I have just read all you folks arguing about where and how the SNAKE STYLE bassline was created… I’m gonna tell y’all direct from the source to educate and inform. I sampled a TR808 Kick Drum with its parameters set to give me the longest sustain possible… sound sent through my desk and EQ... sampled on a ROLAND S-750 then sculptured into a decent chest “thudding” attack and slow decay with longer sustain option using the 750’s “forward & reverse” looping function. Then with a little sprinkle of Jimmy’s SOURCE DIRECT magic, layering, EQ and compression you create this warm buzzin sub bass line. Similar was used in THE CRANE & BLACK ROSE for anyone who hasn't heard those tracks yet. Give it a listen guys. Hope this clears things up for anyone still questioning… Thanks for all your support and positive feedback people, it means a great deal and energises me to get into the studio as much as possible and finish the many new tracks in the creation process at “TOP STATION”. Respect! SD
Source Direct being an electro/Miami bass producer in South Florida I can totally hear the 808 bumps with the sustain pumped to the max on some of those tracks with a little bit of pitch shift sometimes also word up on the info, when it comes to DNB you, the metalheadz projects peshay, bukem are where it's at for me
Superb movement through out the track.. well ahead off it's time when released.. Always the track that moved the crowed into the early hour's.. pushing the energy off the bassline !Vintage !.
It's fantastic - bassy and full but subtle at the same time. It's not just a buzzy overpowering DONK noise. Almost sounds like someone playing fretless bass.
1995, The maturity of this tracks almost frightens me. This sounds to me like something that a man that has obessed over jungle for 20 years would produce.
Timeless music. Imagine how much work it required - some tunes were recordered and mastered on tapes, all those breaks chopped manually, glued, sampled, resampled, recorded, fx added…. Obsessed no-way-back approach gave quality that blows you away even today . Not many modern producers have this spirit in their music nowadays.
@@wickeddubz wait, whuut..nobody who was making breaks in the 90ies was splicing tapes to resequence breaks. Its all mostly transposed to tempo then triggering different sample start points from a sampler and sequenced in an Atari to get the rolls etc(probably Cubase in this case as one of the members mentioned an S750 which is a bit after). Not only would tape not have been involved in the recording process except for maybe mastering to 2inch, most of this stuff including the Hardcore stuff was recorded to DAT and occasionally cassette, but mostly DAT. These weren't rich people making this shit. As if they would even have access to a 24 track or whatever. Some of em went into bigger studios who had major label backing (Prodigy using StrongRoom for instance)for the most part though, their setups would've been pretty modest. Sampler, computer, cheap solid state desk, maybe some cheap rack verbs e.g Midiverb, some guitar pedals, monitors and that's about it.... I take it you have never spliced tape otherwise you'd understand how practically impossible it would be to edit breaks like this that way lol
@@TheJohnsofDoes 4 track recorders were involved in some cases (early Calibre..) so I've heard. Foul Play also confirmed using tape for Finest Illusion's vocals.
It's so funny you mention this; I too had this thought, but less about the track, & more about the actual humans who made the track. Jim was probably 19 or thereabouts when he wrote this. Rupert (Photek + Aliases) was also so young when he made the System EX/Code Of Practice/Sentinel bits. Insanely mature sound for the time. Let's not forget: There was a lot of Jump Up in 95' that surely would've been attractive for these youngsters to make, as it was much easier & required less skill & patience to throw some Z-Planed 808 Kicks over a 'Versatile Extension' Break with a Hip-Hop sample looped for 7 minutes. Who knows what was in the water (or bud!) in Hertfordshire of all places during that time. 😂 It isn't the only generation of incredibly young talent we've had. The Middle Skool had their own equivalents, albeit not so famous outside of the genre. Jason aka Overlook made 'Kyoto' & 'Chinatown' with a young Owen aka Clarity. James Hewitt aka Pessimist was also young I believe, when they all had their initial releases on Renegade Hardware. They were definitely the Photek/SD of that era, & were influenced a lot by tracks like Snake Style. Overlook even had a track entitled 'Blue Rose' on his album, as a nod to SD's 'Black Rose.'
