Liquid Drum & Bass Flashbacks - Seba - Snow
Keep Calm & Bass On
While the crypto markets have a bit of a funny moment, I like to stack low frequency basslines and plough sick drum & bass beats through my ears! Seriously though, if you're feeling a little stressed out from it or anything else, I'm here to provide you with daily tunes and a bit of dialogue to take you away for a bit! On to today's share, I've been heavily rinsing this track on autoplay on YouTube after hearing it in the mix I shared when I started posting again. I have always enjoyed Seba's deep vibes and this one really struck a few chords with me - here's his track called "Snow":
Snow
This one was released in 2009 on the legendary Hospital Records Sick Music compilation and the dreamy intro is characteristic of the sounds that Seba put in his tunes. For me, the section from about 1:28 until the breakdown is pure frozen snow heaven as the spaced out synth sounds come in and elevate us to the mountains. Kudos to Moogli who put this video together, absolutely perfect accompaniment to the original!
Seba & Paradox
Although Snow is 12 years old now, I only just discovered it and there were many tunes I had heard from Seba over the years, this one must have just slipped through the net! Some of my favourites were his collaborations with Paradox, a male vocalist with a unique voice that complimented those dreamy sounds beautifully. Last Goodbye always got the emotions going as I was going through a tough break up when I heard it. However, it was Seba & Paradox's debut release on Hospital back in 2005 that brings back the memories with their tune called "Move On":
Influences
If you've been listening to my music, particularly the drum & bass stuff, you'll probably hear some the influences from Seba at some point. The melodic synths and dreamy pads are something I've been trying to hone over the last 10 years or so. For me, it's all about taking someone on a journey and lifting them to another place, albeit for only a few minutes. I feel trance sounds fused with liquid dnb offers the best of both with that but in honesty, good music transcends whatever the genre… but I'm sure you already know that my go to is always liquid dnb haha! I'll definitely have to add this one to my first mix when I get back in the mixing game!
What are your favourite Seba tracks? Let me know in the comments below!
Nicky
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It is amazing 😁
Yeah mate, Seba knocks this one out of the park 👌
The snow one is awesome! I’m actually fucking pumped to learn this but I was able to pop the video out on my phone and now I can respond here while listening to the song. Love it! The music is definitely something I’ll listen to more of. These old tracks, once you discover them are gold! I love artists like Blackmill and even though they haven’t produced any music in the recent years I don’t think, the stuff from 10 years ago is amazing so it’s like discovering it brand new for me. Sarajevo is one of my favorites of his, and Oh Miah. Lots of good tracks!
I think I’m gonna pop on your page tomorrow while I work and go through all these songs lol
I've literally been rinsing Snow all day long today, I'm thinking I may have to do my own edit of it as I quite like the dreamy synth pattern from the intro and wish it came back in the final couple of minutes of the track before fading out in DJ mix friendly fashion!
Hit me up with some links to Blackmill, would love to hear them! I agree with you, I think the sounds from 2004-2009 were some of the best DnB around. Discovering these older tracks is like a new track anyway if you haven't heard them before! Plenty of amazing releases!
And that's a great discovery about playing in the background on your phone haha! Take the little victories!
Blackmill is a little different in sound, electronic for sure but I don’t know how you would classify it. Let me know after you listen to it!
Here’s Oh Miah, one of my faves.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Sf7ubB0Ar14
I just listened to your newest post, love it!
Sorry it took me a while to get back, I was looking for this reply as I'm drowning in a sea of Hive notifications haha! Listening in to it now and it sounds like a branch of chillstep combined with dubstep with that heavier snare. Quite melodic, thanks for sharing. Definitely one to listen to to unwind after a stressful week!
just listened to the - "Seba Snow" it's soothing and amazing. cheers
Oh yes, it's definitely got a hypnotic sound to it, pulls you in from the off and takes you on a journey!
I love Seba & Paradox!! I hope we get the chance to DJ together sometime my demented & euphoric duck friend @nickyhavey, weeeeehhhhh <3
Weehhhhhhh! Yeah they are quite a dynamic duo! Have to admit, I've been rinsing Snow so much over the last 24 hours, may have to make my own edit of it when I get back in to mixing again! Hopefully we can hook up the 1s and 2s sometime, I'm sure we can put on a liquid dnb fest like no other!