(Photo by Aaron Clevenger)
TROUBLE TOWN
by Vivian Host
Hey, did you know that Trouble & Bass is celebrating our 25th release with a special reissue compilation? Well, we are. But I bet you knew that didn't you, Mr. Know-It-All? To celebrate, we all did a cracked out little dance because we drank too much Amp, then we asked Patrick Rood (a.k.a. TheCaptain666, Rood Rod, Rood Dog, etc.), Trouble & Bass DJ and label manager, a few questions the past, present, and future of the label.
What can people expect from the 25th release compilation?
We thought it would be good to celebrate our 25th release by putting out a compilation that includes some of our best-selling tracks as well as some of the tracks that we love that didn't get as much attention the first time around. We've got 13 tracks on there that sum up the T&B sound and how it's grown in the past three years.
Tell us a little bit about the beginnings of the T&B label.
Trouble & Bass started in Jan 2007. Here's some trivia for you: our first unofficial release was a no-name white label in a purple sleeve that had a few DTL and Math Head tunes on there (look out for hidden classic "Bricks"!). But really, the first T&B release was the Turbo Charged EP, which has two Drop The Lime tunes, and a track each from Starkey, Mathhead, and Curses! It's a release that really defined and captured the T&B sound coming from Brooklyn at that time, with influences from the UK and European underground, and of course grimy U.S. sounds. If you listen to these tracks now, they were definitely ahead of their time as far as music coming out of North America, and some almost sound like they've been made in the past year. Certainly a timeless release.
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