Source direct were the original pioneers of breakizm, taking heavy dubby subs and complex beat edititing to the top of its game, there break switching is second to none. This ain't jungle, it's deep cinematic atmospheric drum and bass at its finest. That's why they were splashed all over metalheadz, Goldie knew !!!....
Chris McCulloch you ain't lying I stumbled upon platinum breaks vol2, or 1 may be it was a dbl CD looking for breakbeat cds and fell in love with this shit, this wasn't no basic B'S haha
what are you calling 'breakizm' because if you mean intricately programmed breaks as an artform, it was going a long time before your 'original pioneers' came along. Complex beat editing been an art form since at least 91 with Some Justice, then you have all the 92 hardcore, all the 93 darkcore 94 jungle, all constantly bringing on the art of break science.
Been doing self imposed jungle n dub history lesson/playlist......and stumble on "Source Direct" they are totally sick and up there as the best of old Skool jungle keeping it dark with a sick flow and rhythm!
I'm doing exactly the same dude. I love this sort of complex minimalist edgy jungle. Photek is the master in my eyes, but these guys aren't far behind.
It's that lethal, mathematical, gritty, ruthless, "cant nobodyfuck with me cause I'm too cold" type cyber funk. That's my shit. I'm feelin' like a contract killer today. I ain't cheap.
The very very end of ninja-edged jungle! It's ALL downhill from here, folks. Seriously, offer me a single 2-Step track that equals this. I didn't think so...
Excellent track! drums and bass & sounds to create atmosphere and vibe, no bullshit. time taken, to create unique patterns. Samples from the kung fu movie "Wu du" www.imdb.com/title/tt0077559/ "now number two, practiced the snake style He was known as the snake spirit He had the speed of a snake"
No. An 808 kick drum is a kick drum from a TR-808 drum machine. It is a normal kick drum, but synthetic, and it does not have a long sub drone under it, as is commonly miss-quoted by the likes of carnage, skrillex et al. The bassline on this track will have been made using an analogue synth.
nah, you lop off the transient (the beginning of the sound) and loop it in a variety of ways to make it longer with some release, very common jungle bassline. It has this characteristic movement as an unedited 808 kick drops slightly in pitch, so when edited the bassline warbles up and down. Some did use fm synths and sampled sine waves that came preloaded in certain hardware samplers, though both of these options are digital as well.
If anyone on here can send me a .wav of this I'll send you back a very, very good dark drum and bass set featuring this track. PLEASE! pm me if interested!
To me it sounds like most tunes nowadays have the same bassline... Not saying the tunes are bad but they seem to lack innovation atleast regarding the basslines. Also i think the reason why the beats are dull is the fact that people use ready loops and just replace the samples instead of trying to create their own loops. If you always use loops you never really learn to structure your own drum loops.
I have just read all you folks arguing about where and how the SNAKE STYLE bassline was created… I’m gonna tell y’all direct from the source to educate and inform. I sampled a TR808 Kick Drum with its parameters set to give me the longest sustain possible… sound sent through my desk and EQ... sampled on a ROLAND S-750 then sculptured into a decent chest “thudding” attack and slow decay with longer sustain option using the 750’s “forward & reverse” looping function. Then with a little sprinkle of Jimmy’s SOURCE DIRECT magic, layering, EQ and compression you create this warm buzzin sub bass line. Similar was used in THE CRANE & BLACK ROSE for anyone who hasn't heard those tracks yet. Give it a listen guys. Hope this clears things up for anyone still questioning…
Thanks for all your support and positive feedback people, it means a great deal and energises me to get into the studio as much as possible and finish the many new tracks in the creation process at “TOP STATION”. Respect! SD
Source Direct being an electro/Miami bass producer in South Florida I can totally hear the 808 bumps with the sustain pumped to the max on some of those tracks with a little bit of pitch shift sometimes also word up on the info, when it comes to DNB you, the metalheadz projects peshay, bukem are where it's at for me
Superb movement through out the track.. well ahead off it's time when released.. Always the track that moved the crowed into the early hour's.. pushing the energy off the bassline !Vintage !.
