- 01DextrousNightmares On WaxIn Nightmares On Wax’s ‘Dextrous” and LFO’s “LFO”, the West Yorkshire city had provided the Sheffield label with two of their biggest hits to date; records that had transcended their admirably underground roots and scaled the dizzy heights of the UK singles charts.from the chapteralso in the bleepography
- 02LFOLFOIn Nightmares On Wax’s ‘Dextrous” and LFO’s “LFO”, the West Yorkshire city had provided the Sheffield label with two of their biggest hits to date; records that had transcended their admirably underground roots and scaled the dizzy heights of the UK singles charts.from the chapteralso in the bleepography
- 03Trust No OneUnit 93While Mulhaire and Gallagher got ready to release the first 12” on Bassic Records - Unit 93’s melodious Acid House cut “Trust No One”, which the pair had signed to get the ball rolling - Williams and Harriott set to work on re-making a sparse but heavy demo recording offered up by Mark Millington.from the chapteralso in the bleepography
- 04Ital’s AnthemItal RockersMillington also took the tape down to Sheffield and across to Sunset Boulevard in Huddersfield to test it out; on every occasion, the dancefloor went ballistic. ‘That first version of “Ital’s Anthem” was so good,’ Gez Varley says. ‘It was incredibly raw and bass-heavy.from the chapteralso in the bleepography
- 05The ThemeUnique 3Its construction was similar in many ways to “The Theme” and “Dextrous” - think bass and bleeps that play the same melody at the top and bottom of the synthesizer keyboard - with steppers-style drums that doff a cap to both the programming style of Robert Gordon and the sweaty, all-action percussive build-ups of Chicago “jack tracks”.from the chapteralso in the bleepography
- 06Science (First Mix)Ital RockersLike eventual B-side “Science (First Mix)” - a similarly weighty but slightly more spacey affair driven forwards by more Afrofuturist Steppers drums and ragged TB-303 style acid lines - “Ital’s Anthem” was mixed live by Millington on the Bassic studio’s mid-range mixing desk. ‘There was no arrangement,’ Millington states in a matter-of-fact way. ‘I still do my mixes like that, in the old Dub…from the chapter
- 07Soul ThunderJuno“Soul Thunder” did, of course, boast the by now obligatory melodic bleeps, and once again they mimicked the bassline.from the chapteralso in the bleepography
- 08Drillers MixItal RockersOn the incredible A-side “Drillers Mix”, these are stripped back to a single, often-repeated phrase - “Can you feel the rhythm, can you feel the rhythm, Juno’s playing in tune” - but on the flipside “Vocal Mix” there are verses, choruses and even a rap section from Lee Kenny aka LSK.from the chapter
- 09PressureAbility IIOver six months, countless all-night studio sessions5 and numerous revisions, the three men turned Duncan’s “Pressure” demo into a stunning work of audio art. ‘What I had when I got in the studio is maybe what you’d call a blueprint, but what we ended up with was a completely different track,’ Duncan says. ‘It evolved a lot as we worked on it in the studio.from the chapter
- 10Pressure DubAbility IIAlthough “Ital’s Anthem” and “Soul Thunder” proved popular, it was “Pressure Dub” that really put Bassic Records on the map.from the chapter
- 11One Day EPItal RockersMillington subsequently signed on the dotted line, later releasing the fine - but largely overlooked - “One Day EP”.from the chapteralso in the bleepography
- 12AnimalMan MachineThe track chosen was Man Machine’s “Animal”. ‘We didn’t really like the track, so the only thing we took from the original was the animal noises,’ Harriott remembers. ‘We just thought, “Let’s do a really raw version and see how it goes”.from the chapter
- 13Primordial JungleMan MachineTwo of the three mixes they completed were released, with the “Primordial Jungle” mix being a surging version of what Fabio and Grooverider called “Jungle Techno” - all humid rainforest noises, haunting, delay-laden vocal samples, booming bass, intergalactic chords and polyrhythmic, African-influenced drums.from the chapter
- 14We Are BackLFOWhen Warp Records began mailing out copies of the duo’s hotly awaited new single, “We Are Back”, the accompanying press release bristled with attitude. ‘Irked by several patchy imitations by people who have jumped on to the bass bandwagon over the past nine months, LFO return with their second single,’ it stated. ‘A mammoth effort in their quest for originality, LFO prove once again with this…from the chapteralso in the bleepography
- 15BrainstormPaul HardcastleHe’d first recorded as LFO in 1988, recording a track called “Brainstorm” for a compilation of new Acid House tracks.from the chapteralso in the bleepography
- 16FrequenciesLFOReleased on 22 July 1991, LFO’s debut album “Frequencies” was a triumph.from the chapteralso in the bleepography
- 17Artificial IntelligenceVarious ArtistsIn fact, it was more akin to what would become Warp’s staple sound in the years ahead, the “intelligent dance music” style Electronica ushered in by the label’s 1992 compilation “Artificial Intelligence”.from the chapter