1. dego and marc DO have an immense influence on the ideals behind broken
beat. after two pages they were thinking about going in a different
direction, as they were exhuasted with drum and bass and wanted to fuse more
of their influences into their music.
2. not only is 4Hero to be credited, but I find IG Culture and Phil Asher
also to be founding fathers behind the movement. ESPECIALLY Phil Asher, as
he is the one who brought many of these artists together. They have a like
minded commune of producers, musicians and engineers who freely collaborate
amongst themselves under a massive variety of labels and aliases (People,
Laws of Motion, Main Squeeze, Earth Project, 2000 Black, Visions, Bitasweet
etc etc.) that are housed and distributed in large by Goya Music
Distribution(www.goyamusic.com). I'm sure this liberal amount of
collaboration is what gives the sound that familiar vibe whenever the needle
hits the wax.
3. the "west london" sound is just the term i believe to describe the unique
rhythm programming, but it's contributions and influences span from the
compost/compose/JCR labels to Talkin' Loud to Archive (yummy!!!) to any
other likeminded label who shares the same philosophies behind their music.
4. so while it is primarily a "west london" thing, it's not. that would be
like saying "grunge" was developed without the influence of MC5
or the Stooges.
flame on if you must. . .
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