Fabriclive.37

Caspa & Rusko | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (February 5, 2008)
• Original Release Date: 2008
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Fabric
• ASIN: B000QUU2QQ
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #27,759 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
  • #11 in Music > Dance & DJ > Drum & Bass
  • #84 in Music > Dance & DJ > Techno > General

Track Listings

1. Born To Do It - Sub Soldiers / Caspa

2. Girl From Codeine City - Dub Police / L-Wiz

3. Cockney Violin - Dub Police / Caspa

4. Round the Way Girls - Argon / Uncle Sam / Uncle Sam

5. Jahova - Sub Soldiers / Rusko

6. The Terminator - Sub Soldiers / Caspa

7. Legacy - Cotti / 30

8. 50k Vip - Argon / Matty G

9. Africa Vip - Dub Police / The Others / The Others

10. V - Chest Plate / Distance

11. Big Headed Slags - Sub Soldiers / Caspa

12. Too Far - Rusko / Sub Soldiers

13. Sponge Bob - Coki / DMZ

14. Louder - Pitch Black / Pitch Black / Caspa

15. Well' Ard - Caspa & the Others / Sub Soldiers

16. Hammer Time - Rusko / Sub Soldiers

17. The Drop - Unitz / Dub Police

18. Mr Chips - Dub Police / Rusko

19. Look At My Eyes - Dub Police / Orien

20. Fun House - Dub Police / The Others / The Others

See all 29 tracks on this disc

Editorial Reviews

2007 release, the 37th installment in the Fabriclive mix series. Caspa (25-year old Gary McCann) and Rusko (22-year old Chris Mercer) are considered part of a new breed of dubstep talent, having toured the world relentlessly for the past few years. Fabriclive 37 is an almost perfect blend of dark narcotic melancholy and up front torrential dancefloor delight, all wrapped in cavity filling ridiculous low-end bass destruction and delay, featuring an all star dupstep line up including Skream, Digital Mystikz, and Rusko's own Mr Chips and Cockney Thug (original and Buraka Som Sistema remix). Fabric.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Dub Steps Into Your Lives, March 15, 2010

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Mo Hossain "Mo" (Charlottesville, VA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Fabriclive.37 (Audio CD)

FabricLive is a series of 50 mixtapes that represents the talents of different artists and DJs. The album "FabricLive.37" by Caspa and Rusko is a prime example of technosonic music and demonstrates a reincarnation and transformation of early Jamaican dub music into the more modernized dubstep. Essentially, dubstep is the link between reggae and contemporary electronic music. Dubstep has its roots in London around the early 2000s and is known for emphasis on bass with interesting variations in the treble and mids - connotating a sense of "darkness". Just like in dub, lyrics are not a central part of a song in dubstep. The song is fundamentally studio-driven incorporating layers of different samples and melodies and may including live elements such as scratching. In "FabricLive.37", the dubstep duo from West London put together 29 beat-pumping tracks that exhibit the musical foundation of dub and dubstep with traces of their own personal effects.
Each track blasts a heavy baseline mixed with a fast-paced tempo that provides a continuous flow of energy and does not give the listener any time to relax his/her mood. The mix of bass and snare displays a looping trend with a 2-step rhythm; this entrancing rhythm becomes engrained in the back of our heads causing us to not pay attention and get lost in the music. There are no lyrics in the songs but sometimes there are voices creeping into the songs that sound like they have been bleeded into the melodic recordings. Most songs on this album feature a "wobbling" baseline - synthesized beats from an oscillator; these distortions are what give each song their own identity.
The album displays its own theme; it is like a story with an introduction, a build-up, climax and an end. Each track follows in the same fashion but they all come together to fulfill a more significant connotation. The journey begins with calm tracks, like "Born To Do It" and "Cockney Violin" embracing samples of violins, voices, reggae beats, and a smooth, light bass background. The musical tone starts changing at tracks "Jahova" and "Terminator" as the album moves away from a serene ambience and starts building up. The hard upbeat bass accompanies "Too Far" and the following tracks. The fast bass in these songs make the body shake and tremble; these tracks are short and change within two to three minutes so you don't get bored and can't stop listening to the songs. The pinnacle of the album's story comes in "Cockney Thug" with explosions in the background; alone it may not show any significance but when collaborated with the rest of the album, it takes all the energy of the previous songs and conveys it in this one track. After this, the energy slowly eases downhill with melodic tunes and chanting vocals - cloud music - and ends with "Forever" advising the listener that this is not really the end.
There are few albums that leave me flabbergasted from the first listen and, needless to say, "FabricLive.37" was one of them. Never having listened to dubstep before, I was left both hooked and surprised. Caspa and Rusko do an amazing job revealing the hidden charm of this genre that will appeal to both newcomers and avid listeners. "FabricLive.37" is definitely a keeper.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Fantastic Dubstep, October 21, 2009

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Shawn Stepper (San Francisco, CA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Fabriclive.37 (Audio CD)

This is the absolute best dubstep mix I've found yet. I can't get enough. If you are curious about dubstep but don't know where to start, this is it!

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Get Rinsed., August 8, 2009

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C. J. Marshall "Beat Addict" (Oxnard, CA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Fabriclive.37 (Audio CD)

I gave this set to my friend and he rocked it in his car. He didn't know what Dubstep was about and he got a good headache for his troubles LOL.

This is a great introduction to Dubstep. The mix is pretty consistent throughout and it really keeps the momentum. I've listened to too many mixes that were just a mish-mash of random tunes with no real purpose. As the previous reviewer stated, it gives you a good taste of all the style has to offer.

I also have to big them up for not over-doing it on the sweep-heavy, warbly tunes. Tracks like that should complement a set, not overwhelm it.

Overall, if you don't have decent bass in your earphones or a quality system at home or in your car...I'd stay away. You will just absolutely be unable to appreciate what it's all about.

I DO recommend you find a club where someone's spinning. You'll be hooked.