Ectopic Beats Volume 1, by Dr Rubberfunk

Ectopic Beats Volume 1

by Dr Rubberfunk

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Kieran Had to buy this as there was no way I could only listen to this a handful of times. Grabbed the cassette. The music here is just too good. Favourite track is going to change with each listen but with the first its Slowly, Surely. Favorite track: Slowly, Surely.

DJ Hombre Difficult to pick a single favourite from such a great and varied selection of cuts. Heavy Over Easy caught me off guard as I’ve got the LP that the vocals were lifted from…nicely chopped to add something new to the sample.
Cymbal Socking has definite Fingathing vibes thanks to the laid back groove & defy scratching from Buddy Peace (another Bandcamper worth checking out) Favorite track: Cymbal Socking feat. Buddy Peace.

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Custom wound tabs-out cassette with printed J-card inlays in Norelco cases. Only 100 copies available!

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1.	Time To Relax feat. Titeknots 02:34	info	buy track
2.	Memories Down 03:03		buy track
3.	Glad About It 02:55		buy track
4.	Well I Might (Interlude) 01:04
5.	Slowly, Surely 03:23		buy track
6.	I Know Ya 03:39		buy track
7.	Now (Interlude) 01:31
8.	Swing King 03:08		buy track
9.	Holla 02:26		buy track
10.	Cymbal Socking feat. Buddy Peace 03:20		buy track
11.	Shadows Lengthen Into Darkness 02:09		buy track
12.	Heavy Over Easy 03:06		buy track
13.	Au Contraire 02:00		buy track
14.	Hot Hits (Interlude) 01:33
15.	Montmarte 1540 03:44		buy track
16.	Half Nelson 02:16		buy track
17.	Woodland Break 03:22		buy track
18.	Night On The Dials 03:19		buy track
19.	Ectopic Beats Vol.1 - Side 1 (Mixed) 23:30	info
20.	Ectopic Beats Vol.1 - Side 2 (Mixed) 24:40	info

about

‘Ectopic Beats Volume 1’ is the first in a series of newly arranged unreleased recordings from the archive of UK producer and multi-instrumentalist Simon Ward - aka Dr Rubberfunk. His first solo music since releasing ‘My Life At 45’ in 2020 - an album lauded by BBC 6 Music (UK), Bandcamp Daily and awarded a prestigious Sélection FIP on FIP Radio (FR) - the origins of the music presented here span the entire 25 years of his music producing career and are firmly rooted in his love of sampling and the mesmeric qualities of a good loop.

Discussing the new project, Simon elaborated on the thought processes behind Volume 1. “After moving studio in 2021, I was doing a lot of sorting & clearing, both of gear and files on hard drives, and I realised that the large number of tracks had been sat in a folder marked TO BE FINISHED was really starting to get me down. Sitting there reminding me that in some way I’d failed by not completing them. So, in 2022 I began sorting them out, rediscovering what was there, and I found that plenty were far more complete than I remembered. A handful were already full instrumental ‘songs’, others still existed as simpler beats with nothing more than a hypnotic 2 bar loop, they’d just never found a home. I felt that with a bit of cutting and pasting they could form a cohesive album, built around the idea that the songs didn’t have to be anything other than they already were - music that I was enjoying listening to over and over.”

Pulling in a pair of features from long time friends and associates Titeknots & Buddy Peace - both heavyweight producers with a very strong pedigree in racking and stacking a sample or two - also aided the creative process, and it was at this point that the idea of a beat tape style release began to crystallise. Simon admits that the process of ‘starting to finish’ these older beats had him “falling back in love with sampling”, quickly leading to the creation of brand new tracks as he settled on a sound and direction for the album.

“I went marauding back through my record collection, pulling out LPs that I’d tagged with post-it notes at some point decades ago, nothing rare or extraordinary or never-heard-before, just interesting stuff in all styles & that I’d always wanted to do something with, but not gotten round to. Lots of these dusty and wobbly samples were useful glue as I started cutting different demos together, also treating my own recordings as samples, using ideas previously recorded on drums, guitar, keyboards or bass and put to one side ‘for later’.”

Later, for once, is finally now!

credits

released September 6, 2024

Produced by Dr Rubberfunk for Funkydown Productions.
Additional production & keyboards on 'Time To Relax' by Jonathan James.
Cuts on 'Cymbal Socking' by Buddy Peace.
Written by Simon Ward, except 'Time To Relax' written by Jonathan James & Simon Ward.

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Dr Rubberfunk UK

Simon Ward began DJing in his Dr Rubberfunk guise in 1992, releasing his debut 12” in 2001. He has since produced 5 artist albums; ‘The First Cut’, ‘My Life At 33’, ‘Hot Stone’, 'My Life At 45' & most recently 'Ectopic Beats Vol.1', alongside remixing & producing numerous artists, including Izo FitzRoy's debut LP 'Skyline'. ... more

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