Pacific Steppaz
Nothing makes my mind’s vocal chords sing like great stories about musical dissemination. So here is one for your books: While two UK backpackers are hiking the tiny island of Vanuatu in the South Pacific, they meet local islanders John Regis and Thony B, who, during an unfortunate rainstorm were kind of enough to take the hikers in. What they didn’t know was that the Brits were carrying a Speed Garage and 2-Step compilation CD, the sounds of which wouldn’t leave the island of Vanuatu until the two formed the production duo Pacific Steppaz, and were making innovative 2-Step and Dubstep sounds together with samples from a Melanesian choir. The results are quite interesting, and they’re below for your listening pleasure.
The first tune, their “theme song” entitled “Pacific Steppaz,” features a nice 4/4 beat that is slow to build, stretching the song with a welcomed patience before unleashing a triumphant array of youthful choral voices and the added benefit of a polite, but impressionable bassline.
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Pacific Steppaz – Pacific Steppaz Theme
The second tune, and my personal favorite, is entitled “Gerrard II. (Sat In Silence). Utilizing the bright choral samples of the Melanesian choir again, this tune pairs them with a subtle 2-step riddim, reminiscent of Kanye’s best moments with tribal drum samples. Darkening the tune with a menacing vocal sample, a man recites the words “We buried them ourselves”, foreshadowing an ominous break midway in the song, dropping into some spacious and hollow Dubstep bizness, conjuring Shackelton’s skeletal production techniques.
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Pacific Steppaz – Gerrard II. (Sat In Silence)
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Neither of the downloads turn out to be the Pacific Steppaz songs they are said to be, it sounds like some random mix.
Comment by Anonymous — October 2, 2009 @ 9:44 pm
real shame- cant get these tracks through the link. any chance of a getting it looked at?
Comment by Anonymous — October 4, 2009 @ 3:41 pm
That 2nd one is something special. Fire!
and yeah, something odd is going on with the links. here are the tracks:
http://www.trashmenagerie.com/audio/Pacificsteppaz/gerrard%20ll.%20sat%20in%20silence.mp3
http://www.trashmenagerie.com/audio/Pacificsteppaz/pacific steppaz.mp3
Comment by Five — October 4, 2009 @ 6:10 pm
WOW! So sorry peoples. I will fix the links immediately.
Comment by TheCrookedClef — October 5, 2009 @ 1:14 am