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│Artist :││The Underwolves │
│Album :││Under your Sky (JCR 015) │
│Style :││Lo-Fi │
│Type :││Album │
│Quality :││192kbps / 44,1 KHz / Full Stereo │
│Supplier :││ZooZalex │
│Ripper :││ZooZalex │
│Ripdate :││Jun-05-2001 │
│Encoder :││Lame 3.88 │
│Size :││81,1 MB │
│CD Songs :││12 │
│Source :││CDDA │
│Label :││www.compost-rec.com │
│URL :││http://www.compost-rec.com/sections/labels/jcr_arti/u_wolves.htm │
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┌──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│Additional Information to The Underwolves - Under your Sky (JCR 015) │
├──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│There are a couple of reasons why Ned Kelly and six foot three Professor │
│Stretch decided to call themselves The Underwolves. Both are unusual and, more│
│importantly, are clues to understanding the London û based duo's unorthodox │
│but compelling music. The first concerns American author Cormac McCarthy, │
│since the pairs 1996 debut single was called "The Crossing", after the second │
│book in his Border Trilogy. Wolves feature heavily in that particular │
│instalment, as survivors not just scavengers, and a shadowy counterpoint to │
│it's damaged hero. Secondly, the duo began working together just as the │
│British dance music scene was having it's horizons abruptly narrowed by the │
│introduction of Criminal Justice Act, which directly targeted parties, raves │
│and any gathering outside licensed premises. Shortly after the now infamous │
│legislation became law in 1994 there was a brief period of resistance, with │
│illegal festivities continuing regardless of the potential penalties (which │
│included heavy fines and possible prison sentences). At the time, Ned was │
│particularly impressed by a newspaper article that described these revellers │
│as a rebellious underclass. They were individuals who refused to accept their │
│lot and bit back instead. He felt the same way, hence the name Underwolves, an│
│amalgamation, like the band, of apparently different but actually related │
│influences. │
│Idiosyncratic figures with roots in different sections of the UK dance scene, │
│Ned and Stretch were united by the desire to make music so well wrought it │
│spreads beyond any sub-culture that may have originally spawned it. "We want,"│
│says Stretch, "to create something timeless." │
│ │
│Their debut album, "Under Your Sky", may have its roots in drum and bass but │
│it also absorbs soul, jazz and hip hop into a sound bristling with power │
│(Shaken), sophistication (In Between) and above all fine song writing. │
│Consequently, you don't need to be an aficionado of hard step, jump up or any │
│of the genre's sub divisions to embrace the passion of the tracks like "68 │
│Moves". │
│ │
│"You've got to give people something to catch hold of," says Ned. "I don't │
│think you can just say, here's our smoky instrumental album. A lot of people │
│aren't going to accept that". │
│ │
│Unwilling to churn out a dozen hammering club tracks, they brought in Jeb Loy │
│Nichols (behind an acclaimed album of it's own, the folk rock of 1997's Lovers│
│Knot) to both provide vocals and song writing expertise. Other vocals are │
│provided by Madeline Edgehill of all female reggae band ACABU and Ghetto │
│Priest from African Headcharge, who Stretch remixed for 1998's Drums of │
│Defiance project on Dub Guru Adrian Sherwood's On-U-Sound label. │
│ │
│The Underwolves have been attracting attention ever since early singles like │
│1996's "Nine Lives" on Filter and remixes, such as their elegant approach to │
│Bim Sherman's "Can I Be Free From Crying". Both showed they are one of few │
│artist to truly grasp the potential of drum and bass to do more than just fill│
│a dance floor or disintegrate into over û blown concept albums. In part, this │
│comes from their eccentric approach to making music. Stretch, classically │
│trained and a self û taught engineer, handles all the technical details, while│
│Ned, former DJ and jazz obsessive, cajoles, listens and generally points │
│developments in the correct directions. Its not how most people do it but it │
│works for them. │
│ │
│"Our heads are in exactly in the same place music wise," says Stretch. "His │
