Foundation Bit

Disrupt

Product Details

• Audio CD (November 6, 2007)
• Original Release Date: May 8, 2007
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Werk
• ASIN: B000RJEID4
• Also Available in: Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #171,149 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

Editorial Reviews

Product Description

Previously released on CD by Werk, now available as an eight track vinyl version. Probably the most talked about bass transmission of recent times, Foundation Bit is one of the finest appropriations of Jamaican dub and 8 bit dancehall to be heard anywhere for many years, claiming runner-up spot in The Wire's top 10 dub records of 2007, and catching the ears of many a discerning listener. What would happen if Yardie priests took a bitcore nerd under their wing and gave him free reign with the stereo? Jan Gleichmar aka Disrupt is among the leading pioneers of modern dub, and alongside the likes of Skream, DMZ and Burial, has created his own palette of digi-dub interpretation, harking back to the '80s era of reggae. With a slow-paced skank and a filthy, uber-bassy production style that has much in common with King Tubby, Black Ark, and On-U Sound, and a title that nods to the legendary Keith Hudson, Foundation Bit is no less than a new digi-dub classic for the future generation. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Your Atari Smokes Quantity, October 10, 2008

By	TW!TCHDOkTOR - See all my reviews

When the Atari 2600 that's been collecting dust for the last quarter-century sneaks out of your basement at night to smoke your stash, this is the album it skins up to. In the Star Wars laser battle being waged between the pages of Disrupt's notebook computer, one can almost hear the ghost of Lee Perry's Black Ark Studio haunting the corridors of the Babylon system's Star Destroyer. All of the sounds that really spin my propellers are here; from the low-res 8-bit skank, to the crushing sub-bass sine waves, to movie samples from Rockers and Tron, to pushbutton bleeps and boops and Vocoder robot sounds, Jahtari netlabel proprietor Disrupt steps up to claim the champion crown of the chipdub sound.

5.0 out of 5 stars dub be good to me, December 17, 2007

By	A. van Esschoten (nl) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This is a very well put-together album. The tracks I like best are track 1 tot 10. Playing track 8 makes everybody in the neighbourhood dub their socks off..
Somehow disrupt has put together an album filled with my favourite music. Music I like: le peuple de l'herbe cube, hightone bass temperature, king shiloh, the wiseguys The Antidote, herbaliser blow your headphones, lo fidelity allstars how to operate.., fat freddy's drop based on a true story.. if you like some of these albums you are sure to like Disrupt - Foundation Bit.