The Ground Sounds of London

When I was hitting the Downtempo in July, I shared Sounds from the Ground - Mosaic. Don't want to get too chilled again already but I do want to share a few more from SftG. Their mix of Dub & Ambient always hits me just right. Thought I'd take a stroll through their catalogue & share a few highlights. 

 

Most of their releases are strictly instrumental, but the addition of vocals for these tracks really elevate their sound to new heights. You can really feel the soul & heart behind their music here... 

 

Sounds from the Ground - Natural Selection, Nettwerk, 2002.
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Lean on Me featuring Linda Duggan - vocals
Moving into a New Space featuring Lloyd Bentley Scott - guitar & Nicola Hitchcock - vocals
Inner World featuring – Aine Belton - vocals
Gentle Healing (Trust) featuring Aine Belton- vocals
The Shepherd featuring General Levy - vocals
New Day featuring Aine Belton - vocals
Whispers
I Forgive Me featuring Nicola Hitchcock - vocals
Wishing Tree featuring Lloyd Bentley Scott - guitar
Pictured

 

 

 

 

Moving forward in time eight years, this next one has some mind bending beats with grooves dark & mysterious. A sharp departure from the Downtempo Dub of previous releases to a more moody Ambient sound.

 

 

Sounds from the Ground - The Maze, Waveform Records WAV10102-2, 2010.

Gap in the Clouds    
A Thousand Colours    
Delphine    
Acid Cornflats    
Midnight Crossing
This Land    
Subdub'in    
The Lenox    
Temple Steps    
Afterglow

 

 

 

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Here's a more recent release, slightly more leftfield but firmly in the SftG lane...

 

 

Sounds from the Ground - Binary, Upstream Records UP0017, 2019.

Blaze Mountain    
Life's Casino    
Planet X    
Missing You
The Lines    
Heartlands    
Felt    
Train of Thought    
Anniesland

 

 

 

Enjoy,
NØ

From the Ground Up

 

Sounds from the Ground is a Downbeat/Dub duo of Elliot Jones & Nick Woolfson from London.  The two met in a little backstreet studio in Brixton early 1994. They started writing together with the aim of making deep Dubby trip-hop experimental electronic music. Their first release was the 1994 single "Triangle" on Zion Train's Universal Egg label.  This was followed by their debut full-length Kin, also on Universal Egg.

Nick & Elliot continued honing their skills over the next few years, working their trademark bass heavy sound.  In 1999 they released Mosaic on their own label Upstream Records.  Mosaic is a collection of tunes written between 1996 & 1998 recorded at Jamm Studios, London. 

The duo has been making great music for more than thirty years with releases on Universal Egg, Waveform (US), Nettwerk & Interchill (Canada), their own Upstream Records as well as others. 

 

Sounds from the Ground - Mosaic, Upstream Records UP001CD, 1999.
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Snow    
Treasure    
Bodega Bay    
Drugstore    
The Cut    
Marshmello    
Rye    
Circle & Star
Planted

 

 

Enjoy,
NØ