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One of the first bands signed to Warp records back in 1989, they produced a few 12" and an album. Pioneers of the 'bleep' sound they wrote the template for many, they consisted of Richard H Kirk and DJ Parrot and disappeared without trace. However, their legacy holds, in my opinion, one of the finest 'dubstep' 12" ever produced. Clonk.

Amazingly you can still pick this rare artefact up on e-bum for a very fair price. It also appeared on a Warp compilation. Predating the whole 'wobblestep' genre by a mere 15 years or so, the track on this comp, Freebass, is a woofer destroyer and makes no attempt to be anything other than a huge slab of undiluted BASS.

I was wondering if anyone else has had any experience of the band and indeed the track. Their album is fantastic, but its much more bleep orientated. I think they have been criminally overlooked in the groundbreaking manner in which they went about their business. LFO's bass heavy track 'LFO' still gets namechecked, but never Clonk.

It would be amazing to hear Clonk mixed in on a big rig with much more contemporary dubstep just to hear how it holds up.

Enjoy - Sweet Exorcist - Clonk (freebass)

i always thought the first 8 bars of lady in red were very dubbed out

big up chris de burgh, the pioneer of dubstep!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OcWspfgk9c8

yeah bro. i remember this one. the anything goes vibe of dubstep reminds me most of stuff from back in the day like this.

Just found a tune of theirs called 'Testone' remixed by Wiston & Ross thats got exactly the same feel to it.

Yeah, they released 2x12" with 6 mixes of 'test'. testone, testtwo, testthree, and so on. Great tracks. They still sound crisp and contemporary, very stripped back and chunky.

Yeah, back 'in the day' i only ever heard Clonk played out once, in a 'nitespot' where no-one knew or cared about what they were listening to and the sound system was woefully underprepared for such relentless bass. Sweet Exorcist seemed to be making tracks of great quality and vision, just for fun. Hope you enjoyed hearing it again!!

It's always been about the bass for me, always. Bring on Dubcamp!!