It isn’t often that a band comes along that changes history.
The Forces of Nature can’t claim to have been that band, but their music encapsulated a transitory period in electronic music: a pivotal moment at which music was surging forward in a wave of ever-faster junglist breaks and techno sounds, while simultaneously reaching back to the jazz of the 60s and the soul grooves of the 70s and 80s for inspiration.
Inspired by this musical maelstrom of ideas, Chalke LOM and Tony Reeves set about creating music that blurred these musical boundaries.
Singles and albums followed, along with releases on LTJ Bukem’s Earth series and their own Tundra Records imprint.
Collaborations also followed: Chalke with the loop-digging MC Mr. Morestyles and the deep-house groovehead K-Fish, whilst Tony embarked on an ambitious live electronic album with the band Prism. And what a personal journey these space visionaries undertook.
It would have been difficult to form a team out of more unlikely collaborators, but each respected and inspired the other at a level that many, even sometimes themselves, found difficult to understand.
Fortunately their cosmic voyage of discovery left a trail of subtle yet intensely personal music in its wake; subtleties easily lost on the casual listener.
But for those with the time to pause and reflect, to take a few moments to sink into the deep chords and absorb the simple melodies, those subtleties can create a peaceful resonance: a chance to revel in the sheer joy of music made just for the hell of it, made to encapsulate a moment or a feeling, or made to just have an excuse to go into the studio in the early hours of the morning.
2009 saw the FoN incorporating K-Fish into the lineup, and with a series of releases forthcoming on the IA imprint, the FoN deep space probe continues into unexplored sectors of the quadrant. This is what the Forces of Nature is all about…
Releases from Forces of Nature on Intelligent Audio:
IA1 : Deep/Tech House |
IA2 : Nu-Jazz, Lounge, Downtempo, Afrobeat… |
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Forces of Nature album going out on promo next week!
Forces Of Nature are back with a bang on Intelligent Audio with a brilliant new album. There’s 11 tracks and we are just pricing up and debating pressing up an album sampler to vinyl. Stay tuned for samples, and a tracklisting … ...
read moreDeep Tech House Music | Clare Large at Nation, Toronto
Clare Large DJing deep tech house music at Nation in Toronto. This was a pretty fun gig and it was something to do with Most Wanted Entertainment – Ronnie Ferzst and my then friend Nicole… Main room headliners here were massive – people like Donald Glaude, Luke Solomon etc, and music in the main room tended to be more progressive house, or tech house, depending who was playing. It’s mad how much the scene has changed even in a few years since then, this was one of my first tours to Canada and it was really good fun! ...
read moreDeep Tech House Music | DJ Clare Large at Nation, Toronto
Clare Large playing deep and tech house music at Nation Nightclub, Toronto. This was a pretty fun gig, in the backroom, and I got to experiment with a bunch of music that I might not otherwise have played, since I was a lot more about techno back then! There’s this cool friend of mine, Brad, who used to drive about an hour or so from Guelph into Toronto to go to big raves back in the day, and I dragged him out to this and my other good friend Robin It’s amazing to think that I didn’t hardly use the internet back then, and...
read moreTechno and Tech House Music | Clare Large at Revolution, Canada
These are another couple of shots taken of DJ Clare Large DJing techno and tech house at the Purple Room at Revolution Nightclub, Cambridge, near Toronto, Canada. This was my first tour in Canada, and the Four 01 Recordings banner in the background was from a label ran by a guy called Mattlok. It seemed to release lots of looped disco stuff with some pretty big remixers like Joeski. No idea what Mattlok is doing now so if you read this Matt – get in touch!! This was a fantastic little space with a really up for it crowd and it was a...
read moreTechno and Tech House Music | Clare Large in Waterloo, Canada
Clare Large plays all kinds of music and she really loves techno and tech house. She has been completely inspired by DJs like Eddie Richards, Billy Nasty, Terry Francis, Craig Richards and going to clubs like Atomic Jam, The End and Fabric She does play lots of other styles of music too though, chill out, nu jazz, broken beat, breaks… and is constantly being inspired by other DJs and producers! Clare has toured around Canada and the USA a lot DJing at all kinds of parties. This one was a great club called Revolution, in the...
read moreDeep Tech House Music | Trademark Jack O Diamonds
This is the first ever release on Intelligent Audio 2... we had so much awesome deep house and tech house to release, we were amazed the artists had a TON of chill out music, nu jazz, afrobeat and all sorts of other eclectic music too...
read moreDeep Tech House Music | Trademark – Elevator
The first ever release on Intelligent Audio is by Trademark - a couple of prolific, super talented, versatile and just awesome producers, Anthony Reeves and Mark Angus. This was pressed to vinyl which you can buy on our Intelligent Audio Discogs sales page or on Juno in the UK
read moreForces of Nature album ready and about to go out on promo…
Forces of Nature have done a fantastic new album that's a mix of deep and tech house, chill out music, jazzy elements, and lush deep underground electronica.
As I write this I'm still waiting for the artwork so stay tuned for that too.
