{"id":1692,"date":"2019-10-29T13:51:43","date_gmt":"2019-10-29T04:51:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wozowski.com\/blog\/?p=1692"},"modified":"2019-10-29T13:51:43","modified_gmt":"2019-10-29T04:51:43","slug":"ear-drum-session-165-one-giant-leap","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wozowski.com\/blog\/?p=1692","title":{"rendered":"Ear &#038; Drum Session 165: One Giant Leap"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wozowski.com\/blog\/Images\/One_Giant_Leap.jpg?w=474\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In 1995 when Alex Reece released Pulp Fiction and the D&amp;B world lost it&#8217;s collective shit about the step beat in and pulsing bass in the track I just thought it sounded plodding and boring compared to the repecharge beats of the Amen break. When it spawned a million copycat tracks and then it&#8217;s own genre I thought the music had taken a huge step (excuse the pun) backwards.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Fast forward to 2005 and D&amp;B had seriously run out of ideas and was looking for a sound to excite me again. Pouring over the back catalogue I started listening to all those old Tech Step tracks and the penny finally dropped a full 10 years later. Ever since I&#8217;ve made sure I pick up any old Steppers I come across knowing one day I&#8217;d come back to mix them and that time is now!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This is a who&#8217;s who of Tech Step classics. No point in calling out high lights as every track in here is there because they shaped a genre that turned out to be one of D&amp;B&#8217;s best and most unique sounds. With new listeners currently drooling over Jungle as THE sound of D&amp;B, it is only a matter of time before it takes another giant leap into the sounds of Step. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Remember you read it here first.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/wozowski.com\/mixes\/One_Giant_Leap_Woz.mp3\">One Giant Leap &#8211; 1.5hrs of Classic Tech Step<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Gang Related &amp; Mask &#8211; Dictation (Michael Caine Mix)<br> Ed Rush, Optical &amp; Fierce &#8211; Cutslo (Locuste Remix)<br> Ray Keith &#8211; D4 Toxic Waste (Elementz of Noize Remix)<br> Capone &#8211; Tudor Rose<br> Dillinja &#8211; Go Dillinja<br> Photek &#8211; Baltimore<br> Jonny L &#8211; Wish U Had Something (Remix)<br> John B &#8211; Secrets<br> Nasty Habits &#8211; Shadow Boxing<br> Genotype &#8211; The Germ<br> Atom 1 &#8211; Imminent<br> Adam F &#8211; Metropolis<br> Dillinja &#8211; The Angels Fell<br> Boymerang &#8211; Still<br> Tonic &#8211; Delta<br> DJ SS &#8211; Lost iN New York<br> Dieselboy &#8211; The Descent<br> Dom &amp; Roland &#8211; Dance All Night<br> Jonny L &#8211; Piper<br> Fortran &#8211; The End Part II (feat. Fierce)<br> Ed Rush &amp; Nico &#8211; August (Unreleased VIP Mix)<br> Ed Rush &#8211; The Raven<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In 1995 when Alex Reece released Pulp Fiction and the D&amp;B world lost it&#8217;s collective shit about the step beat in and pulsing bass in the track I just thought it sounded plodding and boring compared to the repecharge beats of the Amen break. When it spawned a million copycat tracks and then it&#8217;s own &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wozowski.com\/blog\/?p=1692\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Ear &#038; Drum Session 165: One Giant Leap<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":51434,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[54,3,20],"tags":[45],"class_list":["post-1692","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-54","category-ear-drum-session","category-tech-step","tag-ear-drum-session"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/poSfS-ri","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wozowski.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1692","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wozowski.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wozowski.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wozowski.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/51434"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wozowski.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1692"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.wozowski.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1692\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1695,"href":"https:\/\/www.wozowski.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1692\/revisions\/1695"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wozowski.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1692"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wozowski.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1692"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wozowski.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1692"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}