i listened to these samples last night jay, nice one some really good stuff, in fact ive nicked one stab for a tune im working on, although i've tweeked it a little and it sounds completely different now lol.
i've been a member of bt for around 5 yrs or so now and have learnt so much, so its a good site for that, i need to get back onto the feedback forums and listen to new bits as i used to frequent there all the time when i had the net at home, used to write an essay on each track a la grit.
ive recently been listening to the pendulum album and noticed a fair few sly virus noises and hoovers plus acid, i think the more innovative producers have a wide range of music they listen to, where u can clearly see elements of breaks and dnb in the tracks, i think this is where its heading at the mo, im waiting for the first hh/dnb crossover tracks to come out.
also i'm not sure this has been mentioned before but i was thinking about the od404 sound and doms other stuff and wondering how it sounded so fresh, i presume dom doesnt go rocking that much so doesnt have many influences in the hard sound so every he makes sounds original to a degree, also i believe dom doesnt do any engineering work for others, apart from collabs, so hes making less stuff, but more time can be spent on the tracks etc, is this a good thing, i think so.
also i wonder what % of tracks actually made get released, and how that % varies from a releativeley newcomer to the scene, to a established producer.