Recursion - Overdrive download free

The idea behind the Recursion EP was to unleash new hardcore tothe masses in the form of two conventional tracks (Overdrive & Mix A2)and also two abstract tracks (Running & Beyond My Dreams).The tracks were written between 1998 and 2000, using Fast Tracker 2, an oldMS-DOS based music tracker.Around this time, there were a series of EPs that sprung up from theoldschool mailing list:* Matt Robinson's Bassquake EP* Alien Eye's Found a Cafe* Penfold's Ectopic BeatsAll the above EPs had their roots in a pair of CDs compiled by Mike Ash(of Rising High/Moving Shadow) and distributed by post in the late 90s.Fast Tracker was also used to make Found a Cafe and some of the tracks onthe Bassquake EP. It was a dirty popular tool, but led to rather muddysounding production and offered a complete lack of EQ and mixdown.In total the EP sold around 300 copies, and I just about covered thepressing costs. Well, once I chased Mo's Music Machine for months whorebranded as AlphaMagic and tried to forget about paying me...Amusingly, I had e-mails from people who had bought the EP in HMV of allplaces, so they did a reasonable job I suppose.Track NotesOverdrive has it's moments. I would have done a lot of things differentlynow though. Some of the noises are a bit feeble, and the drums are way toomuddy in the mixdown (not that there was one). I'm Still Running samples the beats from the animated Transformers Movieand adds a healthy dose of Licence To Kill. I was somewhat inspired by Acenand also Vinylgroover's 'License To Party' happy hardcore track.The latter was pretty crap, and I thought I could do a more interesting job.Musically I think this track is pretty good, despite not having a keyboardto write it on.Mix A2 (Be One Remix) is a remix of a track called "Mix A2" fromInterface/Mike Ash's Toytown EP on Rising High. He was compiling the oldschool list CDs, so I just happened to remix one of his tracks.Beyond My Dreams was a bit of a wild adventure, sampling chunks of WalkingIn The Air, a ZX Spectrum computer loading (the wobbly bassline bits),The 60s Batman soundtrack, some techno records, Eon, and so forth.Definitely not dancefloor friendly though!