Future Sound Of Canada, by Hospital Records

Future Sound Of Canada

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Nic Brown Canada has been responsible for some of my favourite electronic music of the last few years, mainly because it's home to Vancouver's stellar and ultra-prolific 1080p imprint, THE go-to label for outsider house, unconventional techno and a goodly amount of unclassifiable brilliance like RAMZI's " Houti Kush" and Dialect's "Gowanus Drifts". This album being on Hospital Records though, the future the title refers to is that of drum & bass, specifically the point at which the liquid version of the genre starts to harden and become vertebrate. Compilations of this nature tend to outstay their welcome but at just 6 tracks it's more of a lengthy EP than an album. It's also a lot of fun and if your party is starting to flag, put this on and immediate dance action is pretty much guaranteed. There isn't much in the way of variation but I'm not sure there was meant to be. The ragga stylings of Levrige's "The Legend" make for a well-placed change of mood and closing track, Stranjah's "Gideon" suggests there may be mileage in Hospital getting rid a touch more of that liquid. The future sound of Canada, at least that part of it that's centred around breakbeats, appears to be in very good health.

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1.	Schematic & Polaris - Conduit 07:04	buy track
2.	Gremlinz - Tactical Rail 05:41	buy track
3.	Schematic - Learn From The Past (feat. Victor Davies) 05:15	buy track
4.	Polaris - The Light In Your Eyes 06:59	buy track
5.	Levrige - The Legend 05:59	buy track
6.	Stranjah - Gideon 05:21	buy track

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Hidden under Canada’s ice-cold slopes is a core community of producers, DJs, fans and followers, all playing an essential role in supporting and growing Canada’s eclectic underground mountain of drum & bass. In ‘The Future Sound of Canada’ EP the Hospital Records team draw out its key players to keep an eye on, adding six tracks from Schematic, Polaris, Gremlinz and Levrige to their worldwide series.

Leading the EP are two serious solo artists who’s combined discography boasts releases on Drumsound & Bassline Smith’s imprint Technique Recordings and Toronto-based Inner City Dance. As an equally powerful production pairing, Schematic & Polaris have delivered ‘Conduit’ to the EP - a serene trip through deep, melodic drum & bass. Also take notice of their equally special solo offerings: Polaris’ ‘The Light In Your Eyes’ and Schematic’s hypnotic ‘Learn From The Past’ featuring Victor Davies.

Gremlinz - another Toronto talent - switches the EP from ethereal liquid to solid sonic sound waves with ‘Tactical Rail’, matching raw and rapid old-skool drum work with sinister siren calls. Then we come to the Levrige duo, a new project started by valiant Vancouver titans J.F.Killah and Erski who’ve brought an intriguing futuristic jungle, half time style to the mix with ‘The Legend’. Simplistic keys paired with complex percussions finishes up the EP in Stranjah’s ‘Gideon’.

The 2016 revival of the ‘Future Sound of’ series draws to a close after connecting a multitude of drum & bass talent from America, Brazil, Holland and now Canada. All four fresh EPs are a triumph in the discovery of the next generation of producers and only further prove the unstoppable global reach of the genre, all spearheaded by its leading independent label, Hospital Records.

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released September 9, 2016

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Hospital Records London, UK

Hospital Records is an independent record label based in South London.

Primarily releasing Drum+Bass, the label was started in 1996 by Tony Colman and Chris Goss, and has grown in recent years to become one of the most well known labels within UK dance music. ... more

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