Flashback Review: Dieselboy – A Soldier’s Story
Dieselboy – A Soldier’s Story – A Drum And Bass DJ Mix
Label: Moonshine Music
Catalog#: MM 80109-2
Format: CD, Mixed, Compilation
Country: US
Released: 29 Jun 1999
Style: Drum n Bass
I remember when I first heard this CD, because I immediately thought: Damian is either a robot or from the future. I met him shortly after I heard this mix because he was in Denver all the time and his sets were as flawless as this CD, but I still wasn’t convinced he wasn’t a robot or a Terminator, sent back in time through some crazy time vortex. Sadly, it’s 10 years later and this isn’t what all Drum N Bass sounds like; we went hard as nails, to deep as the oceans blue, then for some reason we got fucking clown shoes for a year or two… but I digress.
The glory of this CD is not the tracks themselves, but the way in which they are melded together to form this rich, dark tapestry. The crazy thing about the tunes is that they harken to the mid-90s hard step, with the slightly distorted snares and while the songs themselves are dark, they’re not over powered by layers and elements. I’m a percussion whore, so the whole hardstep movement was right up my alley: hard and clear percussion with the occasional ‘amen’ break. The icing on the cake is that all the tracks are pitched up +8-+10, so if/when you ever find some of these tracks, you’ll find they were pressed A LOT slower. I’d have to say the key tunes to try to snag off this CD are: Konflict – The Beckoning, Jonny L – The Bellz and Technical Itch & Dieselboy – Atlantic State.
The mixing is razor-sharp, the tracks are mean as fuck and the speed is just fast enough to make you want to punch something, but not so fast that you get confused of the beat timing; remember kids, bob your head 1/2 time for optimal performance.
The CD is a classic still 10 years later and one of the best DnB CDs ever released, IMO.
10/10
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