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Ez, mates.


I just produced and engineered the debut album for the Danish live Drum'n'Bass (and Grime and Breakstep) band F.U.K.T. Thought it might be interesting for you lot to hear and see a live band (no sequencer, no click track) playing Breakstep. They even played a live cover version of Darqwan "Said the spider"!!!


Check out this video from the Roskilde Festival 2005.
F.U.K.T - Play With Fire (breakstep tune)
http://video.fuktmusic.com/FUKT-PlayWithFire.mpg

And a video from my father´s studio, where we did the drum recordings (+ the mixing etc). Check out this video of the drummer (Anders Meinhardt).
I´m the guy at the desk.
F.U.K.T - Open Your Mind (intro jungle drums)
http://video.fuktmusic.com/OpenYourMind-JungleIntro.MPG


To see and hear more of this incredible band, please go to www.fukt.dk

The debut album Play With Fire will be released in Denmark the 10th of April on Murena Records. It features both UK and DK MC´s, including B-Live and Faction G from London.



Big up!

BIG! im loving any peeps who take breaks/grime/dnb and turn it inside out from the formulaic machine music into a proper live experience. Those cats are bad, its a proper band with no dats, click tracks or ableton live, which is how i think it should be properly done. repsect.

Broken Silence wrote:turn it inside out from the formulaic machine music into a proper live experience.

... Im sorry mate but, meh, this does nothing for me at all. It reduces the brillance of machine music to the level of induvidual vuituosity . . . If I wanna see someone do somthing I cant I'll go to a freak show see the sword swallower

That guys chops are hot, but hes busting a nut to play a simple as, generic break, and the sound of acoustic drums is all wrong ... tooo clean.

The words Live. Grime & Band make my skin crawl . . .

No worries, but as it´s a live concert it´s a bit hard to distort drums without feedback etc. And I wouldn´t call the Play With Fire tune grime either. Maybe Breakstep/Breakbeat. Well, it doesn´t matter.


They have done a few grime tracks with Jammer, B-Live, Jai Box, Shyam and Faction G. Some grime tunes on the album, due 10th of April in Denmark. I´ll link to those tunes when available.

yeah cool man, I wasn't saying either of them bits were grime ... jus I think grime is so inherantly digital & thats one of the the things I love in it, I'd be keen to hear them ones der, I like Faction G & Jammer ripps into everything he does ...

I dont think its a matter of distortion really, more a matter of pressing that guys breaks t vinyl, after recording wif all yr lush vintage pres, randomlly distributing the vinyl over the globe, then picking it up for 50cents in a 2nd hand store 20 years later, then y'll have some beats I could feel, Im a sample fetishist tho ...

u know what i randomly stumbled upon the fukt website about a week ago! that live breakstep trak is pretty cool man..

not feelin the rip-off of voodoo people at all! they should stick to more original stuff!

as for live grime.. im not on it at all..

live pa/producing > djing... any day of the week.

3 new tracks from the forthcoming album has been added to their Myspace.com profile.

1. Burnin (rough DnB tune)
2. Need you (feat. Nabiha Bensouda)
3. The Linkup (feat. B-Live & Faction G)

Check it out: http://www.myspace.com/FUKTmusic and give em some cred in the guestbook if you like their stuff.

Look out for the album coming out april 10th in Scandinavia

BIG!!! BIG! I wish there were more projects like this!

doomstep wrote:

Broken Silence wrote:turn it inside out from the formulaic machine music into a proper live experience.

... Im sorry mate but, meh, this does nothing for me at all. It reduces the brillance of machine music to the level of induvidual vuituosity . . . If I wanna see someone do somthing I cant I'll go to a freak show see the sword swallower

That guys chops are hot, but hes busting a nut to play a simple as, generic break, and the sound of acoustic drums is all wrong ... tooo clean.

The words Live. Grime & Band make my skin crawl . . .

Feelin' your comment. Normally I hate those sort of projects as well (The Roots? Pffft....), but these boys are mad. Finally a band that actually tries to sound like machines without all the musobits. No solos, no bullshit. Check out "the link up" on their myspacepage!

Thats fair enough guys and gals, i have no problem with being one man on an island
I can see where you coming from when you say live bands doing machine music seems abit pointless, and to a point i agree.
The whole idea of electronic music is for it to be electronic, to sound like its a machine rather than a person. But at the same time when it comes to experiencing this live, as in outside of your car stereo, dont you think the options for playing music are a little bit broader?
What i mean by that is that I know what your saying about the timeless energy of a soundsystem gig.
One where its iust a dj and meby an mc and BIG fucking speakers, there is nothing quite like it. It gives people a space to get funky in with little or no visual distraction, just pure vibes.
But then to play devils advocate again we are seeing more and more vj's in raves, and decor is getting bigger and bolder where before it was camo netting and maby a strobe or smoke machine.
In my mind, the impact of electronic music cannot be diluted by having a visual distraction like a 14 foot projector anymore than it can being played by a full band, as on cd or in a rave it should sound near enough the same (just a tiny differnece in volume )
But the energy of a performance can be heightened ten fold as it turns from some fairly faceless figure in a dark booth doing mysterious things to a mixer and turntables into the full blown live experience of a band of people with real instruments.
I think this stems from the fact that playing electronic music live (and by that i mean in tune and on time as well, not anyway near as loose as a traditional rock, reggae or jazz group for example) carries a certain "holy shit thats a person playing that bassline" factor. (much like the "holy shit thats a cat on the decks" factor)
When i saw london elektricty play live i was blown away by how tight they were and how much like a drum machine there drummer sounded. It added to the whole thing. Yeah they might as well of just been a dj, but then thats just a dj, and hell even i can do that competently enough.
Heck i may be rambling abit to much here, but i hope you at least get some of my drift

