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Dom and Roland - ESP Agengy Podcast Vol. 2 - Mar 2008
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trocknrollGenre: Jungle / Drum and Bass
Date of Set: Mar 11th, 2008
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Biography of Dom and Roland
Without doubt one of the most original and creative forces behind drum and bass, Dom & Roland really need no introduction. Whether as a producer in his own right or as an engineer for somebody else, Dominic Angas has always sought to push himself to create music that stands apart with a unique quality of it’s own. As a dj, Dom has the same philosophy as on his production and his sets contain some of the toughest, freshest dancefloor drum and bass around. He continues to travel the world after having toured the globe for over 10 years, proving he’s more passionate than ever before about the music he loves. With a new album and a host of exciting releases planned for his label, 2008 looks set to be one of Dom’s busiest years yet.
Music came naturally to Dom and, raised by parents who were opera singers, learnt to play both the piano and trombone to a high level from an early age. It seemed only natural to him then that, in the days of the early rave scene, he should make music of his own and he set out with armed with a computer and a sampler determined to make his mark. His weapon of choice, the Roland S760, is the other entity that that lends it’s name to Dom’s unusual moniker and was chosen over the more popular Akai series samplers of the time in a conscious effort to sound apart from the rest.
His first releases followed in 1994 on Saigon, a new label set-up by his friend Nico Sykes, and became synonymous with the dark and industrial sound of techstep drum and bass. ‘Wax Rhythmical’ (SAG01) set the pace for this new emergent sound. The quality of Dom’s productions set him apart from the rest and his engineering skills were soon in high demand. In a bold move, he convinced his bank manager to sign off a loan that would fund the studio gear he needed to push his sound even further.
In 1996 he began a relationship with Moving Shadow that spawned numerous massive singles and three long players. Several releases followed (‘Cutting Edge’ SH75, ‘The Planets’ SH81, ‘Interstellar Jazz’ SH89 and ‘The Storm’ SH97), each one enhancing his reputation as one of the scenes leading lights. A milestone of his success was that he was chosen, alongside Rob Playford and Goldie, to write a track for the labels 100th release (‘Distorted Dreams’). In these early evolutionary years Dom also had high profile releases on Doc Scott’s 31 Records imprint and Grooverider’s label, Prototype.
Having built up his own studio, Dom now found himself engineering and producing tracks for other drum and bass DJs/artists who hadn’t yet learned their way around a studio. During this time Dom mixed and produced several tracks that went onto gain legendary status: amongst these were ‘Mutant Revisited’ and ‘Sonar’ with Trace and ‘Subway’ and ‘Skylab’ with Ed Rush. In the process of this first collaboration with Trace, Dom created the infamous ‘Tramen’ break, a breakbeat that has been sampled by many other artists since and earnt him the respect of a legion of up-and-coming producers. Around this time Dom, who had already been working with Matrix (an old school friend), began working with his brother Optical (already an accomplished engineer), and having enticed him out of the darker realm of techno, proceeded to introduce him to Ed Rush - one of Dom’s former collaborators. Ed Rush & Optical went on to become the multi-talented duo behind Virus Recordings and godfathers of the neurofunk sound.
Autumn 1998 saw the long awaited release of Dom’s first album ‘Industry’ to unanimous public and critical acclaim. Drawing on his wide background of musical influences, the album presented the listener with a variety of textures and styles fused together with his unique style of hard, dark sounds. The tracks ‘Thunder’ and ‘Connected’ had been received massive play on dubplate by host of top DJs and when the first 12 inch, ‘Timeframe’ (SH123), came out it was an instant hit. ‘Industry’ proved so popular that within it’s first two weeks of release it reached No.3 in the Music Week Independent Album Chart, with only albums by A Tribe Called Quest and Lauryn Hill beating it to the top slot.
Following on, Dom kept up the pressure with a string of superb releases including ‘Parasite’ (SH131), ‘Killa Bullet’ (SH135) and a reworking of ‘Kaotic Kemistry’ under the guise Known Unknown. His subsequent release, ‘Can’t Punish Me’, continued the trend and caused major disruption on dancefloors all over the UK. However, it was the inclusion of a Dom & Roland remix of ‘Terrorist’ on the first Killa Bites EP that really blew the public away, proving to be so popular that it sold out in one day. After this Dom released the ‘MSX’ EP ‘Midnight Club’ (MSXEP8) including tracks from the Playstation 2 game of the same name and another EP alongside Keaton from the Usual Suspects before the release of his second album, ‘Back for the Future’ in 2002.
His third album ‘Chronology’ surfaced in 2004 and saw Dom tour extensively in the USA, Europe, Asia and Australia and New Zealand throughout the year to promote the release. With an appearance as guest remixer on Calyx’s album ‘No Turning Back’ the following year, Dom’s long relationship with Moving Shadow came to a close. He turned his focus towards his own label and established ‘Dom & Roland Productions’ as an outlet not only for his own music, but that of artists he respects and admires. In Dom’s own words: “I want Dom & Roland Productions to put out tunes you remember and still wanna play out 5 years down the line, I don't like McDonalds Happy Meal music.”
