Drumsound & Bassline Smith are a British

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production group, consisting of Andy Wright and Ben Wiggett (the duo known as Drumsound) along with Simon 'Bassline' Smith. They met at one of Derby's club nights in the summer of 1998. Their record label is Technique Recordings, which celebrated its twentieth anniversary in 2019.

Career

Drumsound were founded in the mid-late 90s in Derby. Andy and Ben met and were prolific in writing dub plates and djing at ‘Technique’ nightclub in the city, a mecca for junglists and breakbeat fans. Their first dub plate was played at the club to a rapturous reception with many rewinds. In 2004, their "Odyssey" banger was judged

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's tenth best all-round dance anthem of the year, and hit No. 1 on the

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. They have released tracks on a string of some of the most respected imprints in

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, including on

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, Bryan G's V Records and

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's Prototype Records. Also, in 2004, Drumsound & Bassline Smith released their first studio album, ''Nature of the Beast'', featuring "Crossfire (Danger)", "Planet Mars", "The End" and "Tinman", on Technique Recordings. They enjoy regular plays on

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and

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from

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and Grooverider,

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, Annie Nightingale and

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. The trio are one of the few complete multiple mixes for BBC Radio One. The ''10 Years of Technique'' album included the "Can You Feel It", "Clap Your Hands" and "Law of the Jungle", and reached No. 1 on the BBC Radio 1 and 1Xtra charts at the end of November 2009. 2009 remixes included VV Browns "Leave"' at the request of

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and Fugative's – Supafly for

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. Annie Mac requested the crew complete a

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's "Oopsy Daisy" for her Mash Hitz segment. They also did a remix of the ''

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'' theme for the E20 Music Competition set up by the

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. In 2010, Drumsound & Bassline Smith remixed work by Blame feat Ruff Squad, and mixed " Until You Were Gone" by Chipmunk featuring

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. The group have also completed a remix of

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featuring Eva Simons' "Take Over Control" on

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, and produced tracks on the ''Dansette Junior'' album on

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. In April 2011, Drumsound & Bassline Smith released a 12" of "Freak" on the Newstate label. "Freak" gained positive reviews and made BBC Radio 1's daytime playlist. Soon afterwards they remixed

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's "Louder" which was released on 3 July 2011. The song features vocals from Welsh singer

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from the band

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and hit the Number 1 spot in the UK Singles Chart. Other remixes include

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's "After" &

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's "Who Knows". The trio then released "Close" on 21 August 2011. The single was supported by

and

on BBC Radio 1 promoted to BBC Radio 1 B-list and it peaked on the UK Singles Chart at number 49. In 2012, Drumsound & Bassline Smith collaborated with

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on their classic track " What Can You Do for Me" which made the BBC Radio 1 daytime playlist & hit the number 28 spot on the UK Singles Chart on 4 March. Also in March 2012, Drumsound & Bassline Smith won the Best Track & Best Video awards with "Close" at the Official Drum & Bass Awards. Drumsound & Bassline Smith released their second studio album ''Wall of Sound'' on 14 July 2013. The album contains many of their unreleased work and features the singles " Through the Night", "Daylight", " One in a Million", "What Can You Do for Me", "Close" and a VIP mix of "Freak". In 2016, they remixed the track "Pump" by Tantrum Desire and released the song "I'm Gone". They announced their third full-length studio album, ''Wardance'', with the release of the album sampler and single "Come with Me" in October 2017.

Discography

Albums

* ''Nature of the Beast'' (2004) * ''Street Technique'' (2006) * ''10 Years of Technique LP'' (2009) * ''Wall of Sound'' (2013) * ''Tech 100 Retrospective'' (2014) * ''15 Years of Technique Album'' (2015) * ''Wardance'' (2017) * ''20 Years of Technique: Remix LP'' (2019) * ''20 Years of Technique: 2020 Vision LP'' (2019)

Singles

Other releases

as Future Tech

* 1999 – "Future Tech" / "Target Practice" echnique Recordings* 1999 – "Tunnel Vision" / "Explosive" echnique Recordings* 2000 – "Plutonium" / "Zeus" echnique Recordings* 2000 – "Distortion" / "Jungle Fever" echnique Recordings* 2001 – "Tribal Warfare" / "Apollo Creed" echnique Recordings* 2001 – "Mudslide" / "Matchstick" echnique Recordings* 2001 – "Future Tech" (Remix) (from ''The X Project – Part 1'') echnique Recordings* 2001 – "Tidal Wave" (from ''The X Project – Part 2'') echnique Recordings* 2002 – "Kashmir" (from ''The X Project – Part 3'') echnique Recordings* 2002 – "Grand Theft Auto" / "Touch Me" echnique Recordings* 2002 – "Indian Summer" (from ''The Planets EP'') echnique Recordings* 2003 – "Gangster Boogie" / "Spring in Paris" echnique Recordings* 2003 – "Turn Up the Bass" / "Rhythm" orldwide Audio Recordings

as 2db

* 2002 – "Pickpocket" / "Killer" rid Recordings* 2003 – "Oscillator" / "Circle Square" orldwide Audio Recordings* 2004 – "Musical" / "Punch Drunk" orldwide Audio Recordings* 2005 – "Phatt Beat" / "Do It to Me Baby" orldwide Audio Recordings* 2006 – "Tequila Slammer" / "Legacy" orldwide Audio Recordings* 2008 – "Go Girl" / "Starsign" orldwide Audio Recordings* 2009 – "Turkish Delight" / "Speed Freak" orldwide Audio Recordings* 2011 – "Original Soundsystem Style" / "JD's Revenge" echnique Recordings* 2011 – "Swerve" / "1995" orldwide Audio Recordings* 2012 – "Virus" (from ''Crossfire EP'') echnique Recordings* 2012 – "Amiga Man" / "Happy Days" echnique Recordings* 2012 – ''Break the Walls EP'' echnique Recordings* 2012 – "Ghetto Boy" / "Blunderbus" echnique Recordings* 2013 – "Bassface" / "Jet Black" echnique Recordings* 2013 – "Oxygen" / "Spud Gun" (from ''Crossfire EP 2'') echnique Recordings* 2013 – ''Motion EP'' echnique Recordings

References

External links

Official website
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