Broken Silence wrote:Thats fair enough guys and gals, i have no problem with being one man on an island
I can see where you coming from when you say live bands doing machine music seems abit pointless, and to a point i agree.
The whole idea of electronic music is for it to be electronic, to sound like its a machine rather than a person. But at the same time when it comes to experiencing this live, as in outside of your car stereo, dont you think the options for playing music are a little bit broader?
What i mean by that is that I know what your saying about the timeless energy of a soundsystem gig.
One where its iust a dj and meby an mc and BIG fucking speakers, there is nothing quite like it. It gives people a space to get funky in with little or no visual distraction, just pure vibes.
But then to play devils advocate again we are seeing more and more vj's in raves, and decor is getting bigger and bolder where before it was camo netting and maby a strobe or smoke machine.
In my mind, the impact of electronic music cannot be diluted by having a visual distraction like a 14 foot projector anymore than it can being played by a full band, as on cd or in a rave it should sound near enough the same (just a tiny differnece in volume )
But the energy of a performance can be heightened ten fold as it turns from some fairly faceless figure in a dark booth doing mysterious things to a mixer and turntables into the full blown live experience of a band of people with real instruments.
I think this stems from the fact that playing electronic music live (and by that i mean in tune and on time as well, not anyway near as loose as a traditional rock, reggae or jazz group for example) carries a certain "holy shit thats a person playing that bassline" factor. (much like the "holy shit thats a cat on the decks" factor)
When i saw london elektricty play live i was blown away by how tight they were and how much like a drum machine there drummer sounded. It added to the whole thing. Yeah they might as well of just been a dj, but then thats just a dj, and hell even i can do that competently enough.
Heck i may be rambling abit to much here, but i hope you at least get some of my drift

If I get you right, I might totally agree. I play post-hardcore metal (what a geek 'n gay genre name), white trash Danish rock 'n roll a la GnR and try to get to the same place with dj'ing or even playing live electronic music and to me experiencing somebody actually making those sounds (whichever they might be) while you are there bonehead-sheep-and-all makes the moment worth while. I'm not even slightly intrigued by that abstract discussion of what the nature and representations of electronic music ought to be. It rocks if you can feel that it rocks for those who rock while you rock to it. Period.

. . . why is playing dubs of yr own productions, and those of yr peers, not LIVE ??? I dont get the automatic distinctions that are being made . . . why is some guy(s) playing drums / keyboards / guitars inherantlly more energetic or valid ?

Its not about the visuals, you ever been downstairs at Tresor in Berlin? thats my idea of what a club should look like ... Black. Its about the sound, and a band is never . . . NEVER gonna lock this sound. Bands are on another thing, its not better or worse, if its your thing - do it.

But. Comments like these drive me nuts ...

auralassassin wrote:live pa/producing > djing... any day of the week.

. . . if you have an argument to back up that assertion auralassassin I'd be keen to hear it, but ' ' > ' ' dont cut it for me.

I just think its a dead end. Do we really need any more Underworlds ???

Wooo calm down tiger, we all friends here
In a strange way mate, i agree with you. There is no automatic distinctions, just personal opinion, and unless your prepared to completely disregard a form of music altogether its near impossible to find one format instantly more valid than the other (for example; just listen to jazz funk trios which obviously your only gonna see in a band format), although i think the crazy frog is the exception to the rule.
Playing records is a live action but in no way is it a live show. To be honest i think calling djing "live" is selling it incredibly short.
Djing (for me) is about rebuilding and remixing on the fly, about showcasing your own interpretation of the music, and most of all creating a engaging canvas of mood and texture on the dancefloor. (dont remember which dj said it but i always have "djs should keep one foot in the botth and one foot on the dancefloor" stuck in my head)
Playing the same music "live" is to confine yourself away from the freedom djing opens up.
So if you count what i just said, i kinda agree with you.
Here comes the but....
Although i also agree with you that it should never be all about the visuals, it should be the vibe of the music, you cant deny at the same time it does have an impact. Unless your blind, in which case whether its a band or a dj makes no mind
Thats why peeps using purely laptops get my goat. Just seeing a guy stand there hitting some buttons i end up feeling abit cheated. At least someone manning the decks has the element of improvasation which makes each set an eclectic and ultimately unique experience.
And yeah, maby live bands will never nail the sound exaclty, but thats no reason to count it completely out.
Most bands i know play their own material anyhow, which is off course completely open for their own interpretation. A local live dnb band i know play a different mix of their tunes for each set, which i thinks pretty cool.
Plus the energy i get from being back to back with someone on the decks is enough in my mind to think being in a live band would be a fucking cool time.
Hmmmmmmmmm....i think what this comes down to his definatly personal preferance. Some peeps enjoy the idea of a seeing and getting jiggy to, a live band playing music that traditionaly isnt done by bands, some people dont.
Thats a good thing though, the day everyone agrees is the day no one thinks for themselves.