Sonic Construction - Devastation EP.

One planet - two species and things are not going to end well. 

The story starts with an alien colony discovered on the far reaches of the planet - an amazing and beautiful city which has stood for thousands of years inhabited by a peaceful tribe of alien creatures. 

They pose no threat to man, just enjoy going about their business: smoking the odd joint, hanging around in wooded areas (for some reason), lighting small fires in tree stumps and often succumbing to random bouts of shockingly bad dancing.

Unfortunately something is lost in the translation when Man rocks up feeling rather inferior and rather than trying to work out some kind of a peaceful co-habitation arrangement Man gets out his trusty flame thrower to "see what happens" and long war is started.

Devastation is the only natural conclusion.

Tracklist:
We start off at the jugular with "Melting Faces" which is a crazy syncopated heavy Drum and Bass track. "This was inspired by Swing music from the 60s, I'll admit it turned out a little different" -- Alan. This depicts the Aliens being happy and endulging in their awful dancing and generally being friendly.

Next up we have the epic sounding "Fear of Survival" - a heavy bouncing jump up track with atmospheric breakdowns. The story continues: Man shows up, discovers the colony and starts prodding to see what happens. Not in a nice way.

Track three - "Gentle Devastation" and we have a more chilled roller with a mind blowing, soaring, disgustingly filthy bass line taking us through a sophisticated and beautiful landscape. The strings and pads in this track are sublime and just have to be heard. The fate of our peaceful aliens is sealed when the vocal in the last breakdown concludes "the only safe thing to do" is to destroy them.

We end with "Skullsaw" which sounds wholly unsavoury and from the sound of the beats it pretty much is! A powerful and heavy 2 step number with a humongous breakdown - Sonic Construction production at its best!


Bass Calling is proud to present the latest EP from Sonic Construction, which is bursting with rinsed Drum and Bass mayhem and is sure to set the dancefloor alight, and probably take a small army grade flame thrower to it afterwards.

Alan Mathers AKA Sonic Construction is renowned for producing cone melting basslines and crazy syncopated beats has been busy again .. and the result is sure to raise eyebrows at the very least!

Skullsaw

Gentle Devastation

Fear of Survival

Melting Faces

Episode #5 of our Bassdrive broadcasts in 2021.

Loads of brand new and forthcoming music inside this weeks show which is the fifth archived episode of 2021.

We play on www.bassdrive.com each 1st, 3rd and 5th Monday of the month, 10-12pm GMT.
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Tracklist
The Skeptics - SOS
Qua Rush - State Of Confusion
Jubei - Running Scared 
Calibre - Archive
The Skeptics - Into a Groove
Foreign Concept - Champagne Nihilist
Dubshun - Mind Games
Calibre & Jet Li - Least Loved
The Skeptics & Sydney - Show me the way
Redeyes - Outlines
Creatures - Solstice
Taelimb - Guidance
Halogenix - Beyond The Bounds
Bredren - Fallen Leaves
Alix Perez - White Lies
The Skeptics - Insidious
Dvice One - Only You
The Skeptics - Simple Things (Drytek Remix)
Polarized - Passion Fruit
QZB - We Pretend (feat. Charli Brix)
Break - Zodiac
Javano - Yours
Redeyes - Low Key (Club Mix)
Random Movement - Morning Glory
The Skeptics - Departure
Halogenix - Tekina
GEST - Inertia
The Skeptics - In The Streetz
FD - The Creatures From Planet 9
Gest & Quadrant & Iris - Sequential
Kasra, Enei - Easing
Fox, Foreign Concept & Sam Binga - Meditation
Athena - Miss You
Minor Forms - Specialist
Qumulus - Pensive Disposition
XRS Land - Top Fuel
Flaco - Breezy
Fox - Walk Out feat. DLR & Alix Perez
The Skeptics - Complex Illusions
Polarized - Miscalculations
Trail - RIC9
Submotive - Snowed In
Inner Terrain, Wreckless - Paradigm Shift
Iris, Sweetpea - Revolution Not Televised
Jubei - Barracuda
Future Cut, Marcus Intalex - Plastic (Quadrant & Iris Remix)
The Skeptics - See you

Bassdrive SE7E05

Two tribes ....................
I've really enjoyed creating my remix and video of the amazing "Two Tribes" from Frankie Goes to Hollywood.
When this was originally released in the early 80’s I was blown away by the powerful message and epic sound of the track with the amazing synthesized bass line. I'd grown up with worries about the possibility of a "world war 3", cold war, nuclear fallout and so on and this track struck a chord with me in several ways!

With recent developments in Russia with Putin invading Ukraine there is no doubt a lot of concern about where things might lead and how far have we progressed with lots of innocent people being harmed and having to shelter from bombs, just like in the last world war.  

Enjoy my 2022 remix. I would love you to share away and let me know your feedback.
Video for this track:
https://youtu.be/HwniJK8nmnY

A bit of history on the original for you:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Two_Tribes

Two Tribes - Sonic Construction Remix

Bass heavy fans need to get their ears round London producer Sonic Construction’s genre-packed 8-track album "Now it’s Done". This ambitious album doesn’t try to hit just one genre – it’s a fast romp across several electronic music genres, a bit like going to a festival without leaving your house.
Album available here 👉 
https://www.beatport.com/release/now-its-done/4385212
https://sonicconstruction.bandcamp.com/album/now-its-done
https://music.apple.com/gb/album/now-its-done/1719283852
https://www.deezer.com/en/album/518791182
https://tidal.com/browse/album/332378819
https://open.spotify.com/album/5o6fggcUVTcKtvJWAyho4w

2Brains

We've gotta say, we love the artwork on this release. Warped out, distorted tones are also the key to this release but they don't take away from its artistic merit, with quality musicality apparent in every corner of this release. 'Trance Dreams' is a proper journey, with increasingly frantic drums gradually pushing up the intensity slider underneath a barrage of gorgeous vocal lines. It
reaches full intensity about two and a half minutes in - worth the wait. The rest of the EP doesn't disappoint either, with 'In Your Eyes' being a proper reecey roller grounded in a solid drum line, and 'Waiting For' packing more of the same razor-sharp percussive weight. Well in.

In Your Eyes - Sonic Construction - Compound Audio Master

Warped Vision

Trance Dreams - Sonic Construction - Compound Audio Master

Waiting For - Sonic Construction - Compound Audio Master

This was inspired by some of the early trance / chilled sounds of Cafe del Mar which combine with the liquid DnB feel laced with breaks inspired by Adam F Colours.
I was seduced by the beautiful vocals of Veela on Siren and they fitted so well into this track. 
You are being lead through a beautiful field by the love of your life being gently and lovingly told you are not the one for them. Dipping your toes in the warm water and unable to let go, with a huge lump in your throat, you feel scared, warm and beautifully reassured by their presence. Its far better to enjoy the utopic day than contemplate the reality.

Trance Dreams

Sonic Construction specialises in the creation of intelligent drum & bass, dub and breakbeat tracks. 
Album "From Now Til it's Done" on Mindbending - released: 21 June 2013
Alan Mathers has produced dance styles of music for several years. 
This includes many genres such as hard breaks, acid and drum & bass, heavy sub bass material, quirky and broken vibes and techno related journies.
A small selection is here.

Two Tribes - Sonic Construction Remix

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