The Space Cowboys are happy to bring you this very special, holiday edition of The RIPEcast courtesy of our good friends Slyde [slybeats.com, Fingerlickin]. Featuring their forthcoming release, "Russian Girls Are Dangerous" this delectable, 30-minute RIPEcast-exclusive mix is sure to keep you movin' through those long lines at the airport this weekend, Boys and Girls.
Safe Travels and Happy Thanksgiving from The Space Cowboys, Everyone!
Check out Slyde on their new website www.slybeats.com!
Slyde have been gracing the breaks scene with their unique style of layered beats for almost a decade. 12Tree initially engineered Laidback’s ‘Frequency Delinquency’, with the latter’s belief that “rave is early break beat speeded up” running through its veins. The pair’s infatuation with funky, phat and well-produced breaks ensured they gelled perfectly and the album saw spectacular success winning Amazon’s Electronic Album of the Year in 2002.
Following various accomplishments with the breaks arm of the label Bolshi, the duo were reborn as Slyde. Under the new name and with a new home at Finger Lickin’, Slyde has seen incredible singles success with the outrageously funky Slippedy Slide and addictively infectious Krunk. Their last four releases under Finger Lickin’ sold over 15,000 records and every Slyde single has reached the Top Five of DJ Magazine’s Beats Chart as well as receiving extensive radio play on renowned stations such as XFM and Radio 1. After a chance introduction to Keith Flint of The Prodigy who immediately recognized their talent, the trio collaborated on Clever Brains Fryin’.
The duo have performed around the globe and back again at the very best clubs and festivals in all four corners of the world. They have started proceedings at Glastonbury for Annie Nightingale’s show on Radio 1, toured Australia, Asia and Canada, played slamming shows at Glade and fundraising parties in San Francisco for Burning Man and have rocked the floor at the world famous Womb Club in Tokoyo. Wherever Slyde perform, it is guaranteed they will smash up the dance floor.
Slyde’s discerning conception of break beats has resulted in the album ‘Everyone’s entitled to our Opinion’ that both reflects their core influences and origins and strikes with a sophisticated depth of sound, crossing breaks with melodic tunes and commercial awareness. The album featured a whole host of vocalists as the duo didn’t just want make breaks tunes that are easy to mix in a club, but wanted people to feel the lyrics and hear the songs.
Today, Slyde are bosses of their own, already successful label, ‘Slybeats’. Ripping through the city's underground like a cybertronic chainsaw and surrounded by urban grooves and industrial beats, Slybeats is set to dominate the musical landscape, flooding the dark streets with the laser lit sounds of the future.
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