Feel the Music

Feel the Music (Re-Rub)

Ed Solo and Skool Of Thought [Again...

8 November, 2007 | 3.54PM

• Written by: The Last Real DJ Alive
• Filed under: Music Recommendations: against the grain, ed solo, skool of thought

‘Feel the Music (Re-Rub)’ is the only drum & bass track on the ‘Random Acts Of Kindness’ LP by Ed Solo and Skool Of Thought.

The dynamic duo’s breakbeat excursions really have put them in good stead to make roots drum & bass tracks, like this.

Moving away from the mad face-clobbering rave-type material that currently dominates the scene, this is a straight-up, no-nonsense, fun D&B number, choc-full of synthy melodies and burbling basslines.

Its beats don’t punch at 200Hz, no – Ed Solo doesn’t need to follow that current trend – instead they bash hard in the mids and are spliced with only subtle hi-hats and background breaks to add that vital shuffle.

Underneath these you’ve got a rusty, bubbling bassline moving forward and cheeky, processed staccato synths poking through every now and again.

Before you know it, the Re-Rub morphs into a wah-wah synth and goes edit crazy, with all sorts of drum, synth and audio snipping going on.

And then another change!

Everything gets filtered down and the soundscape becomes saturated – expect disco LFO stabs and a really decent-sounding HPF pad that takes you right back to the oldskool – taking you to the bridge!

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