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"It's So Dark"
This is a Drum n' Bass, I mean Drum-n'-Bass-influenced, track. It's been a while since I last worked on the style, and it's refreshing for me to have this particular sound with me once again.
Drum n' Bass, or "Jungle" which is an older name for the style, really got me interested in the mid '90s. I lived in London from 1995 to 1996, and I had chances to see those Jungle pioneers in action at parties and raves - people like Goldie, Grooverider, Fabio, Kemistry, Storm, Doc Scot, LTJ Bukem, Brian G, and the list goes on and on. I couldn't see Roni Size, I guess basically because he was based in Bristol. Same goes for Krust.
I don't mean to finish without mentioning 4 Hero, either. Even though I didn't get to see them live, I still was heavily influenced by them through their recordings.
What's so fascinating about Drum n' Bass style is the use of drumbeats sampled off an old record. They don't just sample it and loop it as it is, but they chop them up into pieces and modify the rhythm pattern vigorously, and speed it up. As a result you have a totally new, mutated beats which somehow, and metaphorically, imply the technological circumstances that we live in today.
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I step outside for some fresh air
A hungry stray cat groans and glares
Chilly night wind runs through my hair
A homeless man quivers on the stairs
I hear an engine-roar of a speeding car
Harbor lights are twinkling very far
Familiar streets now look so bizarre
It almost makes you forget where you are
(Chorus)
It's so dark, and so stark
Making me so afraid and dismayed
It's so dark, and so stark
Making me so alarmed and disarmed
It's so dim, and so grim
Making me so afraid and dismayed
It's so dark, and so stark
Making me so alarmed and disarmed
(Verse 2)
Visions and thoughts are entwined
Almost like a hallucination of some kind
I'm going into an altered state of mind
With none of my sense left behind
Policeman questions a dreadlock guy
Somehow the whole sight looks wry
And my throat starts turning so dry
Maybe it's because I'm feeling high
(Verse 3)
There's something strangely new I sense
Like a bunch of random views in a sequence
It's quite unusual but not nonsense
And the pressure of it is indeed intense