Liquid Drum & Bass Flashbacks – Aquasky – Spectre
Who remembers GTA 3 then? Damn, that game was class, many an evening spent cruising around Liberty City in the Cheetah, stumbling around the radio stations before finding one called MSXFM where DJ Timecode and MC Codebreaker were repping some of the heaviest drum and bass beats from a mini mix of Moving Shadow's 01.1 studio set. With Codebreaker providing the pure fire lyrics for a solid 25 minutes, he gave himself a bit of a breather, understandably, whilst letting this beautiful liquid roller play out. I am of course talking about Spectre by Aquasky:
Spectre
Spectre was released on the Moving Shadow label back in 2001 and 20 years later, I've still had it on repeat these last few days. As soon as that atmospheric pad comes in from around 1 minute 49, I was lifted to another place for that 2 minutes or so after and I mentioned yesterday that I was starting to get the itch for mixing again. Well, this one would definitely make it in to my first live mix back, whenever that will be! Any of those missions that needed to be completed in GTA would have to wait until I had listened to this one all the way through, at least until after the atmospheric bit ended!
MSXFM
The heavier drum & bass part of that mix wasn't something I was feeling as much although I did end up buying the Moving Shadow 01.1 CD when I found it a shop on campus at Birmingham Uni, grabbed it for a couple of quid back then! Still have the CD now actually but I'd eventually fall in to liquid sounds with my taste of Drum & Bass. If you wanted to listen to the full GTA MSXFM mix and lose your sh*t for 25 minutes then check it out here.
Reading the comments in that MSX FM YouTube video, it seems I'm not the only one reminiscing about this set! It also looks like someone has actually called the number mentioned in the mix and the guy at the other end is just some random bloke! Haha! But I think he takes it in good spirit, probably got a load of calls from dnb nutters over the years. Check out the bottom comment though!
As that Volodyagold31 said though, probably best we leave that guy alone now! That is one hilarious comment thread though if you wanted to check it out in full!
Anyway, I hope you enjoyed this little trip down memory lane. Anyone else play GTA III and rinse MSXFM? Let me know!
Nicky
(Originally posted on my WordPress site here)
Oh, I have so many good memories with GTA video game saga.
Great post, @nickyhavey.
Haha, I remember the first ones where the view was from above. Still have the CD (yes, the CD) of the PC version of GTA - there was another great radio show on that which played out some hard dance music. Think I burned a hole in that disc haha! Great memories mate!
I played gta3 like 3 times and i feel like going back and notice the radio stations
Haha, I'm with you mate! I've just gone back to the original GTA game after playing that nonstop in the late 1990s, some truly epic soundtracks on the stations there. Ah nostalgia :)
I have GTA San Andreas downloaded on the old xbox 360.
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BEER.I never played that one actually. Only got as far as Vice City before I hung up my GTA controller! Are they any better later on? I heard GTA V is a beast?
GTA V is the most profitable game in history so far I believe. It's brought in a billion dollars I think, and that's old info from a year or two ago! It's a really fun game, I haven't played in years but shit do I love it lol got it on PS 3
Haha, well, I'm actually pretty happy to hear that. GTA has one of the best gameplay longevity of all recent games that other franchises like Call of Duty seem to have lost. Keep trying to reinvent the wheel every year, just focus on releasing a game that has updates every year for 3-5 years and then release a totally groundbreaking game with proper development! You can probably tell I'm a bit of a COD fan... or was... up until Ghosts!
Still got my Xbox 360 elite on the shelf but it's nothing but a dust collector now... if I ever get to extend days from 24 hours to 36 or longer, gaming time will have to factor in haha!
Talk about bringing back memories. My DJ partner and I racing around Tokyo blasting DnB. This was such a fun tune, super long, building intro and after the breakdown that lead stepped it up a notch. I remember making a claw with my hand and shaking it down like I had some electrical force when that lead came in and you would look for acknowledgment from the dance floor or your fellow DJ's. This was a great transition tune while you were figuring out what banger to play next.
2000 - 2002 were incredible times because the music matured so much. Every week someone came out with a new sound or a new style. It was a great time to be DJing in Tokyo. Cheers dude!
Hahaha, that claw hand story is hilarious and I can totally imagine it! We all did some crazy dance moves when we were out there on the floor, skanking away to the beats! I do love the rollers though and as you know, the art is finding a tune to blend in to the next one, almost creating a new tune in the process with those long liquid dnb tunes!
Glad to have brought back some nice memories for you mate! Loving it!