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Artist:	DISRUPT
Title:	Foundation Bit
Label:	WERKDISCS (UK)
Format:	LP
Price:	$17.00
Catalog #:	WERK 001LP

Previously released on CD by Werk, now available as an eight track vinyl version. Probably the most talked about bass transmission of recent times, Foundation Bit is one of the finest appropriations of Jamaican dub and 8 bit dancehall to be heard anywhere for many years, claiming runner-up spot in The Wire's top 10 dub records of 2007, and catching the ears of many a discerning listener. What would happen if Yardie priests took a bitcore nerd under their wing and gave him free reign with the stereo? Jan Gleichmar aka Disrupt is among the leading pioneers of modern dub, and alongside the likes of Skream, DMZ and Burial, has created his own palette of digi-dub interpretation, harking back to the '80s era of reggae. With a slow-paced skank and a filthy, uber-bassy production style that has much in common with King Tubby, Black Ark, and On-U Sound, and a title that nods to the legendary Keith Hudson, Foundation Bit is no less than a new digi-dub classic for the future generation.

Artist:	DISRUPT
Title:	Foundation Bit
Label:	WERKDISCS (UK)
Format:	CD
Price:	$17.00
Catalog #:	WERK 004CD

Werk Discs presents the debut full-length release by Jan Gleichmar aka Disrupt -- curator of the wonderful Jahtari site and label imprint. Disrupt finally brings his heavy, heavy pixilated dub sounds out on Jah formats. Recent, rabid interest in dubstep and all matters sound system have laid the groundwork almost perfectly for this release, not to mention a gradual and imperceptible shift in focus for diehard '70s roots fans, learning to love the early dancehall times, before gun-talk and slackness suggested reggae might self-combust. We're now seeing this final assumption of '80s reggae into the canon. The eight-bit spasms of Casio and Atari sounds werked some alchemical magic on the mid-'80s dancehall scene, and Disrupt looks set to bring the appreciation of this style full circle with this deadly soundbwoy exterminator.

Artist:	DISRUPT
Title:	Tubby Rom Module/Foundation Bit
Label:	WERKDISCS (UK)
Format:	12"
Price:	$11.00
Catalog #:	WERK 015EP

"London's Werk Discs have extended their international label mission far and wide for this summer, here managing to ensnare Leipzig's very own Disrupt -- curator of the wonderful Jahtari site, tempting him into finally bringing his heavy heavy pixilated dub sounds out on jah formats. Recent, rabid interest in dubstep and all matters sound system have laid the groundwork almost perfectly for this release, not to mention a gradual and imperceptible shift in focus for diehard '70s roots fans, learning to love the early dancehall times, before gun talk and slackness suggested reggae might self-combust. We're now seeing this final assumption of '80s reggae into the canon. The eight bit spasms of Casio and Atari sounds werked some alchemical magic on the mid-80s dancehall scene, and Disrupt looks set to bring the appreciation of this style full circle with a series of deadliest soundbwoy exterminating releases slated for this summer. Mighty eight bit ting a gwaan."

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