Commix

Dusted Commix

ON LIMITED HAND STAMPED (COMMIX LOGO) WHITE WIDESPINE SLEEVES * Anyone who was listening to electronic music, and particularly drum & bass, in 2007 will clearly remember the arrival of Commix' critically acclaimed debut album 'Call To Mind'. At that time breakbeat music clocking up more than 170bpms was heavily dominated by a swathe of Pendu-clones and a propensity to squash just about every piece of dynamic headroom a digital audio file could offer. * Rather than follow the path so heavily trodden by their peers, Commix offered a beautiful and simplistic alternative. Tracks such as the uplifting 'Be True' and the sweetly vocalled 'How You Gonna Feel' sat next to techno-influenced numbers such as 'Satellite Type 2' and 'Japanese Electronics', creating a mood and vibe that was irrefutably special. * Fast forward nearly five years and Commix' place in musical history remains just as relevant as it did in the wake of their debut. Having released the 'Call To Mind' remix album 'Re: Call To Mind' in 2010, including reworks from Burial, Underground Resistance, Instra: mental and D-Bridge amongst many others, Commix further cemented their reputation as the thinking man's production duo. Undeniably the demand for Commix' music has always been high. * With message boards (and now Facebook pages) burning up at the very mention of any new material and, following their appearance on Fabio's Radio 1 show, where they showcased a selection of unreleased material, Commix were inundated with requests from thousands of fans across the globe about a swathe of tracks all produced between 2003 and 2008. * "When we wrote 'Call To Mind' we really wanted to make sure every tune on the album worked as part of the whole. We wrote loads of tracks and some of them just wouldn't have worked on the album. Tracks like 'Golden' came close to being on there, but we worked really hard to make sure everything on 'Call To Mind' fitted together perfectly." * "Dusted is a collection of music that