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Dominick Martin aka Calibre is the 1st exclusively Irish Drum and Bass artist.
Classically trained in violin, he dropped this for drums and began playing in various bands, before finding early Detroit techno and house. His inspiration around that time is said to wander around the likes of Kenny Larkin, Carl Craig, Juan Atkins, the Orb.
His brother introduced Calibre to drum and bass and jungle, which at first he couldn’t follow the pattern as he felt it was too relentless and ‘beaty’, and so at that point he preferred four to the floor drumbeats from the US house style.
From there he’s developed on slowly but surely to become an accomplished producer.
Since his early work for Dublin label Quadrophonic in 1998, Calibre has always delivered a sound that delves below the all too often unsatisfying drum and bass surface.
His ability to bring a warm, natural feel to the digital landscape of drum and bass raised interest from Radio 1’s Fabio, leading to a critically acclaimed double album in 2001, entitled ‘Musique Concrete’ released on Fabio’s Creative Source imprint.
Since then Calibre has released for labels such as Soul:R, including collaboration work under the Mist:i:Cal moniker with the Manchester duo Marcus Intalex and ST Files (together MIST). Other label contributions have included CIA, 31, Defunked, V and Critical.
Remixes have also been a heavy outlet for Calibre, with commissions from the likes of High Contrast, Badmarsh & Shri and american R&B-singer Jaheim, to name but a few.
Classically trained in violin, he dropped this for drums and began playing in various bands, before finding early Detroit techno and house. His inspiration around that time is said to wander around the likes of Kenny Larkin, Carl Craig, Juan Atkins, the Orb.
His brother introduced Calibre to drum and bass and jungle, which at first he couldn’t follow the pattern as he felt it was too relentless and ‘beaty’, and so at that point he preferred four to the floor drumbeats from the US house style.
From there he’s developed on slowly but surely to become an accomplished producer.
Since his early work for Dublin label Quadrophonic in 1998, Calibre has always delivered a sound that delves below the all too often unsatisfying drum and bass surface.
His ability to bring a warm, natural feel to the digital landscape of drum and bass raised interest from Radio 1’s Fabio, leading to a critically acclaimed double album in 2001, entitled ‘Musique Concrete’ released on Fabio’s Creative Source imprint.
Since then Calibre has released for labels such as Soul:R, including collaboration work under the Mist:i:Cal moniker with the Manchester duo Marcus Intalex and ST Files (together MIST). Other label contributions have included CIA, 31, Defunked, V and Critical.
Remixes have also been a heavy outlet for Calibre, with commissions from the likes of High Contrast, Badmarsh & Shri and american R&B-singer Jaheim, to name but a few.
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WotL wrote:
lookin for a track in the set "December2005-Calibre Live @ Release-http://www.release-dnb.com"; ... it starts about 22:45min ... anybody got a clue how its called? cheers
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7ulian wrote:
Definitely my favourite artist. "Say if you Love" and "Hustlin' " are just sick!
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ejmyto wrote:
Very nice ..
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Iuliaaaa wrote:
love
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tonspender wrote:
indeed. the album "second sun" is great. i love the deep bassline from the track "second sun"...(8
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reimusho wrote:
I like Second Sun,,, very soulful :)
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Risingson wrote:
after some time, i learnt to love "Shelf life". But I also found out that many many of the best gems of Calibre are hidden in his 12'' releases...
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allsoppy4 wrote:
check out my new atmospheric tune: http://www.last.fm/music/Haik-Adu/_/Ha+Ha%2C+Hypnosis Hope you like it! Sorry about the "spamming" but it is the only way to get yourself known on last fm!
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piparkook wrote:
All The Days is brilliant!!
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RymeTyme wrote:
second sun is still one of the best LP's in dnb history! cheerz dom :)
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djerfi wrote:
Cold Heart is my personal favorite. Cheers from Croatia!
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UMTS-Flat wrote:
deep medi is faved
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thisself wrote:
http://www.last.fm/event/1095304
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Groo8y wrote:
new release is cool!
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nachtaktiv wrote:
deep medi release is great (2)
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Grizz wrote:
deep medi release is great
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Hamstersex wrote:
Shelflife Vol.2 - hell yeah
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miro-nescio wrote:
Shelf Life 2 is out ! Pretty good release !
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TokenSunrise wrote:
deep medi release is smooth
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joiletblog wrote:
My support his incoming second part of "Shelflife" compilation: http://joilet.blox.pl/2009/05/Calibre-ujawnia-druga-polke.html - Polish; http://joilet.blox.pl/2009/05/Calibre-unveils-his-second-shelf.html - English; cheers
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dehdeeds, Def_Jam_Killah, deathstardroid and 3 other people added Calibre to their libraries. yesterday afternoon
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