Various Artists – Grooverider Presents: The Prototype Years – Red Vinyl LP Record

Description

Now unanimously credited as one of two chance inventors of drum & bass along with his Rage DJing partner Fabio, Grooverider has a lot to contend with, not to mention a lot to live up to. Now his Prototype Years come home to roost on red vinyl: a DJ-ready double LP that collects pivotal tracks from his early Prototype Recordings imprint, where an early label name coincides quite neatly with his. Was drum & bass a madcap scheme of intelligent design after all? Various 12″ sonic stabbers buzz like mitre blades, be they Dillinja’s ‘Silver Blade’, Ed Rush & Fierce’s ‘Locust’ and Lemon D’s ‘City Lights’, many previously pressed only as white-label acetates, though they prick the ears here with a newly remastered sharpness. A true opportunity to hear the grit and futurism of early UK breaks before it changed its legal name.

Track list:

Side A

1. Codename John – Dreams of Heaven (feat. Grooverider)

2. John B – Secrets

Side B

1. Optical – Grey Odyssey

2. Matrix – Mute

3. Codename John – Deep Inside (feat. Grooverider)

Side C

1. Dillinja – Silver Blade

2. Ed Rush & Fierce – Locust

Side D

1. Codename John – Warned (feat. Grooverider)

2. Boymerang – Still

3. Lemon D – City Lights