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Video diary of Fracture in Ekaterinburg, Russia for Special Forces.

astrophonica — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 13:29:13 +0000

Back in October 2011 I took a trip to Ekaterinburg in Russia. It took ages to get there and I flew through 3 time zones. The whole thing was a mad trip with not much sleep but it was so worth it, such fun! Massive thanks to Rostislav and the Special Request guys. Ekaterinburg rocks! Ridiculously cheap cigarettes too. I captured some stuff on my phone which got edited into this . . .

Fracture & Neptune Mini documentary part 1: Tone To The Bone

astrophonica — Fri, 06 May 2011 15:21:29 +0000

Martin Fieber is a slide guitarist from London, England. He builds guitars under his own Customtone brand. This is a short film about hand made guitars, musical inspiration and how old styles and techniques can be used in today’s electronic music.

In part one of two mini documentaries Fracture and Neptune give you an insight and behind the scenes look at their musical history and the use of lap steel guitar in Drum and Bass. Their album ‘Retrospect – A Decade of Fracture & Neptune’ is released on Astrophonica on 30th May 2011
More info on the album here http://wp.me/pW1Pu-bL

For more information, live dates, biography or interview Q&A’s on Fracture & Neptune / Astrophonica contact This Is Reprise on (0)20 7729 0686 or erin@thisisreprise.com
For DJ bookings please contact tom@gramagency.co.uk
Filmed & Edited by Louis Ellison

Sampling in Drum & Bass – Feature on Organic Beats Blog with some words from Fracture

astrophonica — Tue, 29 Mar 2011 12:05:48 +0000

What’s up peeps? Just a little heads up on a feature on the Organic Beats website focusing on the art sampling, specifically within the D&B scene. As you know we are huge fans of sampling and samplers so when Kam Sandhu asked me if I wanted to shed some light on the subject, how could i refuse! So she transcribed while I waffled, poor girl. I did have to make her a coffee though, I was most put out.

Check out the feature here http://organicbeats.co.uk/blog/sampling/

Fracture & Neptune exclusive mix and interview on BBC Radio 1 – MP3 Download

astrophonica — Wed, 24 Nov 2010 09:56:22 +0000

After what seems like ages we finally managed to sort out a date for an appearance on the BBC! Much love and a massive big up to Fabio for sorting this out.

You can download the interview and exclusive mix featuring all new Fracture & Neptune music now!

CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD

or Listen again on iPlayer

Fracture & Neptune 2 part video interview / studio insight on Organicbeats.co.uk

astrophonica — Mon, 08 Nov 2010 11:07:24 +0000

Good morning peeps. The guys over at Organic came to the Astrophonica studio to shoot a 2 part video interview and insight into how we work and create the Astrophonica sound. Part one is an interview about our influences, what we have up next and how we feel about running a predominantly vinyl label in 2010. In part 2 we get down the nitty gritty and distort an 808 bass kick through the mixing desk and show you how to put it through the E-mu sampler to get the trademark sound. Oh gosh!

Watch Part 1 on Organicbeats.co.uk
Watch Part 2 on Organicbeats.co.uk

Fracture & Neptune interview in Data Transmission

astrophonica — Wed, 14 Apr 2010 08:13:52 +0000

Hi guys, sorry if it’s been a while! We’ve just done a nice little interview for Data Transmission.

Read it here http://www.datatransmission.co.uk/ViewNewTalent/124/

Thanks to Belinda The Dnb Wench for sorting this out.

Astrophonica on Kmag.co.uk

astrophonica — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 21:27:41 +0000

Our friends over at Knowledge mag asked us a few questions about the label. Check out a 5 year old picture of a skinny Neptune and fat Fracture!

Read it here!

Fracture talks to Big ‘Em Up about record digging

astrophonica — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 19:51:58 +0000

Here’s an interview Fracture did with Big ‘Em Up magazine about digging for samples and the wonderful world of vinyl. Big up to Oplin

Read it here!