The Coastal Commission “The Conversation” Le Conversation was a
French bakery located right across the street from the old PCH studio
“The Hall of Records” situated at the end of Melrose Avenue on the edge
of Hollywood. I had relocated from the Sunny shores of Carpinteria and
brought all the gear with me right on the edge of Hollyweird. Often
times you would find me stumbling over there on a Saturday & Sunday
at the break of day, blood shocked eyes and whiskey on my breath for a
fresh coffee and chocolate eclair after an all-night sesh making beats.
Around that time we had started working on Drum & Bass tunes for my
label CRIMESCENE and were experimenting with different techniques.
One weekend I was hosting Goldie’s old producer and Moving Shadow
label boss Rob Playford alongside Mc Jakes, EZ Rollers and Calyx for a
festival just outside of LA. After taking them for breakfast at Le
Conversation we all piled over to mine for a smoke and Rob gave me
some tips on making Growly Basslines. That next week we got to work.
During the process we watched Gene Hackman in “The Conversation”
about a crazy spy setting up microphones outdoors to entrap a bad guy
and also caught Optical Dj’ing with Ed Rush up the street at Johnny
Depp’s Viper Room. After an all-night sesh of “Soul Caliber” Matt & Ben
gave us some pointers & not long after “the Conversation “was born.
An overdriven Bassline, Dubbed out bleeps sampled from a New
Zealand crosswalk layered thru Space echoes and old Roland Delays
gave the track an other-worldly feel.
The 303 chugs along breaking down into haunting Zulu choruses while
the bleeps roll in and out and the track growls like you’re drifting
through space. Definitely a late night affair. Originally on the Beat
nonstop label and fetching a pretty penny on Discogs we’ve
brought it back on Pacific Coast House remastered my the Mighty Martin Iveson. Enjoy.
Boing “Currency” Finally this one has been unearthed. Boing originating
from Argentina blessed us with this & it was a secret weapon of DJ Doc Martin for years. I paired in with The
Conversation on this slab of wax as it too has an other-worldly feel of
dancing in outer space. The B-line is absolutely massive on a rig this
and the wiggly bleeps keep splashing in & out before the monster synth
line comes in and lifts you up to the rafters. Word has it the Wiggle boys
hammered this alongside Swag lad Grant Dell. This was only available
on 10 white labels prior to getting this full release.
Run don’t walk to cop this, an absolute gem in your arsenal!