Tripnotic – Phantom EP (FILTER048)
Release date: November 21st, 2011
Genres: Drum’n’Bass, Jungle, Jump-Up, Tech-Step, Dubstep
For fans of: Roni Size, Dillinja, Shy FX, DJ Marky
ABOUTTHERELEASE
Phantom was made as a revolt to the current state of drum’n’bass, divided in micro-genres with everyone trying to copy the latest cliché. Tripnotic was using the tune as a secret weapon on his club gigs for some time and decided it is finally time to release it. He manages to merge liquid and dancefloor, salsa and tech in the same song, proving a point that it is actually possible to make everyone happy while staying true to your own style. The two remixes serve as a nice contrast to the original: Es-Dub has a no nonsense classic Bristol jump-up approach and Etheric Loopz has provided his trade-mark intellectual dark and dirty version of d’n’b.
There is a special goodie included in the promo pack – a tune called Phantomize, which is a mash-up of the Phantom original and Q-Tip’s vocal from the Chemical Brothers hit Galvanize. It is a gift to all Filter supporters.
REACTIONS
Excellent drum & bass E.p nasty and groovy, tipically the kind of stuff I love !!!! – DJ Prosper, Bombstrikes/Expressillon
Original and Etheric here for me. Def DJ use on these! – Ben & Lex, Ape/Rocstar
Phantom has all the elements. – Ben Drumsound
I’ve never been a huge drum & bass fan, but your track Phantom with that jazzy guitar is something of its own. – Bernd from Naomi
Original mix works for me. – Pete, Red Sea Dance Radio
I’m digging this, great track. – Graeme Park
Good Record! – Jeffrey Disastronaut, Audio Sushi
Nice work – Overdrive Underground Radio, USA
Yes ..this is gonna smash up the place! – DJ Danny Rose, Oxford FM
Original mix of this is definitely my favourite, will be giving this a spin and probably the mash-up as well. – Mobius
Support! – Hexadecimal
Pretty cool stuff – Mark Bisson, 1 Dance FM USA
Tubas on acid! – Sean John, Sense Of Beat, Czech Republic
Yeah really feelin this promo. Keep up the great work. – Marc Reck
Damn! this is some hard hitting shit right here! I like – Abstract Butta Fingas
Seems to be some timing issues with the guitar on this one? The Chemicals vocal works well in the bootleg version though! Etheric Loopz’ more glitched up rework is pretty cool too. – Bob Kickflip
Filthy slice of dubstep love the beats – Off The Chart Radio Show
Phantom powers up the massive – wicked tune brotha! – Dubmatix
Got me groovin’ my dear – DJ Kerse
Nice work – Sasha Le Monnier, Source Of Gravity
Phantom is the shit – DJ Dflow
Dark – DJ Skratch, Inspiration FM
Good song! – Paul Nova, DI FM
I’m diggin that Phantom cut! – Artform Recordings
Loving the strings and b-line here, got a really sinister feel to it. – Moxie
Great stuff! Really love the bass sounds! Nice and Fat! – The Pryor Theory
I’m liking the beats, very Optical! Keep diggin, It’s all about the breaks. – Auto-9
We like Tripnotic’s tunes, especially the aggresive edge he got on Phantom. – Dilated States
Reminds me of Goldie’s Shadow – Jimmy McNaib
Sick bit of dnb – ABX / Starjackers (Southern Fried / Deepblue)
Yes! – Timmy, Kiss FM AUS Programmer
ABOUTTHEARTIST
Producer, remixer, radio and club DJ, promoter and label owner, Tripnotic has never been a fan of music genre boundaries. He amazed the music journos with the tripped-out Fresh Paint EP, frequented the catwalks with the lounge masterpiece Asylum EP and stormed the dancefloors with the anthemic breaks release System Check, and now he is back with his own vision of drum’n’bass.
