Sounds from the Ground

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UK duo Elliot Morgan and Nick Woolfson make some of the most stunningly rich, dynamic, bass-heavy instrumentals on the planet. They are pioneers of , an exotic style first championed by defunct UK label Beyond Records and then picked up and continued to this day by North American label Waveform. Although dub in its original form is the tripped-out instrumental flipside of reggae, there is quite often no overtly Jamaican flavour to Morgan and Woolfson’s work. The dub element is more in the recording techniques (looping, echo, etc) and lovingly produced basslines that rumble, slide and snake their away around the room with enormous presence. Neither is the duo’s take on dub the minimalist approach of modern purists. They concoct soulful, exotic and tuneful widescreen panoramas, wound together with muscular rhythms and big, crisp drum loops that sometimes have a tribal or ethnic edge. Rhythmic downtempo from the psychedelic trance scene owes quite lot to these guys: listen and learn.

The debut Kin (1996) immediately marks the pair as artists with extraordinary melodic gifts. Listen to Triangle as just one example of their ability to build and layer multiple lines with the kind of finesse summoned by Berlin’s old-school ambient trance pioneers. Explorations of tones and melody seem to be at the centre of everything that Sounds From The Ground creates. This is not listening that alienates - it seduces, humanises, liberates. What’s more, despite rarely being over the 100 bpm tempo mark, it makes you want to dance.
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  • Unkn0wnumb3rs

    Sometimes I really do think these guys are in a league of their own when it comes to making chilled downtempo & electronica... Those similar artists have barely anything on SFTG, zerO One is probably the closest... :) Been with SFTG since '02, haven't regretted a single release.

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  • Unkn0wnumb3rs

    Why is it all of a sudden in CAPITAL LETTERS??

    February 2012
  • Shponglation

    One of the best Discographies out there:)))

    December 2011
  • Gordonflesher

    Просто офигенное музло. Одни из лучших в таком жанре.

    November 2011
  • antiqwar

    Natural Selection - best album!

    October 2011
  • boo-999

    Heaven!...YoU are.... BRILLANT

    September 2011
  • kalaine

    Love these guys. YEAH!

    July 2011
  • eastbaythunder

    \,,,/ Yeah \,,,/

    June 2011
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NEW ALBUM RELEASE!!! 'THE MAZE'

19 Sep 2010 | from blog.myspace.com/soundsfromtheground

We are releasing our latest album titled 'THE MAZE' on Waveform Records. 'The Maze' will be available on cd and digitally worldwide from October 12th.

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