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artist · roni size
release · heroes
year · 1997
genre · drum & bass
label · talkin' loud
catalogue · tlx 25
website · n/a
date · 03-may-2004
quality · 204kbps/44,1khz
source · vinyl
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a1 heroes (roni size live mix) 4:42
a2 heroes (kitachi remix) 4:58
b1 electricks 6:16
playtime · 00h 15m 56s
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bristol native roni size is one of the u.k. jungle scene's most
respected names, with production credits spanning dozens of
labels, projects and releases. although not as quick to rise to
acclaim (either critical or popular) as peers such as goldie or
ltj bukem, size's influence as a producer, label owner, and
committed underground magnate figured him as one of the emerging
sound's true pioneers. the breakout success of his debut album new
forms (including britain's prestigious mercury award) finally
confirmed his stature and vaulted him to a greater degree of
popularity than any drum'n'bass producer.
born to jamaican immigrant parents, roni grew up in the bristolean
suburb of st. andrews (home to tricky, massive attack, and smith &
mighty), where he learned the fundamentals of hip-hop through the
area's sounds systems, house parties, and underground clubs.
expelled from school in his mid-teens and running game through his
neighborhood until risk became greater than reward, size started
dabbling with house and reggae production in the late'80s. he
hooked up with labelmates dj krust, suv, and dj die at the 1990
glastonbury festival, and the four stayed in contact, eventually
forming size's longest running musical commitment to date: his own
full cycle label. formed simply as an outlet for the four's entree
into the nascent drum'n'bass scene (krust and brother flynn [of
flynn & flora] were already working with smith & mighty, while die
was producing hardcore tracks as sublove), full cycle has since
grown into a label group, releasing a steady flow of twelves (on
both full cycle and dope dragon), and a label comp, music box, in
1995.
oft duplicated, the full cycle sound is a subtle mix of jazz and
soul with jump-up rhythms and world beat references spanning from
roni's jamaican roots to '50s be-bop and the motown sound.
although hardly popular in the days before ragga (then jump-up)
ruled the decks, the crew now counts a number of classics among
their credits, including size's "it's a jazz thing," krust's "jazz
note," and reprazent's reasons for sharing ep, the crew's first
outing through major label subsidiary talkin' loud. the success of
1997's new forms launched size to the top of the electronica
genre, and the dope dragon label also continues to rise in the
ranks of dubplate hysteria, with tracks from selector owoy, gang
related, and mask consistently passing muster on most dj's decks.
after a relatively silent 1998, size returned in 1999 with a new
project ù breakbeat era, with dj die and vocalist leonie laws. the
trio released ultra-obscene in the fall of that year. in 2000,
size returned to the reprazent project with in the mode, boasting
sit-ins from method man and rage against the machine's zack de la
rocha.
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