Shinumade Tatakau / Even When Your Shadow Leaves You

artist: ICR
title: Shinumade Tatakau / Even When Your Shadow Leaves You
label: Exegene
catalogue: XGN022
format: free download
date: 10/2005
country: UK

XGN022 comes from a man who's well known for his solid production and atmospheric creations on labels such as Covert Operations, Nerve, Offshore, Breakbeat Science and Orgone. ICR delivers two drum soaked tracks, both with the crisp breaks, deep pads and subtle melodies which are often found in his sound.

Shinumade Tatakau, the A side to this release features a well executed Japanese/Samurai vibe with the subtle percussion flowing amongst the sharp, intense drumwork. Diligent pads and hard edged string phrases drift in and out , polishing off a flowing assailment of Shaolin beats.

The flipside Even When Your Shadow Leaves You has a more solemn touch to it. Soft, floaty pads are accompanied by a melange of blips and bells. Some clean, flowing breaks join in with the warm bass finishing off this smooth abstracted track.

ICR & Matt-U - Soulshine (tracks from the trash)

Both hungarian ICR and Matt-U started producing in Reason around 2002 after a few years of tracking. They co-operated on several tunes developing their skills and collecting experiences of producing. This album of unreleased material shows how their style changed over these years from trance influenced atmospheric dnb to soulful liquid.

01 Drop (intro) - 1:34 (2004) excerpt from ICR feat. Matt-U 'Drop Everything'
02 Matt-U - Blue (ICR remix) - 5:42 (2003) originally slated for Orion's New Deep 2 mix, but unfortunately it never happened. anyway props to John!
03 ICR & Matt-U - Shellfish - 6:47 (2003) "really nice track, some nice cosmic touches inside the piece" - LTJ Bukem
04 Matt-U - Blue - 6:34 (2003)
05 ICR - Slingblade (Matt U remix) - 6:22 (2003) different version subtitled 'Dream' available on The Public Diary album
06 Matt-U & ICR - Deserted - 6:16 (2003)
07 Matt-U & ICR - Starfish - 6:15 (2003)
08 Matt-U & ICR - We're All Monkeys - 5:42 (2002)
09 ICR & Matt-U - Soulshine - 6:29 (2002) our first collaboration ever, and we still love this vibe!
bonus tracks:
10 ICR - Change Inside - 6:24 (2004) Appears courtesy of Offshore Recordings. the remix made by ASC has been signed in one day for Offshore! released on OSR011, Nov 2004
11 ICR - Strong Enough VIP - 6:28 (2003) original version is compiled by hungarian Freee Magazin cover CD in issue May 2003. this VIP version is originally made for Test Flight Recordings

http://www.drumandbass.hu/icr/soulshine/