│taste is so important and we like similar things. Jazz folk and soul with drum│
│& bass". │
│ │
│He found Stretch in the mid Nineties, after the Jazz and rare groove scene │
│he'd frequented began to cross-pollinate with the nascent drum & bass │
│movements at clubs like That's How It Is. Ned had been part of still-born, │
│vaguely trip hop band, The Messengers, for whom his new friend did some │
│production work. While Ned had recently been blown away by drum & bass ("It │
│sounded better than anything else. Bigger and more life like.") Stretch had │
│his roots in the hardcore scene that this new music had sprung from, having │
│been one third of the trio that produced Dance Conspiracy's string laden │
│classic 'Dub Wars'. Stretch continued to record break beat tracks with old │
│Dance Conspiracy partner DJ Pulse, including a remix of Alex Reece's 'Feel The│
│Sunshine'. │
│ │
│Stretch's training was more formal but equally mercurial. Although he had been│
│playing the piano from the age of five and sung in church choirs, he worried │
│his parents by swapping the prospect of studying music at degree for hospital │
│and pirate radio in Slough. It was through the latter that he met Chad │
│Jackson, who had a 1990 hit with the sample heavy anthem 'Hear The Drummer Get│
│Wicked'. He hung out in Jackson's studio, learning the ropes and exploring his│
│massive collection of hip hop and soul records before joining forces with │
│manager / producer Ron Tom, which resulted in studio work for British soul boy│
│Don-e ad the initial development of All Saints. │
│ │
│It's Ned and Stretch's varied, wandering backgrounds that make 'Under Your │
│Sky' a work of great emotional depth as well as eccentric beats. It's an album│
│that doesn't fit any obvious pigeon hole other than that marked 'great │
│record'. And that's all that matters. │
│ │
│After delivering their debut album at the beginning of 1999 the band were │
│forced to sit back and while Island was bought out not once but twice, │
│resulting in a staff merry go round with nobody in contact to make a decision.│
│This resulted in the Underwolves leaving Island now Universal for German label│
│Jazzanova-Compost Records (JCR), renowned leaders of the nu-jazz movement and │
│co-run by Jazzanova to whom the band were tipped. │
│ │
│Luckily, the timeless nature of the music has increased awareness of the band │
│slotting nicely between modern mellow soul nu-jazz and melodic drum n bass. │
│ │
│With the highly touted "In The Picture" on the Barely Breaking Even / Off │
│Centre compilation and new remixes the band has become stronger and grown to │
│now include Paula Crawford, Ghetto Priest, Madeline and Jeb Loy Nicholas along│
│with long time production ally former Muki main man Jules Evans. │
│ │
│Having been bestowed with glittering plaudits from Gilles Peterson, Patrick │
│Forge, Fabio and Jumping Jack Frost among others. A long-term future with │
│Jazzanova-Compost (JCR) seems assured. This independent just having proved you│
│don't need a major to sell 100 000 records, if the record is good. │
│ │
│Expect new remixes by Earthbound, Fauna Flash, Intega (Sonar Kollektive) as │
│well as the already existing remixes by Restless Soul, Peshay vs. Photek, │
│Spacek and Juryman (many versions were only available on promo release) on │
│forthcoming 12inches. │
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│Tracklisting [ 58:56 min / 81,1 Mbs ] │
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│01 The Underwolves - Stay A While 03:52 │
│02 The Underwolves - Unexpected Days 05:02 │
│03 The Underwolves - Prema Redentor 09:20 │
│04 The Underwolves - Thin 02:52 │
│05 The Underwolves - Shaken 06:14 │
│06 The Underwolves - Lay Down 03:42 │
│07 The Underwolves - So Blue ItÆs Black 03:53 │
│08 The Underwolves - Under Your Sky 06:09 │
│09 The Underwolves - 68 Moves 03:42 │
│10 The Underwolves - CominÆ Home 04:46 │
│11 The Underwolves - Bird Song 05:18 │
│12 The Underwolves - In Between 04:06 │
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│Another great release from mighty SMC ! Enjoy this release and trip like we do│
│ │
│Greetings go out to: * sb * sour * kw * sfe │
│ │
│If ya think ya can do smthg for SMC, contact us ! We are always searching for │
│new rippers and new dumps ! EFNET #smc-base │
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