Smith & Mighty's Brain Scan is the first Dubstep tune!!!

[vital sines]

THIS IS UNREAL. And back in 1986!!!!



I remember hearing Give me your Love in the early 90's...And being Blown away!!!




What do you think? Who else is feelin' it?????

[ranking records]

rob smith innit

[Preacha]

I've only recently discovered smith & mighty thanks to the unearthed 12"
can't believe I've been missing out on this great stuff for all these years!

[vital sines]

I've been a fan since early 90's. I'm OLD! late 30's. It was them & Massive Attack that transformed bass heavy music for me. Then Hardcore to Jungle to Drum & Bass to UK Garage to Broken Beat to Dubstep & UK Funky. Smith & Mighty were originators!!!!

Here's a Dub influenced Garage track they did in 2002. Or early Dubstep tune along El B, Zed Bias, Horsepower Prod., & Stereotyp & Tikiman (People always forget about dem). AMAZING TUNE!!!

B-line Fi Blow

[Littlefoot]

Bi line fi blow is one the best early dubstep tunes for real, love it!

[time]

top stuff !

[asa]

Top draw stuff, that's smith & mighty for ya =]

[steshine]

Respect, it's good to see people recognising the roots of this music and appreciating the pioneers... you give me faith in fans again!
smith and mighty are truely great, and a lot of FSOL stuff has elements that can be found in dubstep too

[menacetosobriety]

love this one too

Down in Rwanda
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M6eAsbuTXlE

[time]

Dont forget More Rockers

[karmacazee]

Heh, quality. Really enjoyed both those tracks.

[godflesh fiend]

Smith & Mighty friggin rule.

Those albums are superb.

EVERYONE on the forum should own a copy of Bass Is Maternal end of story.

A shame Smith & Mighty didn't sell more records........I mean their albums kicked Massive Attack's ass.

[kalorific]

wow!

[SickMan D]

Bristol Bass Legends, finally getting the recognition they deserve, much more still come

[kingduppy]

Bristol Bass Legends, finally getting the recognition they deserve, much more still come

big up bristol baaaaaaaaaaassss... havent they always been getting the recognition they deserve though.?

RSD is a pure gentleman of the dub, badman producer and top guy! x

[cyrusfx]

excellent find, thanks for posting that up I'd never heard that one before... came out about 13 years before what I previously thought their first dubstep tune was, which would be Move You Run from Big World, Small World. Also a friggin great album with lots of deep dub & bass.

S&M just weren't as commercially digestible or radio-friendly as Massive Attack -- their tracks don't really have the playability of something like Unfinished Sympathy. However, they are probably a stronger creative influence on me for the weird, bad sounds they manage to join together.

[hedmuk]

So much of r.smiths output is amazing, been litening to his Jaz Klash and more rockers stuff aswell as smith and mighty ....bloody hell its good.

[Pada]

Lovely tunes, can still hear a VERY similar sound in RSD productions too this day!

[akindele]

Smith & Mighty/More Rockers were easily the best out Bristol to me, but from what I've heard they had label/distribution problems. Was lucky enough to discover their music in 97. Shame that the type of D&B they were making never got much look from anyone within D&B especially by the likes of Bryan Gee/V seeing as V was pretty much a label for Bristol and Dillinja and Lemon's tunes. Big World Small World, Bass is Maternal is more Dubstep than actual Dubstep, and Selection 2 is still one of my favorite D&B albums.

[akindele]

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