Source Direct
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Source Direct is an English drum and bass act from St Albans, Hertfordshire, England.[1][2] Source Direct have released an EP, Controlled Developments (1997), an album, Exorcise the Demons (1999),[3] as well as numerous singles, under both the Source Direct name and a number of aliases.
Originally Source Direct consisted of James Baker and Phil Aslett, later becoming a solo project of Baker's in 1999.
History
Originally the act consisted of two childhood friends, James Baker[4] and Phil Aslett.[5][6] Due to differences between the pair, however, it became entirely a solo project of Baker's in 1999, after the release of Exorcise the Demons.[7][8]
Source Direct's music uses complex and irregular breakbeats, snappy and precise hi-hats, dark atmospheric sampling and abstract song structures.[7][9]
Source Direct have released music on a variety of record labels: Metalheadz,[10] Science (Virgin Records),[7] Good Looking Records, Astralwerks, Basement, Certificate 18, Odysee, Street Beats and the self-owned Source Direct Recordings. They have released singles under the names Intensity, Sounds of Life, Oblivion, Mirage, X-Files and Hokusai.[11]
Despite not being featured on the officially released soundtrack, Source Direct gained recognition for the track "Call & Response" which was used in the horror movie Blade.[12][13] The track, originally a single, was later included on their EP Controlled Developments, and on their album Exorcise the Demons.[9] Source Direct contributed the track "2097" to the CD soundtrack of the PlayStation game Wipeout 2097, released in 1996.[14]
Fact included Exorcise the Demons in its "The 100 Best Albums of the 1990s".[7]
Discography
Albums and EPs
- Controlled Developments (1997, Astralwerks) – 6-track EP
- Exorcise the Demons (1999, Virgin Records)
Singles
- "Future London/Shimmer" (1994, Odysee)
- "A Made Up Sound/The Cult" (1995, Metalheadz)
- "Approach & Identify/Modem" (1995, Source Direct)
- "Different Groove/Stars" (1995, Odysee)
- "Fabric of Space/Bliss" (1995, Source Direct)
- "Snake Style/Exit 9" (1995, Source Direct)
- "Black Rose/12 Til 4" (1996, Source Direct)
- "Stonekiller/Web of Sin" (1996, Metalheadz)
- "Secret Liaison/Complexities" (1996, Good Looking Records)
- "The Crane/Artificial Barriers" (1996, Source Direct)
- "Call & Response/Computer State" (1997, Virgin)
- "Capital D/Enemy Lines" (1997, Virgin)
- "Two Masks/Black Domina" (1997, Virgin)
- "Concealed Identity" (1998, Virgin)
- "Mind Weaver" (1998, Virgin)
- "Technical Warfare" (1998, Virgin)
- "Snowblind/The Place" (2001, Demonic)
- "Sub One/Escape From Cairo" (2001, Demonic)
- "Yo Bitch!/Pimp Star" (2001, Demonic)
References
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External links
- Template:PAGENAMEBASE discography at Discogs
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- Template:MusicBrainz meta discography at MusicBrainzTemplate:EditAtWikidata
- Source Direct AllMusic Discography
- Source Direct at BBC Music