIVE garage/grime/dubstep band
Posted: Thu Feb 02, 2012 5:57 pm
by lylo
jam1 wrote:This one is amazing!
that is super smooth. liked it alot.
Re: LIVE garage/grime/dubstep band
Posted: Thu Feb 23, 2012 3:42 pm
by stop_hammertime01
Hi guys, thanks a lot for the positive feedback. Here's another one from the same session, just completed:
It's on a garage/2-step kinda vibe. First track is 'Green Hill Zone' done with the live band, I know someone above rated that track. Enjoy!
We've also got a new EP out next week that's been getting props from Lauren Laverne (6music), Debruit, LV, Fulgeance, Mixmag etc etc etc. Preview below:
Muncey wrote:
My god that is sick. Being someone who likes bits of every genre, i love this.. i've been to see so many live bands in the past including a lot of rock as well as reggae and original dub bands. Its brilliant to see this cross over in dubstep/garage/grime, i think its something that could really become popular (in a good way, done properly). I used to go to a lot of ska and reggae gigs and sometimes they'd have dub support acts.. being at the front with the huge bass going was fantastic and is similar in some ways to being near a speaker while a DJ like mala is playing.. to have a full band would be something i'd defintely like to check out!
Seen videos of James Blake, SBTRKT and true tiger doing live shows with instruments and it looks brilliant. Big up!
Yeah man thanks a lot - to replicate the physical rush of something like DMZ in full force is exactly what we've been influenced by. Hearing the Iration Steppas rig at the first DMZ nights in Leeds back in 2005-2006 inspired us greatly. Why shouldn't a live band be as overwhelming as that!? Also the above artists you mentioned are wicked as well, so nice to get a comparison like that.