South London Ordnance Influences

One of the first records I bought. Copped it for the trip hop trax – Peace in Zaire etc, but ultimately fell for the chopped breaks in Polyphony of One. Purchased in now non existent IS Records in South London when I was about 12/13. I bought all kinds of rubbish in there – most of which I still have but little of which I really dig out anymore, apart from a few bits and pieces like this. Always makes me very nostalgic – not because I’m a massive jungle head, realistically that whole scene was before my time, and not even because it’s an amazing record; but because it’s a record I got at that point where you’re just looking out stuff you like the sound of, with no agenda or bias or anything.

Yeah I really like the tracks these guys make, and this is a good tutorial on how to do something pivotal to their sound, which I use the whole time now. Basically, they show you how to saturate an 808 and filter the different frequencies to create a really dynamic distorted bassline. I don’t really use it in the same way as they do any more, but it’s still got all the important info there if ur interested in that kind of vibe.

Classic music vid from when electronic music had a sense of humour.

Just a video of Jackson Pollock talking about Jackson Pollock really. The vid is kind of unimportant, though actually watching it now, it’s quite good – I haven’t watched it for ages but I’m enjoying the lo fi finish. Anyway – my mum was a massive Pollock fan and took me to an exhibition when I was much younger. It took me years to get it, but now I spend quite a lot of time browsing his stuff. The more time I spend making music, making “things,” be they visual or aural, the more one sees patterns with the mess you’re sometimes left with, how the less rigid and more accidental elements of your art are usually the most directly linked to what’s in your head.

I still occasionally have midly unsettling dreams about various spaces in this game. I think I played it too much. More nostalgia really. Don’t spend too much time watching that video, it’s actually quite irritating.

Obviously everyone knows about Akira. Classic cyberpunk vibes. Shame the movie is so reduced – the books are a lot better, loads more depth. Movie still worth a watch though.

I can actually hear myself shouting in the back of this which is quite amusing. One of two great Metalheadz shows I went to in the same year, both featuring a 3hr set from Andy C. Obviously unmatched dexterity on the decks, but what made it great was it was ‘Headz so he could go as deep or as upfront as he liked. It was just cool to hear someone like him playing those records so creatively – three decks for three hours, no holds barred, absurdly fast mixing and not a clang in sight. Handy Andy.

One of my favorite trax of this era. Incredible brooding atmosphere that I’ve tried to touch on in my music.