DJ Senator – The Bassline / Roll Down Bass (1993)

July 22, 2014

This is a sticky-labelled 12″ that I bought 2nd hand when I was experimenting with scratching back in the day (lol). I’d gotten a Ministry of Sound deck for Christmas and I needed some 90s-to-the-max shit to scratch and test pitch correction / matching on. As expected, I failed triumphantly at this shit and gave it up pretty quickly, although I did find it fun to scratch random records now and then, something which I have given up entirely since I’ve gained a serious respect for the vinyl medium.

The music on this 12″ isn’t particularly challenging or interesting in any way (both songs are based around THAT d’n’b beat – you know what I’m talking about), and if it wasn’t for the school disco female vocals, the tracks could be ambiguously played at either 33 or 45 for a myriad of different atmospheres and effects. At 33, and devoid of vocals, it isn’t a million miles away from Gyral / Stairway era Scorn.

For some reason I can’t bring myself to throw this away, although it has absolutely no value whatsoever. There is no Youtube available for this, so instead I’ll offer you this useless tidbit of information: this was released on a Earache sub-label called Sub Bass Records in the early 90s when Earache was trying desperately to break into the d’n’b and rave scenes. Drastic.