SubVee

Whether you like D&B or not, this is worth 20 minutes of your time to see how these boys and girls are breaking the scene wide open.

I remember their first releases and at the time they were so different that we almost couldn’t believe they were serious. The visuals, names and sounds where so unique that it was almost as if D&B had finally evolved into something that, albeit playful, had some thought put into it, it had direction. D&B in the 90’s was moody, full of wannabe Gangsters and no-one wanted to stand out. These guys really didn’t give a funk and that’s why, with persistance and knowing what they were, they’re now travelling the World, featuring on movies, TV, radio and in places you’d never thought you’d hear D&B.

If they had sat down in 1996 and decided that ‘this’ was how they were going to drive their label into the minds of the fringes of the scene then it would have come across as contrived. At the time, it was like the grown-ups had got involved because they were so slick at what they did! They changed the scene and continued to poke fun at the labels that take the music too seriously with light humour and still remain friends with the ‘scene’. They made D&B accessible, safe, a giggle, welcomed you with open arms and in a scene that frowned upon outsiders and you gotta think… if Hospital hasn’t kept it an open door policy, would D&B be where it is today?

Radio rip but my word, you get the bassline.

Dunno what it is about S.P.Y. but he just ‘gets’ drum and bass. Very few people are still holding true to the vibe without resorting over programming drums and massive wobbly dubstep basslines.