Andy Westbury is a record collector and digging enthusiast from London, England. He has a shop called Eldica Vinyl in Dalston, East London. This is a short film about record shops, digging for breaks and samples and how old sleeve design still influences today’s record labels.
In part two of two mini documentaries Fracture and Neptune take you to their favourite record shop and unearth some beats and bobs. Their album ‘Retrospect – A Decade of Fracture & Neptune’ is released on Astrophonica on 30th May 2011
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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
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Filmed & Edited by Louis Ellison
Good evening music producers of Earth. Producers of Earth origin or any other planet in the solar system. Good evening Planet Earth… Are you looking for that classic cosmic sound to your music? Are you wondering how you to make such extraterrestrial bass lines from tunes like The Limit or Hull Breach? Then look no further than Fracture’s Cosmic Drum & Bass sample pack for loopmasters.
I set out to make this sample pack with a very clear vision. I wanted create a pack which married the classic gritty sounds of vintage Drum & Bass with today’s contemporary sound and crystal clear high end production. This ethos and cross pollination of techniques is something that runs very strong in Fracture & Neptune productions and is the building blocks of our label, Astrophonica.
To do this I used a mixture of classic hardware gear including the E-Mu e6400 Sampler (what many people consider as the cornerstone of the 90′s Drum & Bass sound) and high end software such as Logic Pro to bring it all up to date. I wanted to create a sample pack that people will come back to in years to come, not just a collection of loops I already had lying around. Therefore, every loop and sound has been worked on specially for this pack and let me tell you it was often hard work stopping myself turning them into full tunes for my label!
Inside this pack you will find beats, bass lines, synth lines, guitar loops, fx loops and a whole load of one shot samples too. I’ve also included some construction kits which are full loops including all the elements you need to start a track. Lots of the samples have some wonderful hardware processing on them including valve compression and Z-plane filtering from the E-Mu sampler all EQd and tweaked to fit in to your modern day studio set up.
To buy, get more information on formats and to hear demo loops click here
We are very proud to announce the Official Customtone video by resident Astrophonica artists Emilski & Nick Duggins. We are so happy with the result and we want to say a huge thank you for the hard work put in by the guys. I think you’ll agree it was all worth it.
Watch in full screen and let it load for a fully cosmic experience…
ASTROPHONICA in collaboration with UTILE present the video for Customtone by Fracture & Neptune, featuring Martin Fieber.
Created to celebrate the launch of the album ‘Retrospect – a Decade of Fracture & Neptune’, UTILE (Emilski and Nick Duggins) take us on a psychedelic journey into the Astrophonica universe.
Customtone features the lap steel talent of Martin Fieber and will be available as part of a limited edition 12″ sampler for the the album. The sleeve art for this release will be hand printed and individually numbered by Emilski and willl be available at the end of May 2011
‘Retrospect – A Decade Of Fracture & Neptune’ is an 18 track, digital LP that brings together the classic, always cosmic, Fracture & Neptune sound from the year 2000 right up to the current date. Some released faves, some unreleased, some brand new and some unheard tracks from the vaults! All wonderfully remastered by Bob Macc and sounding better than ever. Release date end of May 2011.
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
Wow can you believe it, we’ve been at it for about 11 years now! To celebrate this we have put together our first ever long player, a retrospective of our career so far…
‘Retrospect – A Decade Of Fracture & Neptune’ is an 18 track, digital LP that brings together the classic, always cosmic, Fracture & Neptune sound from the year 2000 right up to the current date. Some released faves, some unreleased, some brand new and some unheard tracks from the vaults! All wonderfully remastered by Bob Macc and sounding better than ever. Release date 30th May 2011.
To celebrate the release of ‘Retrospect – A Decade Of Fracture & Neptune’ we have a very special limited vinyl release featuring two brand new tracks. The sleeve art for this release will be hand printed and individually numbered by Emilski. If you saw the artwork for the special test presses of The Limit, then you will know Emilski is amazing and that these will be very, very special. Keep your eyes peeled end of May 2011
Customtone picks up where our 2006 track Ventura (Med School) left off, with distant ghostly slide guitar courtesy of steel string veteran Martin Fieber and emotive song structure. It has become a firm personal favourite of ours and encapsulates the Fracture & Neptune sound perfectly… Tone to the bone!
On the flip side we find Fracture teaming up with the mysterious Chewie to create a paranoid and murky stepper entited Brain Freeze. With trade mark Astrophonica mid range moans and neck snap beats this one will sit in the collection nicely next to the label’s previous 4 releases.
Art and design are a massive part of the Astrophonica ethos and to commemorate the release of Customtone resident artists Emilski & Nick Duggins have created a quite simply breathtaking video for the track. Described as a psychedelic journey into the Astrophonica universe, Headtop have crafted a pencil and ink drawn stop frame animation that combines classic and contemporary animation techniques.
The result? think Hans Richter on acid, art deco astrology and comic book constellations, so rich in detail we reckon you’ll be hitting the replay button again and again. Watch this space…
Now we feel old… But here’s to another 10 years!
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
As we’re sure you’re aware Astrophonica will be taking over room 3 in London’s premier nightclub, Fabric, on Friday 25th of Feb.
In order to warm you up for a night of cosmic drum and bass we saw it fit to ask an artist causing some serious waves at the moment to do us a promo mix. Please put your hands together for Loxy, a true heavyweight of the drum and bass scene with a discography and legacy going right back to the beginning. We are seriously into what this guy is doing at the moment and if you’ve checked his CX podcast series you’ll what to expect. Join Loxy, along with ourselves, Zero T, Rockwell and Mark System on Friday the 25th Feb in room 3.
Saturday January 29th 2011
Hospitality @ The HMV Institute
Digbeth High ST, Digbeth, Birmingham B5 6DY
Earlybirds + NUS £13.50 / Standard £17.50 http://www.hospitalitydnb.com/tickets/
Wow, another Christmas and we’re still here! As hard as it is running a label in 2010, we’re not going anywhere.
It seems as though there’s so much snow this year that old Santa won’t be able to make it out of Lapland as the authorities did not prepare well enough!
But don’t worry, take a step into the digital domain with Astrophonica, there’ll be no delays or adverse weather warnings. So break open the box of chocolates and wrap up in that jumper your Grandma got you and listen, for free, to the sounds of Fracture & Neptune with a piece called ‘Time Trapped’
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!
This one has been getting regular play and i can tell you now it was great fun to make! It’s now available on The Painting Space EP brought to you by Pinecone Moonshine, from California. It’s available on 3X12″ vinyl & CD. The vinyl is limited to 150 copies so get in there quick to own one! The Equinox and Fanu remixes along with a wide collection of left field drum and bass ensure this will sell quickly and become a collectors item. A huge big up to Nic TVG for sorting this out and long live independent labels releasing vinyl….
