{"id":4674,"date":"2013-01-03T22:13:50","date_gmt":"2013-01-04T05:13:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogtotheoldskool.com\/?p=4674"},"modified":"2020-11-03T07:02:01","modified_gmt":"2020-11-03T14:02:01","slug":"utomica-rok-a-bye","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blogtotheoldskool.com\/?p=4674","title":{"rendered":"Utomica – Rok A Bye"},"content":{"rendered":"

Here’s a definite classic which was on my wantlist for years. I finally just picked it up on vinyl as part of a big order I got in December (x-mas present to myself). I think hearing this over and over in a Doc Scott mix from 92 was what pushed me over the edge to finally nab it – “Rok A Bye” isn’t a tune I would have necessarily been all that excited hearing it on its own years ago, as it doesn’t have lots of immediately crazy sequencing or sounds. However, hearing it over and over in a mix made me really appreciate the subtlety and vibiness of it. As someone pointed out in a comment on discogs, it’s quite sparse and deep, dare I say almost “proto-intelligent” for a 92 track1<\/sup>. Not too much going on, not tons of changes or crazy sequencing. But the drums are great (same break combo as Brother’s Grimm – “Sign of the Times”), and when the portamento bit come in later in the track, the melody is downright haunting.
\nAside from this EP, the guys behind Utomica each did a number of other big EPS in other groups – the the Full Logic Control EP I posted back in 2009<\/a>, plus all of the great Law & Auder EPs (a number of which are quite rare these days), plus a variety of non hardcore\/jungle related music.
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\nUtomica – Rok A Bye<\/p>\n

(removed as reissued on vinyl fanatiks)<\/p>\n

1<\/sup><\/b>:Even though Discogs lists this as 1993, and the record could have come out in 93, it’s featured in some mixes which I think might have been towards the end of 92, so there’s a good chance it was written in 1992. I wasn’t sure which year to put it under so I listed it as both.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Here’s a definite classic which was on my wantlist for years. I finally just picked it up on vinyl as part of a big order I got in December (x-mas present to myself). I think hearing this over and over in a Doc Scott mix from 92 was what pushed me over the edge to… <\/p>\n

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