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Live recording @ the Future Intel headquarters in The Hague. Streaming live on Youtube and futureintelradio.com.

Seb H. ╚═ Future Intel X Kinetic ═╗ 05 09 2024

Yesterday would have been Lee “Scratch” Perry’s 89th birthday. Alongside Osbourne “King Tubby” Ruddock and Hopeton “Scientist” Brown, Perry is considered a foundational figure in dub music.

Dub, and the sound system culture it grew from, are perhaps the most influential movements in modern music history.

DJ Kool Herc is a Jamaican-born migrant to the U.S.A that organised parties on the streets of the Bronx, inspired by the sound systems in his hometown, Kingston. When Herc jumped on the mic, imitating Jamaican dance hall MCs, he lit the spark for a new sound that would become known as hip-hop.

Back in Jamaica, the pioneering dub producers were reconstructing tunes from the dance hall in experimental and psychedelic ways using custom mixing desks and homemade effects racks.

Their work introduced numerous ideas that we take for granted today. 1. The music producer can be the central figure. 2. The mixing desk is a musical instrument 3. Music doesn’t need to be instruments and lyrics, instead it can focus on the manipulation of sound, space and energy.

The manipulated dub versions of dance hall reggae tracks became known as remixes. Remix culture was co-opted by New York’s disco scene as legendary producers like Larry Levan & Frankie Knuckles developed new ideas into an emerging sound called house. 

Across the Atlantic, the Windrush generation of Jamaican migrants between 1948-1971 brought dub and sound system culture to the UK. Jah Shaka was part of this migration, later building his hypnotic, bass-heavy sound system in South-East London. 

When house hit the UK shores, it wasn’t long before Jah Shaka’s devotees were reinterpreting the new sounds through the prism of their bass-driven upbringing. Jungle, drum and bass, UK garage, grime, dubstep and drill all ensued, each in their own way indebted to dub.

From hip-hop to hardcore, ambient to amapiano, there isn’t a genre of music around today that dub hasn’t influenced, yet the magnitude of its impact is perhaps overlooked in modern discourse.

As a small way to highlight this, I’ve made a mix of modern tracks that wouldn’t sound the same without Lee “Scratch” Perry’s guiding light.

Echoes

To celebrate the second release on kinetic’s label, Dj wiggles invites Seb H. onto the show to discuss the processes behind the EP, drawing inspiration from the dance floor and some of his most formative experiences. The second half of the show is a guest mix from Seb which covers some of the most influential records in his collection. 

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In the summer of 1998, DJ S orchestrated the Mediterranean’s very first UK Garage event whilst enjoying his honeymoon in Cyprus.

He invited DJ Spoony and MC Creed to the then little-known coastal resort of Ayia Napa and lit the fuse of a very British love affair.

For the following five summers London’s shuffle and swing soundtracked the sandy beaches of Cyprus’ southern shore, spreading the UK gospel and fortifying the genre’s reputation as a cultural force to be reckoned with. 

Whilst Ayia Napa has changed in the quarter century since, UK garage remains synonymous with the summer sun.

When temperatures rise and the season’s first rays pierce through the winter gloom, you’ll hear a 2-step beat faster than you can say factor fifty.

The chicken and egg question is: did the Ayia Napa years reshape UKG into a summer sound, or was UKG already the perfect soundtrack to those warm summer nights?

Whilst you philosophise on that, I’ve recorded a garage mix for all the hot days ahead.

Heatwave

Since 2012, Caldera (@caldera-caldera) has crafted a distinct fusion of techno and bass, known for its immersive sound design.

His rhythmic experimentation offers a fresh perspective on dance music, exploring a wide range of BPMs along the way.

His music has been released on respected labels like Nummer Music, Kimochi Sound, Pressure Dome, and Well Street Records.

About the mix:
“I wanted to start the mix slightly faster and with more energy than I usually do. I already had the Aleksi Perälä song in my head as an intro for a set so I went for it and built the mix from there. While doing the tracklisting the mix slowly dissolved into the emotional ambient ending which happened very naturally and felt right.”

Osmura w/ Caldera 29

Inspired by cities and dancefloors where she's lived and explored, London-based Annx’s (@annx-anna-whomp) deep sound echos within her multi-genre selections. 

Her commitment to the scene goes beyond the booth with her events being a staple for psychedelic music on London's club circuit. As well as co-curating perspectives• with Nicole Gordon, she founded and curates Whomp with Lora Mipsum and is part of the Above Below Festival music team.

This mix floats around 140bpm, blending freaky textural bass with psychedelic techno and deep dubstep.

Osmura w/ ANNX 30

Moved by low-end frequencies from an early age, Seb H. (@sebcantmix) hunts for records that carry the hallmarks of dub and soundsystem culture. UK-born, Netherlands-based, he releases his debut EP, ‘untitled’, earlier this year on London-label kinetic. Available both digitally and on vinyl, it combines rolling sub-bass with introspective textures and dancefloor rooted rhythms.

About the mix: “I have three turntables at home now and I've been really enjoying digging for more ambient/abstract/experimental records to make layered collages of sound. So I wanted the mix to start there, then a friend sent me some unreleased tracks he'd made recently and straight away I knew I wanted to include them, which gave me a destination to aim for. Then it was just a matter of finding a route from A to B.”

Tracklist:
ASC - So Many Questions [Silent Season]
Primal Code - Nocturne [Hypnus Records]
Species Of Fish - Tak (Svet Na Zakate) [Galaxiid]
Vladimir Gnatenko - Lomerigheid [Rhythm Büro]
Grad_U - Resection [Greyscale Records]
Todd Modes - Continue In Peace [100 Limousines]
Vladimir Gnatenko - Sterfdatum [Rhtyhm Büro]
Species Of Fish - Ta [Galaxiid]
Serwed - Tag [SERWED]
Pan-American - Toy Triggers [Vertical Form]
Serwed - Terminal V [SERWED]
Deepchord - Lateral [Soma Recordings]
Deepchord - Panacast [Soma Recordings]
Convextion - Untitled [A.R.T.Less]
Peter Van Hoesen - Trusted (Norman Nodge Reconstruction) [Time To Express]
Monolake - Ionised [Monolake / Imbalance Computer Music]
Appleblim - Bladed Shogun [Blkrtz]
Seb H. - Dear Winter (I’m Gonna Miss Ya) [kinetic]
Nien - Conduit [Unreleased]
Nien - Redux [Unreleased]
Seb H. - Atomic Clock [Unreleased]
Seb H. - Groundtroops_v7 [kinetic]
Pinch & Shackleton - Torn And Submerged [Honest Jon’s Records]
Mammo - Slows The Pace And Goes Farther [Puddlerunner]
Babe Roots - Sufferation Time (Felix K Reinterpretation) [Echocord]
Big Hands - Bacchanalia I [Vargmal]
Ko-Ta - Shiya (Don’t DJ Remix) [Bitta]
Peverelist - Fundamentals [Hessle Audio]
Flxk1 - Going Deep [A Walking Contradiction]
Boxcutter - Endothermic [Hotflush Recordings]


*with additional layered tracks from:
ASC - Time Heals All [Silent Season]
Primal Code - La Via Della Seta [Hypnus Records]
There Will Be Light [Rhythm Büro]

Osmura w/ Seb H. 31

Osmura w/ basic chanel 32

Osmura w/ Clarence Rise 33

Osmura is a London-based record label focusing on dub and deep techno alongside percussive and bass soundscapes.