High Contrast
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High Contrast is the stage name of Welsh drum and bass DJ and producer Lincoln Barret. He was born in Cardiff, Wales in 1979.
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[edit] History
He grew up more interested in films and film soundtracks rather than music, and still cites Wendy Carlos's A Clockwork Orange soundtrack album and the Vangelis soundtrack for Blade Runner as defining musical influences. Whilst studying film making in Newport, J Majik's Arabian Nights which turned the then 17-year-old Lincoln onto drum and bass.
A short time after he began to make music, he was given a DJ residency at Cardiff's drum and bass night, named Silent Running. During his residency at Silent Running, Lincoln played alongside DJs such as Grooverider and London Elektricity.
Lincoln's sound can be simply classified as drum and bass, but many other music critics are beginning to call his specific sound liquid funk, the sound first defined by Fabio. It is sometimes described as uplifting jungle.
His music contains many motifs and elements found in House music, such as androgynous time stretched vocals, electric pianos, violins and low-pass filtered samples.
In June 2002, Lincoln's debut LP True Colours was released on Hospital Records to critical acclaim, with 'Return of Forever' and 'Global Love' finding their way into the UK singles chart. His second album High Society was one of the most successful drum and bass albums of 2004.
On 6 April 2003, High Contrast was featured on the prestigious BBC Radio 1 Essential Mix show. His mix included most of the then current liquid funk anthems, mostly from the Hospital Records label. On 9 January 2005, this Essential Mix was replayed on Radio 1 when another drum and bass artist, Andy C, was unable to deliver his mix.
[edit] Today
He is a highly sought-after DJ and receives numerous remix requests. Lincoln doesn't drink, eat meat or take drugs. His father used to manage Shakin Stevens, and taught him how to dance. His mother is Welsh Assembly Member Lorraine Barrett for Cardiff South and Penarth.
Lincoln currently is a resident DJ at the following clubs: Precinct at Club I in Cardiff, Hospitality as part of Hospital Records at Herbal in London and occasionally, at Fabric in London.
With the releases of "When The Lights Go Down", "Angels and Fly Remix" and the forthcoming "Days Go By", Lincoln has shifted his talents somewhat from liquid funk to music with a somewhat harder edge. His newer, more synth-driven releases still contain his classic melodic style.
In October of 2005, Lincoln launched his own record label, The Contrast. The first single, "Days Go By/What We Do" is due out in early November.
[edit] Discography
[edit] Albums
[edit] Singles
- Return of Forever (2002)
- Global Love (2002)
- Make it Tonight/Mermaid Scar
- Basement Track
- Twilight's Last Gleaming/Made it Last Night
- Racing Green/St Ives
- When the Lights Go Down/Magic
- Days Go By/What We Do
- Natural High
- Everything's Different/Green Screen
[edit] External links
- High Contrast official biography at Hospital Records.com
- Interview with High Contrast (2002)
- High Contrast on MySpace
- High Contrast at Discogs
- High Contrast at rolldabeats
| Drum and bass |
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| Clownstep - Darkcore - Darkstep - Drumfunk - Hardstep - Intelligent - Jazzstep - Jump-Up - Liquid funk - Techstep - Trancestep - Neurofunk |
| Other electronic music genres |
| Ambient | Breakbeat | Drum and bass | Electronica | Electronic Art Music | Hard Dance | Hardcore | House | Industrial | Synthpop | Techno | Trance |
