Thursday Throwback – May 19, 2011

This week’s throwback isn’t about a single track, but a collection of tracks. Approximately 728 hours worth of tracks to be exact. To be even more exact and way less ambiguous it’s about an Ottawa-based radio show called Futurhythm.

Futurhythm has been on the airwaves every week since 1997. Until last night, that is. For last night the needle was lifted from the record for the last time. Okay I’m being a bit melodramatic but seriously it is like the end of an era in the Ottawa drum & bass scene.

The show was only in its infancy as I was getting seriously into drum & bass but I credit both the show, and host Karl Haze, in solidifying my interest in the genre. I remember a specific mix-tape ripped from the show with tracks from John B’s Visions LP (1997), Renegade Hardware’s Quantum Mechanics LP (1998) and other tracks from the era. Of course I immediately rushed out and bought them all 😉

In time I found my own sound, but Futurhythm definitely played a role in shaping that sound. My hat goes off to Haze for his 14 years of dedication. Dude is like a Godfather of the Ottawa drum & bass scene.

I remember him playing Krust’s “Warhead” at a warehouse rave. Playing alongside him at a jungle party in the weird little venue on Besserer Street. And of course listening to the show on Wednesday nights while driving downtown to go to Urban Pressure @ Atomic!

So here we go. A retrospective mix from Haze…

http://postmobills.com/khaze/Karl_Haze-Urban_Pressure_Flashback_Session(Dec_2009).mp3

Track-listing and more info available here: http://turnawayskull.blogspot.com/2009/12/new-mix-karl-haze-urban-pressure.html

As he himself might say, big ups to the one they call Haze! EZ.

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