Source Direct Explained

Source Direct
Background:	group_or_band
Origin:	St Albans, Hertfordshire, England
Years Active:	1994–2001, 2014–present^[1]
Current Members:	James Baker
Past Members:	Phil Aslett

Source Direct is an English drum and bass act from St Albans, Hertfordshire, England.^{[2] [3]} Source Direct have released an EP, Controlled Developments (1997), an album, Exorcise the Demons (1999),^[4] as well as numerous singles, under both the Source Direct name and a number of aliases.

Originally Source Direct consisted of James Baker and Phil Aslett, later becoming a solo project of Baker's in 1999.

History

Originally the act consisted of two childhood friends, James Baker^[5] and Phil Aslett.^{[6] [7]} Due to differences between the pair, however, it became entirely a solo project of Baker's in 1999, after the release of Exorcise the Demons.^[8]

Source Direct's music uses complex and irregular breakbeats, snappy and precise hi-hats, dark atmospheric sampling and abstract song structures.^[9]

Source Direct have released music on a variety of record labels: Metalheadz,^[10] Science (Virgin Records), Good Looking Records, Astralwerks, Basement, Certificate 18, Odysee, Street Beats and the self-owned Source Direct Recordings. They have released singles under the names Intensity, Sounds of Life, Oblivion, Mirage, X-Files and Hokusai.^[11]

Despite not being featured on the officially released soundtrack, Source Direct gained recognition for the track "Call & Response" which was used in the horror movie Blade.^{[12] [13]} The track, originally a single, was later included on their EP Controlled Developments, and on their album Exorcise the Demons.^[1] Source Direct contributed the track "2097" to the CD soundtrack of the PlayStation game Wipeout 2097, released in 1996.^[14]

Fact included Exorcise the Demons in its "The 100 Best Albums of the 1990s".

Discography

Albums and EPs

• Controlled Developments (1997, Astralwerks) – 6-track EP
• Exorcise the Demons (1999, Virgin Records)

Singles

• "Future London/Shimmer" (1994, Odysee)
• "A Made Up Sound/The Cult" (1995, Metalheadz)
• "Approach & Identify/Modem" (1995, Source Direct)
• "Different Groove/Stars" (1995, Odysee)
• "Fabric of Space/Bliss" (1995, Source Direct)
• "Snake Style/Exit 9" (1995, Source Direct)
• "Black Rose/12 Til 4" (1996, Source Direct)
• "Stonekiller/Web of Sin" (1996, Metalheadz)
• "Secret Liaison/Complexities" (1996, Good Looking Records)
• "The Crane/Artificial Barriers" (1996, Source Direct)
• "Call & Response/Computer State" (1997, Virgin)
• "Capital D/Enemy Lines" (1997, Virgin)
• "Two Masks/Black Domina" (1997, Virgin)
• "Concealed Identity" (1998, Virgin)
• "Mind Weaver" (1998, Virgin)
• "Technical Warfare" (1998, Virgin)
• "Snowblind/The Place" (2001, Demonic)
• "Sub One/Escape From Cairo" (2001, Demonic)
• "Yo Bitch!/Pimp Star" (2001, Demonic)

External links

• • • • Source Direct AllMusic Discography
• Source Direct at BBC Music

Notes and References

1. Web site: The Quietus – Features – A Quietus Interview – Chasing Perfectionism: An Interview With Source Direct. Thequietus.com. 31 July 2014 . 28 March 2019.
2. Book: Peter. Shapiro. Drum 'n' Bass: The Rough Guide. 1999. Rough Guides. 9781858284330. Google Books.
3. News: Clive. Martin. 2019-03-28. Is Lee Bannon the man to sell jungle to America?. The Guardian. 10 January 2014. 0261-3077.
4. Web site: 2019-03-28. The 100 Best Albums of the 1990s. 3 September 2012.
5. News: Ben. Beaumont-Thomas. Lauren. Martin. Gwyn Thomas de Chroustchoff & John. Thorp. 2019-03-28. Clubs picks of the week. The Guardian. 22 March 2014. 0261-3077.
6. News: Ben. Beaumont-Thomas. Sammy. Maine. Lauren Martin & John. Thorp. 2019-03-28. Clubs picks of the week. The Guardian. 12 October 2013. 0261-3077.
7. Web site: Artist Interview – Source Direct. 20 July 2014. Gothamcityblog.wordpress.com. 28 March 2019.
8. Web site: Source Direct – Approach And Identify (incl. Demdike Stare Remix) – Nonplus. Aboveboarddist.co.uk. 28 March 2019.
9. Web site: The Quietus – Features – A Quietus Interview – Chasing Perfectionism: An Interview With Source Direct. Thequietus.com. 31 July 2014 . 28 March 2019.
10. News: Ben. Beaumont-Thomas. David. Pollock. Gwyn Thomas de Chroustchoff & John. Thorp. 2019-03-28. Clubs picks of the week. The Guardian. 23 October 2015. 0261-3077.
11. http://www.factmag.com/2002/10/05/the-essential-source-direct/
12. Web site: 2019-03-28. Lost & Found: Source Direct's paranoid d'n'b thriller Controlled Developments (1997). 26 August 2012.
13. Web site: The Cornerstone Tracks of Source Direct: "An Industrial World Run By Machines" – fabric blog . Fabriclondon.com . 2015-03-26 . 2020-05-17.
14. Web site: Whatever happened to Source Direct? Part 2 : Jim Baker interview – Old Skool Jungle, Hardcore & Drum and Bass. Drumtrip.co.uk. 28 March 2019.