Speak to Miki taiki on fb mate he would love to learn what you know bout that
It's fantastic - bassy and full but subtle at the same time. It's not just a buzzy overpowering DONK noise. Almost sounds like someone playing fretless bass.
this is exactly how I thought you would do it ........ :-p
STILL my favourite dnb tune of ALL time...ever since 1995.... it's SO SO GOOD
nursery rhymes and kids songs lol
didn’t know whoever runs this channel was a junglist 😭
WHAT
No way bro 💀💀💀
Found it, junglectuals
1995, The maturity of this tracks almost frightens me. This sounds to me like something that a man that has obessed over jungle for 20 years would produce.
Timeless music. Imagine how much work it required - some tunes were recordered and mastered on tapes, all those breaks chopped manually, glued, sampled, resampled, recorded, fx added…. Obsessed no-way-back approach gave quality that blows you away even today . Not many modern producers have this spirit in their music nowadays.
@@wickeddubz wait, whuut..nobody who was making breaks in the 90ies was splicing tapes to resequence breaks. Its all mostly transposed to tempo then triggering different sample start points from a sampler and sequenced in an Atari to get the rolls etc(probably Cubase in this case as one of the members mentioned an S750 which is a bit after). Not only would tape not have been involved in the recording process except for maybe mastering to 2inch, most of this stuff including the Hardcore stuff was recorded to DAT and occasionally cassette, but mostly DAT. These weren't rich people making this shit. As if they would even have access to a 24 track or whatever. Some of em went into bigger studios who had major label backing (Prodigy using StrongRoom for instance)for the most part though, their setups would've been pretty modest. Sampler, computer, cheap solid state desk, maybe some cheap rack verbs e.g Midiverb, some guitar pedals, monitors and that's about it....
I take it you have never spliced tape otherwise you'd understand how practically impossible it would be to edit breaks like this that way lol
@@TheJohnsofDoes 4 track recorders were involved in some cases (early Calibre..) so I've heard. Foul Play also confirmed using tape for Finest Illusion's vocals.
It's so funny you mention this; I too had this thought, but less about the track, & more about the actual humans who made the track. Jim was probably 19 or thereabouts when he wrote this. Rupert (Photek + Aliases) was also so young when he made the System EX/Code Of Practice/Sentinel bits. Insanely mature sound for the time.
Let's not forget: There was a lot of Jump Up in 95' that surely would've been attractive for these youngsters to make, as it was much easier & required less skill & patience to throw some Z-Planed 808 Kicks over a 'Versatile Extension' Break with a Hip-Hop sample looped for 7 minutes.
Who knows what was in the water (or bud!) in Hertfordshire of all places during that time. 😂
It isn't the only generation of incredibly young talent we've had. The Middle Skool had their own equivalents, albeit not so famous outside of the genre. Jason aka Overlook made 'Kyoto' & 'Chinatown' with a young Owen aka Clarity. James Hewitt aka Pessimist was also young I believe, when they all had their initial releases on Renegade Hardware. They were definitely the Photek/SD of that era, & were influenced a lot by tracks like Snake Style. Overlook even had a track entitled 'Blue Rose' on his album, as a nod to SD's 'Black Rose.'
Are we not due a Classic DNB FM Station ? Playing straight 94-97 classics like this 24/7
I would LOVE this. What country are you in?
dnbradio
how have you never heard of jungle train? lol
futuredrumz. Lookout for DJ Snear
Many Layers! Timeless classic, big up Source Direct every time ❤️💚❤️
This is a pure art of drum&bass effect on 1990s. Still kicking 😮🕺👍
DAMNN remember biking in the rain to this song after staying up 2 days in a row, lethal focus , spiritual
Source Direct tracks are the finest in Drum n Bass.
