BIOGRAPHY
Members: DJ Andy Smith, Scott Hendy
HISTORY
DJ's Scott Hendy and Andy Smith are the brains and team behind Dynamo Productions and their debut release on Illicit/Invada, Analogue, bridges the gap between hip hop, old skool funk and breaks, giving respect to the past while keeping their feet in the present.
Hit The Floor warms things up, it's one for the dancefloor and has featured on Deadly Avenger's Fabriclive CD and also on the Battlecreek series - a highly sampladelic jam with a nasty organ sample on top. Get It Together uses the same sample that made Soul of Man's "Between The Eyes" such a popular tune.
MC Profile features on two tracks - the laidback Think and head-nodding hip hop of Back To Basics. The latter works for me as it is catchier thanks to it's funky bassline and more uptempo feel.
The uptempo joints on the album are it's high points, a healthy mixture of old skool breaks, funky basslines coupled with scratches and cuts that Andy and Scott are known for. Busta Beat is a personal highlight of the album thanks to it's b-boy breakbeats, latin orchestra horns and James Brown like "Bust It" samples. Look out for the breakdown in the middle!
The album also has it's share of downtempo tracks such as Slip Inn and the bluesy Airwaves featuring yawning strings on a laidback beat and the album finishes off with the piano heavy We're Through featuring a female vocal sample, which appears to be lifted off a classic breakup tune.
Overall Analogue is a great album and born out of the need for Andy and Scott to bridge the gap between hip hop and funk tunes in their block rockin' DJ sets and unlike DJ Format's album, doesn't over utilise the skit approach to bridging the gap between songs. Many of the tunes feature heavily in their Showtime Vol 3 DJ mix, another highly recommended release worth looking out for.
DISCOGRAPHY
Albums:
Analogue 2003
Get It Together 2004
Singles, EP's:
Dynamo Productions / Freddy Fresh w/ Skate Board Kings - A Message From The King / Are You Feelin' It (7") Howlin' Records Howlin' 11 2001
Showtime Vol.1 (12") Illicit Recordings ILL12 006 2001
Steppin' It Up (12") Unique UNIQUE 054 2001
Showtime Vol.2 (12") Illicit Recordings ILL 12 010 2002
The Showtime Remix EP 3 versions Illicit Recordings 2003
Showtime Vol. 3 (12") Illicit Recordings ILL 12 014 2003
Think / Slip Inn (7") Unique UNIQUE 074-1 2003
Message From The King 2 versions Unique 2004
MORE INFO https://www.discogs.com/artist/18157-Dynamo-Productions
