{"id":2964,"date":"2011-07-10T15:49:08","date_gmt":"2011-07-10T22:49:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogtotheoldskool.com\/?p=2964"},"modified":"2011-07-10T15:49:08","modified_gmt":"2011-07-10T22:49:08","slug":"metalheads-knowledge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blogtotheoldskool.com\/?p=2964","title":{"rendered":"Metalheads &#8211; Knowledge"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>You&#8217;d be hard pressed to call yourself a true jungle or drum n bass fan if you didn&#8217;t know the Metalheads \/ Rufige Kru track  &#8220;Terminator&#8221;, an early hardcore\/jungle classic which is credited as being the first tune of its kind to use pitch shifting on the breakbeats.  Since there&#8217;s no entry exam for reading this blog, here&#8217;s a quick refresher:<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"425\" height=\"349\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/OnzP4F9SqvQ\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>\n&#8220;Terminator&#8221; is quite well known, on countless comps, in countless mixes, was a ringtone on my phone for a few years, etc. However, hidden on the B side of the EP was a similar sounding track which is nowhere near as popular. Incorporating most of the elements of &#8220;Terminator&#8221;  minus the movie samples, &#8220;Knowledge&#8221; adds in quite a few other bits and pieces &#8211; reversed pianos, horns, vocal snippets (Is that KRS-1 saying &#8220;Knowledge&#8221;?), and additional pitch shifted breaks which sound even more robotic and alien than the ones in &#8220;terminator&#8221;.<br \/>\nIn general, &#8220;Knowledge&#8221; is much more of a hectic hodgepodge of samples than &#8220;Terminator&#8221;, which probably explains why it was never anywhere near as popular.  Listening back now though, there&#8217;s tons of stuff to like in it (those breaks at 2:35!!) and part of the charm of hardcore for me is the hectic hodgepodge approach, so this one is clearly still a winner.  Also, regardless of which tune you prefer, the entire &#8220;Terminator&#8221; EP is a must-own, in fact try to nab two copies so you can beat juggle those pitch shifted breakbeat breakdowns&#8230;<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.discogs.com\/Metal-Heads-Terminator\/release\/32034\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/blog\/images\/metalheads.jpg\"><\/a><br \/>\n<A href=\"\/blog\/audio\/Metalheads - Knowledge.mp3\">Metalheads &#8211; Knowledge<\/a><Br><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-2964-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"\/blog\/audio\/Metalheads%20-%20Knowledge.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"\/blog\/audio\/Metalheads%20-%20Knowledge.mp3\">\/blog\/audio\/Metalheads%20-%20Knowledge.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You&#8217;d be hard pressed to call yourself a true jungle or drum n bass fan if you didn&#8217;t know the Metalheads \/ Rufige Kru track &#8220;Terminator&#8221;, an early hardcore\/jungle classic which is credited as being the first tune of its kind to use pitch shifting on the breakbeats. Since there&#8217;s no entry exam for reading&hellip; <\/p>\n<div><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"http:\/\/blogtotheoldskool.com\/?p=2964\">Continue reading&#8230; <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Metalheads &#8211; Knowledge<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[4,237],"class_list":["post-2964","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-tunes","tag-4","tag-classic"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/blogtotheoldskool.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2964","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/blogtotheoldskool.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/blogtotheoldskool.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blogtotheoldskool.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blogtotheoldskool.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2964"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/blogtotheoldskool.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2964\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2967,"href":"http:\/\/blogtotheoldskool.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2964\/revisions\/2967"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/blogtotheoldskool.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2964"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blogtotheoldskool.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2964"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blogtotheoldskool.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2964"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}