Blue States accidentally established themselves at the forefront of the burgeoning wave of downtempo acts way back in 1998. Their debut album 'Nothing Changes Under the Sun' was released on Memphis Industries in September 2000, stunning critics and punters alike with its glorious retro-futurism.

In 2002 the second album "Man Mountain" was released on XL Recordings, which saw Blue States up the anti somewhat with the addition of vocalist Ty Bulmer. Including a string quartet, horn section and a kids choir "Man Mountain" was an all together grander affair, the standout track being 'Season Song' which ended up on the 28 Days Later soundtrack.

Never one to try and replicate his past endeavours, the third album "The Soundings" released in 2004. With Chris Carr taking on lyrical and vocal duties The Soundings saw Blue States once again morph into something new. The layers of strings and brass were stripped back to reveal something darker and more personal.

September 2007 saw the release of the fourth album 'First Steps Into..' on Memphis Industries. For this album Andy did a Michael Palin and went full circle, returning to the ethos of Nothing Changes and becoming a one man band again. "Allies' became the standout track, with its mix of otherworldly vocals and dense strings, all wrapped up in electronic sensibility. A solely written and produced album it sonically borrows from all three previous albums.

'Sum Of The Parts' was released in 2009, an Itunes only album comprising of b-sides from all of their releases from 1998 to 2007. A new album is being concocted at the moment planned for a 2013 release.

It all started in 1999 with 2 turntables and a mixer and no idea what to do with them....Practice makes perfect and the music teaches you along the way...
I used to be known as DJPYREXX and now turning over a new bass house leaf, I am now known as SubStrate as a Bass House DJ, as a D'n'B DJ I am known as FlighPath...
Please contact me on SoundCloud with and questions or for booking info...
Thanks for listening




Kasia aka Noire is a DJ from Posen, Poland. She fell in love with music
...from the second she was born. After finishing music school, she
graduated with a degree in acoustics at the Im. Adama Mickiewicza
University in Posen. Noire crossed paths with drum & bass at the end
of the 90's, and it was immediately clear that her heart beats at
around 174 bpm. In 2004 she hooked up with XZ32 from Belgium, and Noise
Control was born. Her style of drum & bass is roughly described
(though not limited to) as "tech", "smashing beats & stabbing bass",
"dirty midrange" and lately also "minimal." She has been mixing at
parties at various locations in Europe.



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