Still in my top 5 after two decades... The tune that redirected my life... for the better.
I was 17 in 1995 and discovered the wonder of UK through these musical jewels.
what a tune , one of the best it still makes me think this every time i hear it for almost 30 years wtf . timeless .
Source direct were the original pioneers of breakizm, taking heavy dubby subs and complex beat edititing to the top of its game, there break switching is second to none. This ain't jungle, it's deep cinematic atmospheric drum and bass at its finest. That's why they were splashed all over metalheadz, Goldie knew !!!....
Chris McCulloch you ain't lying I stumbled upon platinum breaks vol2, or 1 may be it was a dbl CD looking for breakbeat cds and fell in love with this shit, this wasn't no basic B'S haha
what are you calling 'breakizm' because if you mean intricately programmed breaks as an artform, it was going a long time before your 'original pioneers' came along. Complex beat editing been an art form since at least 91 with Some Justice, then you have all the 92 hardcore, all the 93 darkcore 94 jungle, all constantly bringing on the art of break science.
* cough ..PHOTEK
This is not just music this is like healing art
I can feel this so much it’s sublime
One of the DARKEST and DEEPEST JUNGLE TRACKS ever made RESPECT!!!!!!!!
You should listen to Snake Style Teebone Vip mix.. if you haven't already.
Source direct dropping some dope music that becomes classics instantly....
Pure art!!!❤
I wonder just how much time they spent programming and chopping the breaks. Probably the best SD track imo.
Cap O It's one of the better tracks on the album for sure. The amen break on that tracks is actually really good.
Exit 9 gets me, the little samples like a game or something
Holy God! What a monster tune.
My TOP from Source Direct! This have SOUL!
almost 200k views on a true drum and bass track makes me happy.
DnB was always good music to drive long distances to.
love speeding in a car blasting dnb..
Drove across the country listening to it.
Best tune that ever sampled Tighten Up
Amazing James Brown drum breakage great to hear as always
How damn good is snake style and artificial barriers. Absolutely TIMELESS Drum & Bass........... Sh1ts on everything made today by a long shot.
still bangin in 2017
Evidently nothing is deadlier than the snake style
They were young lads fucking about driving cars having a laugh and making pieces of art. Legends
you cannot be a Junglist as I am and NOT LOOOOOOOOOOOOOVE this offering.... It's simply BIG BIG BIG like that!!!!!!!!!!
Been doing self imposed jungle n dub history lesson/playlist......and stumble on "Source Direct" they are totally sick and up there as the best of old Skool jungle keeping it dark with a sick flow and rhythm!
I'm doing exactly the same dude. I love this sort of complex minimalist edgy jungle. Photek is the master in my eyes, but these guys aren't far behind.
Erdingtons Finest interesting heard some Photek stuff it's ok. Feeling Wax Doctor at the moment it's like liquid jungle
This gets me going thanks it helps me with my mediation and martial arts
This music is tailored for my life
beautifully intricate...
holy mother of drum edits
Now this is proper
These guys are the raw deal
Good shit
That’s cause you young, son.
Holy crap, 1995... this goes insanely hard.
Was perfect for playing thief the dark project back in the day
that snare is something special
I agree, strangely satisfying, incredible sounds
The differences between dnb and jungle arent worth arguing about as long as you like it.
Frikin sweet
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Marvelous
Oh beautiful
1995 1995 1995
enrike serrano Indeed
2024 mind blowing San Francisco listening xoxoxo
It's that lethal, mathematical, gritty, ruthless, "cant nobodyfuck with me cause I'm too cold" type cyber funk. That's my shit. I'm feelin' like a contract killer today. I ain't cheap.
