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DEADROP MAGAZINE This is the first edition of deadrop magazine. We will be covering the lat- est news around the dub- step and drum and bass genres. We will interview upcoming producers as well as producers who already have a big name in the music world. A subscription to deadrop magazine keeps you up to date around everything you want to know about your favourite music gen- res. I hope you enjoy reading this magazine as much as I did creating it. Job Poels 2 3 IN THIS EDITION Interview Rameses B 6 Deadrops Spotlight - Liquicity 10 A new day, a new subgenre 16 Upcoming events 24 Deadrops recomendations - Skrillex “Bangarang” 26 4 first of all, How did you come up with the name Rameses B? RAMESES B It’s actually my real name - Rameses Booth Okay cool. For how long have you been producing music? And when was the mo- ment you decided that your songs were good enough to post online? I started in 2003 when a friend of mine gave me a ps2 game called Music Generator 2. I was instantly hooked! I was never off it and just loved putting sounds together. Of course for the first few years it was pretty much experimen- tation with sounds and learning by listening to other pieces of music. But I decided to carry it on as my future pro- fession so I applied for Leeds College of music, passed with 3 distinctions and then went to study creative sound and music technology at university. While the music I made before university was still kind of sketchy it’s when I started uni in 2009 that I took a new musical direction and decided to create youtube and facebook accounts to push my music out there. I had my old music up before this, but I was posting up my newer stuff on youtube in 2010 and that’s when I got in touch with mrsui- cidesheep to promote my original ‘New Hori- zons’, then it progressed from there Okay awesome! As a producer I really wonder what plugins and programs you use for producing music. Could you tell us about the one’s you use? Obviously I can’t give away all my secrets but the ones I use mainly in my tracks are Massive, Sylenth1 and Nexus along with a great sampler called Kontakt. These are the ones I use to make my synths basses and leads, layer them up. I understand. Another question, what is your view on mainstream electronic mu- sic? Does it inspire you? And do you think He is one of the big names within his gen- the mainstream music will get influenced res. He doesn’t create the typical ‘dirty’ by genres like drum and bass and dub- step? dubstep nor does he creat cliche drum All music inspires me. I think it’s important to and bass. And that is what makes him a understand that mainstream music is just de- great producer. Ofcourse I was really glad signed to connect with a much larger audience when he agreed to do an online interview. but the way electronic musicians like 6 7 DJ Fresh and Deadmau5 etc manage to fit their own style to a larger population than many underground artists I think is a great achieve- ment and it’s worth taking inspiration from. At the same time I’m sure they take influence from the drum and bass scene and more under- ground cultures I mean that’s how it all started out so it’s always great to go back to your roots and implement it into your new style of produc- tion. Okay that’s cool. Another thing that really interests me is the way you got the recog- nition for your music. You didn’t have any managers that promoted you with media like tv etc. Did you choose on purpose not to have any of this ‘old-fashioned’ promo- tion. Or was it something that happened ocasionally? I used to apply to a lot of labels, emails, post etc but I never had any luck with them so I just decided to do things myself and see how far I got. Luckily I made the right choice about being independent because now I can sign different songs to different labels so there’s a lot of free- dom. I think the internet is a great tool and I have it to thank for my progress over the years since it brings labels, artists and listeners to- gether through sharing and social networking. Cool One final question, can you tell the readers of the magazine about your up- coming plans in music? At the moment I plan to release a few singles, start work on an EP with heavier music for the dance floor and then work on an album after that. I will also look into selling some merchan- dise such as T-shirts and hoodies. There’s a lot going on at the moment and a lot of work to do if I want to achieve those goals and reach higher prospects. I know where I want to go and I can get there if I keep at it, with the help of so much support from listeners such as yourself it makes it a whole lot more enjoyable So thank you and good luck with your school assignment, you better get a high mark Rameses. Thanks for the interview! Interview by Job Poels 88 9 Deadrops spotlight iquicity promote Liquid, Ambi- Lent & Drum and Bass. They are a unique channel within the drum and bass world. This is because they have an constant unique style of drum and bass songs. And this is not just it. When the song plays, they always have incredible back- grounds that match the song you’re listening to. Everybody keeps won- dering where they get these pic- tures, but let’s just state that this is liquicity’s secret. The picture you see in the background is one of these incredible pictures. When you see this picture you can im- agine a liquid drum and bass track would totally match the atmos- phere of this picture. 10 11 iquicity is the channel where you need to from the Amens and 808’s and brought Lbe if you want to be updated of the best new sounds to the drum and bass scene. latest ambient and atmospheric drum and On the 1 October 2007 High Contrast brought bass . The main name for the genre they liquid funk back to the mainstream with his produce is: Liquid Funk. Liquid funk (alterna- album, Tough Guys Don’t Dance, releasing tively, liquid drum & bass, liquid DNB or liq- tracks such as If We Ever (Featuring Diane uid) is a sub-genre of drum and bass. While Charlemagne) which made Radio 1’s Dance it uses similar basslines and bar layouts to singles chart, Kiss Kiss bang Bang and Tread other styles, it contains fewer bar-oriented Softly. This ended up “crossing over” and be- samples and more instrumental layers (both coming one of the most listened to Drum and synthesized and natural), harmonies, and Bass album’s of 2007. The success of liquid ambience, producing a calmer atmosphere funk never left the mainstream, and was fol- directed at both home listeners and night- lowed by Mistabishi’s ‘No Matter What’ be- club audiences. 2000, Fabio began champi- ing played on daytime radio, Chase & Sta- oning a new form of drum and bass he called tus’ “More Than Alot”’ album charting and “liquid funk”, with a compilation release of the Brookes Brother’s single ‘Tear You Down’ the same name on his Cre- hitting Dance charts. ative Source label. This “Liquicity has one was characterised by in- What makes liquicity fluences from disco and of the better com- special? house music, and wide- You probably wonder spread use of vocals. Al- munities” what makes liquicity spe- though slow to catch on at cial. There are thousands first, the style grew massively in popularity channels on youtube that promote liquid around 2003–2004, and by 2005 it was es- funk, and still liquicity is the biggest one tablished as one of the biggest-selling sub- in its genre. The first thing is its outstand- genres in drum and bass, with labels like ing quality. As the community states: They Good Looking Records (although this label never fail to amaze you with their songs. is strongly cross-genred with atmospher- And there is the community around liquicity. ic drum and bass), Hospital Records, Liq- It’s one of the better communities within uid V, Shogun Limited, Fokuz Recordings, youtube. Everyone seems to get along and and artists like Calibre, Netsky, High Con- share the same opinion. You may think trast, Logistics, London Elektricity, Nu:Tone, this is a small thing, but a community that and Solid State among its main proponents. comforts the listener makes him visit the liquid funk is very similar to intelligent drum channel more often. Also this makes room and bass, but has subtle differences.Liquid for sharing opinions without insulting eacho- funk has stronger influences from soca, lat- ther. Believe it or not, this is a rare thing on in, disco, jazz, and funk music, while IDB the internet these days. Third, the pictures. creates a calmer yet more synthetic sound, This may seem like a small thing, but this using smooth synth lines and samples in is not the case with liquicity. The pictures place of the organic element achieved by match the music just perfect.