Friday August 29th 2008

new solid steel hits the streets today. yes, it actually hits the streets.

it's a classic. i'm sure someone somewhere will post a high-res, high-def, high-fidelity file somewhere soon. someone.

stay tuned.

let's get this puppy moving!

i'm inviting others to contribute to this award winning blog. wait, no awards yet, but i'm sure they're on their way. c'mon people, new SOLID STEEL coming this friday, so let's get some heated arguments started eh?

i'll start: DUBSTEP IS THE SHIT! TUCK FRANCE!

that's PC code. figure it the fuck out.

it's friday- that means: NEW SOLID STEEL

i have yet to listen, but we are spoiled with another vintage SS. 1993.

don't know about the UK, but L.A. was in its 'undergrounds' state. double-hit mickey's, bass by boom boy, ms. kitty, dj doc martin, james brown is dead, etc.

who do dis?

I am beatbum. I grew up in Los Angeles and began DJing hip hop at 15 when I purchased my Technics 1200s and Numark mixer. We're talking mid-eighties here. I was very much into turntable tricknology ie scratching, transforming, accapella mixes, remixes, instrumental beat f-ups, double record tricks, etc from listening to KDAY, L.A.'s original hip hop station.

In the late eighties, hip hop was quickly giving way to a new type of dance music, "house". "What is this weak-ass "house" nonsense?!" I thought. I wasn't liking that simple 4x4 beat at all! However, things were changing. One trip to a record shop opened my ears to some guy rapping over a house beat with a killer bassline. It could've been Fast Eddie, or someone else, but I knew I could give House a shot.

I had discovered Hip House. House parties became "House" parties where I began playing hip house tracks. A favorite was Heavy D's "We got our own thing" accapella over any killer beat. Hip house lead the way to regular House mixing where I included scratching (tasteful, not DJ Show-off style) in my sets. Ahh, the good ole' House Music party days of the late 80s, early 90s.

House lead to Acid-House, then straight to Acid, and eventually to the harder, Techno. Breakbeats were the shit during the 90's underground scene in L.A. (known to the media as "Raves") lol @ Fox Undercover.

In around 93, I was done DJing and began making my own tracks. Messed with a Roland drum machine, an Emu sampler, some keyboards, some real bongos for live drumming, and Cubase. Been listening to Solid Steel since around '96.
** New music never gets old. **

IT'S ALL ABOUT THE BEAT, BABY!

Alrighty then!

This is where anyone can write anything about any Solid Steel, any music, any artist, any anything. You have a relationship issue, bring it on!