Most definitely some smooth criminal/midnight stalker who's also a ladies' man an wear tailored suits type vibes
If Lalo Schifrin were a drum and bass producer... Source Direct were mad innovators.
light, entrancing but deadly in style. takes you places, big ups to SD. safe
@LittleBabyBum Speed was amazing! Fabio & Bukem at the Milk/Mars Bar. Best education I ever got!
Taking me back! Still have some SD wax.
this is cyberpunk
No. This is music.
Can somebody please tell me what the BPM or BMP is on this old school drum and bass
About 160
source direct...its always cool as hell, like a "lalo schiffrin cool"
drum n bass perfectly together
The very very end of ninja-edged jungle! It's ALL downhill from here, folks. Seriously, offer me a single 2-Step track that equals this. I didn't think so...
Seba jungle music
Damn!! What a Tuuune!!!!
love the sfx @ 1:35
HUGE!
This reminds me of Red Mountain Zone from Sonic Adventure
Excellent track! drums and bass & sounds to create atmosphere and vibe, no bullshit. time taken, to create unique patterns. Samples from the kung fu movie "Wu du" www.imdb.com/title/tt0077559/
"now number two, practiced the snake style
He was known as the snake spirit
He had the speed of a snake"
Thank you, it is an amazing track
good upload :)
DI Radio plays loads on their liquid DnB channel well worth checking out
Thanks for the artist. Still going? Thought to revoke d&b 🤔
Buen genero d&b intelligent otro recomendado seria 4hero! :-)
Could the bassline on this one made with sampled 808 kickdrums?
yes
No. An 808 kick drum is a kick drum from a TR-808 drum machine. It is a normal kick drum, but synthetic, and it does not have a long sub drone under it, as is commonly miss-quoted by the likes of carnage, skrillex et al. The bassline on this track will have been made using an analogue synth.
nah, you lop off the transient (the beginning of the sound) and loop it in a variety of ways to make it longer with some release, very common jungle bassline. It has this characteristic movement as an unedited 808 kick drops slightly in pitch, so when edited the bassline warbles up and down. Some did use fm synths and sampled sine waves that came preloaded in certain hardware samplers, though both of these options are digital as well.
Just - wrong. I'd be willing to bet you're american. You guys get everything wrong and then strut about like a pigeon playing chess.
If you are willing to go that way, I have to say that I don't give a shit about what you think.
what is that klanger breakbeat name/sampled from?
tighten up - james brown
Tighten Up break.
people talking about the bass but i wanna know the keys! i think those were used on many source direct tracks.
sick!
I agree with u.. tho stil a few bangers coming out, ]
legend
genius drums killer subs
imo, this isnt drumnbass; this is jungle! :]
It’s Drum&Bass
Splittin hairs, but this almost more Drum Funk than anything
@@mikef4963 More like proto-D'n'B. It's still jungle at the core despite the many things that could be attributed to Drum & Bass.
@@Deluxeta Atmospheric jungle
Jesis sd you didn’t have to do us like this 😩 too heavy!!!
so cool
what would you classify source direct as now days.....jungleee????
nasty little sneaks in there.
Tune!
SIK!
Killer.
Savage
💎
@LittleBabyBum nothing to add!! Cheers mate!
SNAKE STYLE
They had the DJ speed of a snake...
It’s like trying to learn judo black belt
well...this is source direct for ya :p
Located successfully
i like sound engineering......
If anyone on here can send me a .wav of this I'll send you back a very, very good dark drum and bass set featuring this track. PLEASE! pm me if interested!
To me it sounds like most tunes nowadays have the same bassline... Not saying the tunes are bad but they seem to lack innovation atleast regarding the basslines. Also i think the reason why the beats are dull is the fact that people use ready loops and just replace the samples instead of trying to create their own loops. If you always use loops you never really learn to structure your own drum loops.
@crierone such a blurry line between the two lol
Jungle/drumfunk/DnB
😎
Anko vibes? Or Orochimaru vibes?
Musical silk
Um drinking gin and doing yoga to this. After this is morbid angel. Join in.
🥺
This has lost no magic. Timeless sorcery
BRUHHH