2007 was another busy year for both Dom and the label, with a whole host of major releases and an album tour to coincide with the release of his latest long player. Collaborations with Klute (‘Maximus’), Black Sun Empire (‘Soundbomb’) and Gridlok (‘Party Monster’) were all releases as singles before his new album ‘Through the Looking Glass’ which is released as six singles between October 2007 and March 2008. He’s also worked on collaborations with Amon Tobin and Vicious Circle among others, which are penned for future releases. Expect to hear these alongside tracks from the likes of Hive, Gridlok, Calyx, Break and Silent Witness, and his own exclusive unreleased dj material. Wherever Dom plays his sets are extremely well received which is no wonder, really: after touring the globe for 10 years straight, the man certainly knows how to rock the party.
http://www.movingshadow.com/
http://www.esp-international.co.uk/
Music came naturally to Dom and, raised by parents who were opera singers, learnt to play both the piano and trombone to a high level from an early age. It seemed only natural to him then that, in the days of the early rave scene, he should make music of his own and he set out with armed with a computer and a sampler determined to make his mark. His weapon of choice, the Roland S760, is the other entity that that lends it’s name to Dom’s unusual moniker and was chosen over the more popular Akai series samplers of the time in a conscious effort to sound apart from the rest.
His first releases followed in 1994 on Saigon, a new label set-up by his friend Nico Sykes, and became synonymous with the dark and industrial sound of techstep drum and bass. ‘Wax Rhythmical’ (SAG01) set the pace for this new emergent sound. The quality of Dom’s productions set him apart from the rest and his engineering skills were soon in high demand. In a bold move, he convinced his bank manager to sign off a loan that would fund the studio gear he needed to push his sound even further.
In 1996 he began a relationship with Moving Shadow that spawned numerous massive singles and three long players. Several releases followed (‘Cutting Edge’ SH75, ‘The Planets’ SH81, ‘Interstellar Jazz’ SH89 and ‘The Storm’ SH97), each one enhancing his reputation as one of the scenes leading lights. A milestone of his success was that he was chosen, alongside Rob Playford and Goldie, to write a track for the labels 100th release (‘Distorted Dreams’). In these early evolutionary years Dom also had high profile releases on Doc Scott’s 31 Records imprint and Grooverider’s label, Prototype.
Having built up his own studio, Dom now found himself engineering and producing tracks for other drum and bass DJs/artists who hadn’t yet learned their way around a studio. During this time Dom mixed and produced several tracks that went onto gain legendary status: amongst these were ‘Mutant Revisited’ and ‘Sonar’ with Trace and ‘Subway’ and ‘Skylab’ with Ed Rush. In the process of this first collaboration with Trace, Dom created the infamous ‘Tramen’ break, a breakbeat that has been sampled by many other artists since and earnt him the respect of a legion of up-and-coming producers. Around this time Dom, who had already been working with Matrix (an old school friend), began working with his brother Optical (already an accomplished engineer), and having enticed him out of the darker realm of techno, proceeded to introduce him to Ed Rush - one of Dom’s former collaborators. Ed Rush & Optical went on to become the multi-talented duo behind Virus Recordings and godfathers of the neurofunk sound.
Autumn 1998 saw the long awaited release of Dom’s first album ‘Industry’ to unanimous public and critical acclaim. Drawing on his wide background of musical influences, the album presented the listener with a variety of textures and styles fused together with his unique style of hard, dark sounds. The tracks ‘Thunder’ and ‘Connected’ had been received massive play on dubplate by host of top DJs and when the first 12 inch, ‘Timeframe’ (SH123), came out it was an instant hit. ‘Industry’ proved so popular that within it’s first two weeks of release it reached No.3 in the Music Week Independent Album Chart, with only albums by A Tribe Called Quest and Lauryn Hill beating it to the top slot.
Following on, Dom kept up the pressure with a string of superb releases including ‘Parasite’ (SH131), ‘Killa Bullet’ (SH135) and a reworking of ‘Kaotic Kemistry’ under the guise Known Unknown. His subsequent release, ‘Can’t Punish Me’, continued the trend and caused major disruption on dancefloors all over the UK. However, it was the inclusion of a Dom & Roland remix of ‘Terrorist’ on the first Killa Bites EP that really blew the public away, proving to be so popular that it sold out in one day. After this Dom released the ‘MSX’ EP ‘Midnight Club’ (MSXEP8) including tracks from the Playstation 2 game of the same name and another EP alongside Keaton from the Usual Suspects before the release of his second album, ‘Back for the Future’ in 2002.
His third album ‘Chronology’ surfaced in 2004 and saw Dom tour extensively in the USA, Europe, Asia and Australia and New Zealand throughout the year to promote the release. With an appearance as guest remixer on Calyx’s album ‘No Turning Back’ the following year, Dom’s long relationship with Moving Shadow came to a close. He turned his focus towards his own label and established ‘Dom & Roland Productions’ as an outlet not only for his own music, but that of artists he respects and admires. In Dom’s own words: “I want Dom & Roland Productions to put out tunes you remember and still wanna play out 5 years down the line, I don't like McDonalds Happy Meal music.”
2007 was another busy year for both Dom and the label, with a whole host of major releases and an album tour to coincide with the release of his latest long player. Collaborations with Klute (‘Maximus’), Black Sun Empire (‘Soundbomb’) and Gridlok (‘Party Monster’) were all releases as singles before his new album ‘Through the Looking Glass’ which is released as six singles between October 2007 and March 2008. He’s also worked on collaborations with Amon Tobin and Vicious Circle among others, which are penned for future releases. Expect to hear these alongside tracks from the likes of Hive, Gridlok, Calyx, Break and Silent Witness, and his own exclusive unreleased dj material. Wherever Dom plays his sets are extremely well received which is no wonder, really: after touring the globe for 10 years straight, the man certainly knows how to rock the party.
http://www.movingshadow.com/
http://www.esp-international.co.uk/
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