EPISODE 46: HIGH CONTRAST

High Contrast aka Lincoln Barrett released his first record in 2001 and has since gone to be one of the worlds biggest Drum & Bass producers - Grammy nominated and with 6 studio albums to his name, a wealth of high-profile DJ sets and some of the most prestigious collaborations and remixes ever made - including Adele, Kanye West, Missy Elliot, Tiesto, FSOL, MJ Cole, The Streets and many more.

His latest album 'Notes From The Underground' traces his jungle roots with a fresh take on the sparse and sample-heavy tracks which inspired him in the early days. He is the first voice you hear in the Trainspotting 2 film, having released the incendury 'Shotgun Mouthwash' for it's soundtrack.  He's a really down to earth guy with an admirable outlook and 'no-boundaries' approach to musical exploration.
 
https://www.highcontrastofficial.com/#/
https://notesfromtheundergroundgame.com/

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Show Notes:
Dickie Goodman - Watergrate https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kJBLQCGRhOI
Sid Vicious - My Way https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rDyb_alTkMQ
High Contrast - God Only Knows https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ldMgaDVHca0
High Contrast (ft Tiësto and Underworld) - The First Note Is Silent https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MWOJyegyRbM
LTJ Bukem presents Logical Progression https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T2ZT7F1LUjU
Adele - Hometown Glory (High Contrast Remix) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TYH-3XQpXNA
Adele - Hello (High Contrast bootleg remix) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LeCGGj0Tgwg
DJ Zinc - Super Sharp Shooter (Remix) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8sSR-GJnhvw
Technohead - I Wanna Be A Hippy https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QMkIHLJkirE
True Colours - Album by High Contrast  https://open.spotify.com/album/4gZXdW5J3fuYQtWlYlP6MY
Goldwave Audio Editor https://www.goldwave.com/
Boss SP-303 https://www.boss.info/uk/products/sp-303/
Underworld https://www.underworldlive.com/
Alfred Hitchcock's Rope https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rope_(film)
Alfred Hitchcock's Dial M for Murder https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dial_M_for_Murder
The Blair Witch Project  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blair_Witch
 High Contrast ‎– Notes From The Underground  https://highcontrast.lnk.to/NotesFromTheUndegroundID
Azzido Da Bass - Dooms Night https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3cYwggM2UGk
Droneboy Laundry https://www.concretejunglists.com/
Dirty Rotton Bass - Home of Aperture & Neuropol https://dirtyrottenbass.wordpress.com/about/
Tom Rockwell https://soundcloud.com/rockwell
Lung - Afterlife https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ecMBOZ8YDew
High Contrast - Shotgun Mouthwast [Trainspotting 2 Soundtrack] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cbD0SGLPaUQ
Night Gallery - Album by High Contrast https://open.spotify.com/album/730Ss8mx8HBXZjMqrCRtZw
T2 Trainspotting https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2763304/
M.I.A. - Born Free https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kEdk8YhieSQ 
Underworld - Born Slippy https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nf4uiRr78dU
Favourite Colour: Black https://favouritecolourblack.co.uk/
Cheryl Pinero Interview https://soundcloud.com/midi-error/cherylpinero?in=midi-error/sets/midierror-meets-podcast&si=723a87f582834c5a9e9b3e9ce42f8d8f

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midierror meets... High Contrast [EP46] Drum & Bass Producer / DJ / Remixer

D&B/Jungle DJ and newbie producer (under alias Lw)

Lubi J is all about the selections, whether it’s old skool or modern, atmospheric or dark and heavy, she loves a strong tune!

Based in Cardiff, she started off mostly playing soulful/liquid dnb back in 2000, heavily influenced by Fabio’s liquid funk and artists like Calibre, Carlito and Addiction, Bukem and the EZ Rollers. 

Despite mostly playing liquid in the early days her love for jungle and the darker styles was always there and she would still pull out tracks from labels like Ram, Liftin Spirits, Metalheadz, V Recordings, Full Cycle and Renegade Hardware. 

In the latter part of the 00s she discovered her love for disco and funk after being educated by her friend and artist Hoxe on the history of breakbeats in jungle. This led to a handful of local residencies playing funk & disco over the course of the next few years.

She then returned more prominently to playing jungle dnb around 2012 when Catapult Records (legendary record store in Cardiff) started putting on events in the unique Vaults venue. 

In recent years she’s become more immersed again in the darker and more atmospheric breaks and beats of jungle, drawing from labels like Function, Rupture, Samurai, AKO and Repertoire.

She’s held residencies and played at a number of different nights in Cardiff and over the bridge in the last 20 years, supporting a raft of the finest in the scene, including; Fabio, Bukem, Calibre, Storm, Digital, Spirit, Total Science, Mampi Swift, Djinn, Roni Size, Break, Alley Cat, Randall, Klute and Doc Scott.

After feeling the void of modern jungle and heavier dnb in the capital city, the year 2022 brought the start of putting on her own events with fellow DJ, Electra. 
Headspace was born and their third event in December brings the Rupture spirit to the Welsh capital for the first time.

In addition to Headspace events, Lubi J has been quietly exploring producing and has her first release forthcoming on Exstatic Records under a new producer alias ‘Lw’ (pronounced Lou - a version of the Welsh word for ‘oath’).

Follow:

Lubi J on Instagram: @lubi_jay
Headspace on Instagram @Headspace_cdf

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