It’s kind of tough to pick just one track to post by Brainstorm Crew, as there’s a number of wicked EPs / tracks by them. “Reach Up” is maybe my top all-time favorite hands-in-the-air piano anthem. “Pick up the Pace” is a classic ADD track with samples from tons of other formation tracks shuffled through at lightning speed. Lately though, I’ve been loving extra low-fi / grimey sounding tracks, and this EP fits that style to a T. So I’ll get to those other tunes sometime soon, for now here’s a track off their hard to find “Southey Woods” EP.
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Brainstorm Crew – Play it Loud
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The primary member of this group (Richard) is now doing hardcore breaks stuff as Brainstormer, you can check his site here:
http://www.myspace.com/solarisstudios
Tags: 1992, brainstorm crew
brilliant stuff! i love “the plastic ep” to bits
The Southey Woods EP is named after all the illegal parties that used to go on there. It’s just outside Peterborough where Brainstorm Crew originate from. I still go for a stroll round Southey Woods now…..
Great blog as well…… keep up the great work Pete!
Thanks for the info about Southey Woods.. I thought brainstorm crew were from Scotland?
http://www.discogs.com/artist/Brainstorm+Crew
Wow! A blog about my old trax, just stumbled upon this one through Google. The Southey Woods EP was a bad pressing, I still have the clean versions of the tracks kicking about somewhere. And yes, Southey Woods was a place where we partied until the early morning. Those were the days!
As for the Scotland reference, that’s where I’ve lived for the past 10 years. I was producing Hardcore Breaks for a while as Brainstormer, I also produce Electro & dubstep under the monika ‘Lektroid’.
Thanks for posting the blog, nice to see people reminiscing the good old days!
wow lovely stuff
but can any 1 tell me the sample @1:15 please?
you mean the piano? just an oldskool rave piano , used in landlord – “I like it” outlander “vamp” and plenty of others – could be from a synth (maybe the M1?), could be from an old sample CD.