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Tone Scientist
Basic Moves 16

Basic Moves 16
Basic Moves 16Basic Moves 16Basic Moves 16

Catno

BM16

Formats

1x Vinyl 12"

Country

Belgium

Release date

Jan 17, 2022

Tone Scientist - Basic Moves 16 | Basic Moves (BM16)

Far over on the west coast of the USA we find a room full of drum machines, samplers and keyboards. Hard at work is Israel ‘Iz’ Gravning aka Tone Scientist, who’s been using this Seattle studio to produce genre-defying future music for more than 25 years.

An avid student of jazz fusion, hip hop, house, techno and others, he was galvanised to build his own studio after hearing jungle and drum & bass on a trip to London in 1995. His musical course thus intersected with the collectives then pushing new dancefloor sonics rooted in the rich tradition of Black music – like Nuyorican Soul over on the east coast, and the new broken beats of IG Culture, Dego and Bugz In The Attic in London.

Then, in the early 2000s, Iz put out a handful of EPs under different aliases, including ‘Lion Dub’ on the Guidance sublabel Subtitled, but soon stepped back from the public stage. That’s not to say he stopped making or playing music, though. Far from it.

Fast forward two decades and our very own Walrus, chilly but happy in the depths of a Toronto winter, happened across ‘Lion Dub’ in the legendary Play The Record store. Intrigued, he tracked Iz down and discovered he had been active all this time. A short email exchange later and this 2xLP of archive material was born.

These six tracks explain fully why Iz calls his studio the ‘Time Machine’: vintage equipment and instruments converse with up-to-date software; classic sounds and textures twist into fresh configurations; and Iz’s own creativity and musicality sings to us from a location beyond the trappings of time or genre.

All music written, produced and mixed by Israel Gravning aka Tone Scientist in Seattle/Washington between 2005 - 2008 except for “Things Get Done”, written and produced in 2003, and “Bossman”, originally produced by Kris Moon and remixed by Tone Scientist. Zion12 was the name used by Israel for releasing Jungle/DnB and when DJing professionally around Seattle and elsewhere.

Mastered & cut by Stefan Betke at Scape Berlin. Brought to you by Crevette Distribution Brussels/Belgium.
All artwork by Camiflage. Printed by Bichel at Chromodrome Brussels/Belgium. Liner notes by Joe Delon.
Israel would like to thank Mom, Dad, my brothers Gabriel & Jagger and their families,Cord, Andy, Kiva, the Ninjas at DSF, the Grid crew & the Great Spirit.
Basic Moves would like to thank Jakob, Pim, Camiel, Boudewijn, Deg,Ailsa, Mike, Jordan, Kimcom & Joe.

Keep buying records/don’t stream your life away. Underground club culture: one love/one circle.

Media: Mi
Sleeve: M

24€*

*Taxes included, shipping price excluded

A1

Tone Scientist - Discrepancy

A2

Tone Scientist - Heartache

B1

Kris Moon - Bossman (Tone Scientist Remix)

C1

Tone Scientist - Pyramids On Mars

C2

Tone Scientist - Things Get Done

D1

Zion12 (aka Tone Scientist) - Esoteric Junglist

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