Smith & Mighty - Bass is Maternal In the late nineties my heart and ears were firmly in Bristol - Roni Size, Massive Attack, Portishead - it was all happening - the birth of trip hop and drum and bass from Hip Hop and Jungle - what happens when the suburban meets the urban, black meets white (and every color in between). Smith & Mighty- Bass Is Maternal (1995) at 11:11:00 PM. Email This BlogThis! Share to Twitter Share to Facebook Share to Pinterest. No comments: Post a Comment. In Hour 2 celebrating 30 years since their first release, on November 16th foundation laying forefathers Smith & Mighty release ‘Ashley Road Sessions’. This special one-off double label partnership between Pinch’s Tectonic and Peverelist’s Punch Drunk is an endeavour in homage to their Bristol neighbours, whom they both hold in high regard. 'Smith & Mighty are true pioneers in music. Discover releases, reviews, credits, songs, and more about Smith & Mighty - Bass Is Maternal at Discogs. Complete your Smith & Mighty collection. Smith & Mighty’s first full-length album, BASS IS MATERNAL. With each pulse, each hi-hat rewound and rerubbed, each sliver of keyboard omitted and reintroduced in between the constant heartbeat of a dubwise bassline, the boundary between me and the sub-frequencies entering my ears and body is diminished.
Origin | Bristol, England |
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Genres | Trip hop |
Years active | 1987–present |
Labels | Studio !K7, Three Stripe, Beatmaster Records |
Associated acts | More Rockers |
Members | Rob Smith Ray Mighty Peter D Rose |
Smith & Mighty are an English trip hop group from Bristol, England, consisting of Rob Smith and Ray Mighty. Their first releases, in the late 1980s, were breakbeat covers of 'Anyone Who Had a Heart' and 'Walk On By'.[1] Both songs entered the UK Singles Chart.[2] Their work was associated with the Bristol sound, a precursor to Trip Hop.[3]
They produced Massive Attack's first single, 'Any Love' released in 1988.[4][5] In 1989, they produced 'Wishing on a Star' for Fresh Four, which charted in the UK at number 10.
Discography[edit]
Studio albums
- Bass Is Maternal (More Rockers, 1995)
- Big World Small World (Studio !K7, 2000)
- Life Is... (Studio !K7, 2002)
- The Ashley Road Sessions 88-94 (Punch Drunk, 2018)
Compilation albums
- Retrospective (Studio !K7, 2004)
- The Three Stripe Collection 1985-1990 (Bristol Archive Records, 2012)
DJ mix albums
- DJ-Kicks: Smith & Mighty (Studio !K7, 1998)
EPs
- Stepper's Delight (Three Stripe/London/PolyGram, 1992)
- Remember Me (Three Stripe/London/PolyGram, 1994)
Singles
- 'Walk On...' (Three Stripe, 1988)
- 'Anyone...' (Three Stripe, 1988)
- 'Same' (More Rockers, 1996)
- 'No Justice' (Studio !K7, 1999)
- 'Seeds' (Studio !K7, 1999)
- 'Life Has a Way' / 'B-Line Fi Blow' (Studio !K7, 2002)
- 'Maybe It's Me' (Studio !K7, 2002)
Productions
- Carlton - The Call Is Strong (1990)
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Remixes
- Neneh Cherry - 'Manchild' (1988)
- M People - 'Search for the Hero' (1995)
References[edit]
- ^Bush, John. 'Smith & Mighty'. AllMusic. Retrieved 12 October 2010.
- ^'Smith & Mighty'. Official Charts Company. Retrieved 23 January 2018.
- ^'Smithy & Mighty'. Bristolarchiverecords.com. Retrieved 21 June 2020.
- ^Webb, Peter (October 2007). 'Once Upon A Time In Bristol: Bristol Blues and Roots'. Red-lines.co.uk. Retrieved 12 October 2010.
- ^'Dug Out // Sound & Vision // Rob Smith and Smith & Mighty'. Electricpavilion.org. Retrieved 12 October 2010.
External links[edit]
- Smith & Mighty at AllMusic
- Smith & Mighty discography at Discogs
- Smith & Mighty discography at MusicBrainz
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Rob Smith Mixes
Part 1. Reggae. April 05
Part 2. Mixed bag. April 05
Part 3. Drifters. April 05
Part 1. Reggae. April 05
Part 2. Mixed bag. April 05
Part 3. Drifters. April 05
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In 1988 clubs, cafes and bars across the nation began tuning into a track that would help define the next 16 years of British dance music. 'Anyone (who had a heart)', a Bacharach and David cover, done in a style that used the lyrics but resembled little of the original, introduced 'Smith and Mighty' to the U.K. dance culture's consciousness. The tracks heavy synthesised dub bass, tight production, mid-tempo b-drum heavy and sharp snare beat, set off with piano, strings, a couple of well placed samples sat magnificently behind Jackie Jackson's sublime vocal. This track presented a new mix template for dance music which had been hinted at by the Wild Bunch's version of 'The Look of Love' the year before. The duo of Rob Smith and Ray Mighty perfected this style with their own unique vision as they went on to release another instant classic 'Walk on By' (again a Bacharach and David cover), produced a top ten single for Fresh Four (Wishing on a Star), produced Massive Attacks first single (Any Love) and a sublime album for Carlton (The Call is Strong) on London records who had pulled out the cheque book to sign the act.
Smith and Mighty continued to produce, remix and DJ across the world and worked on an album that would not see the light of day due to record company short-sightedness. During this time they worked with Neneh Cherry and Fine Young Cannibals amongst others before they left London in 1994. One 12' they did release before leaving London was the 'Steppers Delight EP', tracks on this anticipated the 'Jungle/Drum and Bass' scene and kept S&M's reputation riding high. After they left London they set up their own 'More Rockers' label and set the standards even higher with the 'Bass is Maternal' album. Rob and Ray then provided K7 with a DJ kicks album and signed to the German Label for a series of Smith and Mighty albums. With Rob and Peter D Rose also linking up in the drum and bass act More Rockers the 1990s were a hectic and busy period.
Rob Smith has now entered a new phase in his recording career and has released his debut 'solo' album on Manchester's Grand Central Records. 'Up on the Downs' has all the elements of classic Bristolian creativity. You can hear Rob's many influences from Punk and New-Wave, Reggae and dub to heart wrenching Soul. There are collaborations with a range of vocalists who provide gorgeous compliments to Smiths compositions. Smith has consistently championed the independent, DIY philosophy of punk and has always produced music that speaks to the emotions as well as the dance floor. He is presently writing a second album for Grand Central, DJing all over the world and continuing to produce music of the highest quality.
Thanks to Pete Webb for permission to use this text from www.electricpavilion.org/dugout/
PDF: ART AND SOUND OF THE BRISTOL UNDERGROUND by CHRIS BURTON and GARY THOMPSON (c) Tangent Books 2009
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