Sub Focus has premiered the official video for the house influenced house track "Turn Back Time," the sixth single from the British dance record producer's latest sophomore studio album "Torus." The track features uncredited vocals from British singer Yolanda Quartey, who is a member of the Bristol country/soul band Phantom Limb. The 31-year-old Sub Focus is turned in an absolutely phenomenal rework rammed full of rave atmosphere with chunky amens doing their thang alongside a monstrous sub line and a piano hook to die for.
Nick Douwma a.k.a. Sub Focus, came to the drum'n'bass scene from Guildford, UK in 2003, broke through with a number of tracks in his first year including "Acid Test," and "X-Ray." Entirely self taught, he was noticed at first by Andy C and, in a matter of months, went from being one of many wannabe producers to becoming a permanent fixture of the award winning RAM Records family. Although he may take his sweet time to churn out a full length, Sub Focus certainly knows how to add them into the history books. His 2009 self-titled debut was nine years in the making, and a genre-mashing breakout to critical acclaim.
"Torus," is a collection of eclectic genre shifting tracks that is pushing this reputation beyond the dance hinterlands and into the mainstream. On "Turn Back Time," we get a chest-thumping house cut that's driven by a powerful vocal and soaring melodies. At the time he was experimenting with 90's rave samples and the song originally used a Todd Terry sample but was re-recorded with session vocalist Quartey and worked into a new song. Terry is credited as a writer of the track despite not contributing specifically to the track. It's such a throw-back to the 90s diva-house sound, and he's just on fire.
Sub Focus told the story behind this song: "I've been doing a lot of sampling from the early '90s," he said. "There are quite a few acapellas that you can find; I'd really geek out and find out which versions of the original releases had the acapella on them, then try and buy the vinyl or CDs online to get the highest quality versions possible. That's how this track started by chopping these up, and coming up with ideas from there," he continued. "It ended up with me getting session musicians in to recreate some of the samples, which really freshened up the song." As always, the cinematography is stellar with the accompany video which telling a story of two individuals trying to do as the title of the song indicates. Simply a superb song and video!
Nick Douwma a.k.a. Sub Focus, came to the drum'n'bass scene from Guildford, UK in 2003, broke through with a number of tracks in his first year including "Acid Test," and "X-Ray." Entirely self taught, he was noticed at first by Andy C and, in a matter of months, went from being one of many wannabe producers to becoming a permanent fixture of the award winning RAM Records family. Although he may take his sweet time to churn out a full length, Sub Focus certainly knows how to add them into the history books. His 2009 self-titled debut was nine years in the making, and a genre-mashing breakout to critical acclaim.
"Torus," is a collection of eclectic genre shifting tracks that is pushing this reputation beyond the dance hinterlands and into the mainstream. On "Turn Back Time," we get a chest-thumping house cut that's driven by a powerful vocal and soaring melodies. At the time he was experimenting with 90's rave samples and the song originally used a Todd Terry sample but was re-recorded with session vocalist Quartey and worked into a new song. Terry is credited as a writer of the track despite not contributing specifically to the track. It's such a throw-back to the 90s diva-house sound, and he's just on fire.
Sub Focus told the story behind this song: "I've been doing a lot of sampling from the early '90s," he said. "There are quite a few acapellas that you can find; I'd really geek out and find out which versions of the original releases had the acapella on them, then try and buy the vinyl or CDs online to get the highest quality versions possible. That's how this track started by chopping these up, and coming up with ideas from there," he continued. "It ended up with me getting session musicians in to recreate some of the samples, which really freshened up the song." As always, the cinematography is stellar with the accompany video which telling a story of two individuals trying to do as the title of the song indicates. Simply a superb song and video!
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