Industry News: Soul Motive Records - INVERTED AUDIO

Soul Motive Records is a relatively new label based in Bristol set up by dubstep producer Forsaken and his mates which they say is "dedicated to bringing you quality, bass-driven music from dance floor bangers to deep leftfield styles, from breaks to 4/4 and everything in-between". Since June of last year, they have gathered a variety of some of the most talented producers out there and have released three fantastic records.

Joker/TRG: Snake Eater/Move Dis (SMR001)

First release from Soul Motive came way back in June last year, so it might be tricky to get hold of this but if you can it's well worth a look into. 'Snake Eater', from Bristol's talked about badboy producer Joker features chopped up garage-esque vocals over a tearing beat that has its roots deep in grime territory. 'Move Dis', from Hungarian TRG uses his own take on post-2 step riddims and layers it with vocals that wouldn't sound out of place on a Todd Edwards tune. Dropped in the dance, these tunes are serious business

Forsaken feat. Joker & Ben Blackmore/Forsaken feat. Mr. Jo: Last Saloon Swagger/Into The Sunset (SMR002)

The second release from the Soul Motive crew dropped in August and with it came a record unlike anything that we'd heard all year. As you might have guessed from the cover art and song titles, these tunes have a distinct "wild-west" vibe to them. "Dubstep meets John Wayne? What the fuck?", we hear you cry, but hold your horses, these two tunes are really something special. "Last Saloon Swagger" features Ben Blackmore providing us with some swanky as fuck guitar passages over a rolling, clicking beat with a piano line that sounds like its straight out of a bar in Texas. What's more, Joker lends his trademark pitched-up synths to the fray and with a snare hit that resurrects the ghosts of Groove Chronicles, we've got ourselves an instant classic here. And thats only the first side. On the flip things get slightly more soulful with a tune that features a melancholic harmonica part from Mr. Jo and the re-appearance of that gorgeous piano and 2-step rhythm. The track slowly builds up and up until the final drop when the lurching bassline gets cranked into overload. Beautiful. An essential, truely experimental purchase.

Coleco/Sharmaji feat. Maggie Horn: Campfire Funk/Break Your Heart (SMR003)

We thought that Soul Motive couldn't top their last release and so it was a particularly pleasant surprise to find out that we were wrong. This dropped in December and was the perfect way for the label to end the year. The first tune "Campfire Funk" is, at its core, a breaks tune but its drum beat is pretty much where the similarity with that genre ends. Its a piece of music that swells and soars around a looping keys part and the occaisional horn stab while cymbals crash and splash around. "Break You Heart", on the flip, takes the chorus of Feist's "I Feel It All" and puts it underneath a shifting, twisting garage beat to great effect. A bassline that sometimes becomes nothing short of vicious completes this dancefloor orientated slammer. Once again, if you can get hold of it, bag it. Don't sleep.

Hopefully, 2009 should bring even greater things for Soul Motive and all its collaborators. Check out our Joker profile on our soon to be published post about the freshest producers in dubstep and leftfield hip-hop coming up in 2009. Keep your eyes peeled and your ears to the underground.

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Soul Motive

Joker

Forsaken

Ben Blackmore

Coleco

Sharmaji

TRG

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