LABELS SPECIAL - Nerve Recordings: Jumpin' Beats
SF: With huge drum and bass releases, early spots of great talent and a jam-packed schedule for 2008, The Skinny gets nervy with Nerve Recordings<br/><br/>PQ: ""At the time, the scene was a bit more locked off to new producers, and it was hard for people to get a release even if they had some amazing tracks."" - Paul Reset
| 06 Jan 2008
Nerve Records will be a name familiar to many in the drum and bass scene, both locally and internationally: label boss Paul Reset and accomplice Pyro have been running it since 2000, and neither are strangers to any 'heads with decks.
Pyro has produced some well-worn wax, including Sentinel and Cho on Nerve and more than fifty others. Paul is currently resident at Xplicit as well as running the label day to day. He co-ran Live Evil for years, bringing acts such as Photek and Shy FX to Glasgow in their five years at the Art School. Unfortunately the night is no more, and Paul tells us that the club had reached a natural conclusion for all involved. Fortunately the label still continues, buoyed up by some great music and hard working ears.
So, how did Nerve start? "We were hearing a lot of amazing tracks by up and coming producers," says Paul. "At the time, the scene was a bit more locked off to new producers, and it was hard for people to get a release even if they had some amazing tracks." Fired up by the desire to showcase that untapped creativity and release Paul and Pyro's own material, Nerve was born. Since then they have released debuts from artists such as Psidream and Noisia. Big names like Gridlok and SKC also released some of their earlier tunes through Nerve, further illustrating just how good Reset and Pyro's ears are. Their latest release from ASC – The Pursuit - has been picked up by breaks and tech DJs as well as the usual drum and bass spinners. That will be followed by another of Pyro's own 12", Time Is Broken / Resolve.
But in case you still need to play catch up, they're also soon to re-release some of out of print back catalogue on a new imprint, Nerve Ltd. Silicon, Noisia's debut will also soon be available again. There's also a remix of Crisis on the way, a track played by the likes of Andy C and Marcus Intalex. Produced by Paul Reset and with a remix by Kemal, Crisis is a banger and definitely worth checking out.
With huge releases, early spots of great talent, and huge name gigs, it's hard to fault what these guys do. In fact, you'd have to be trying spectacularly hard to avoid drum and bass to have missed the impact Nerve and its allies have had on the scene. 2008 looks set to be a big year; with Nerve 22 and 23 already in the pipeline from Morphy and Isotone it's unlikely Paul will be doing anything other than giving drum and bass exactly what it needs. There's also a digital release of homegrown talent to look forward to, and then late this summer is Nerve 24, featuring Pyro and the track Tuva, by a new talent going by the name of Linden. If precedent is a guide, this Irish Dundonian could make waves.
Pyro has produced some well-worn wax, including Sentinel and Cho on Nerve and more than fifty others. Paul is currently resident at Xplicit as well as running the label day to day. He co-ran Live Evil for years, bringing acts such as Photek and Shy FX to Glasgow in their five years at the Art School. Unfortunately the night is no more, and Paul tells us that the club had reached a natural conclusion for all involved. Fortunately the label still continues, buoyed up by some great music and hard working ears.
So, how did Nerve start? "We were hearing a lot of amazing tracks by up and coming producers," says Paul. "At the time, the scene was a bit more locked off to new producers, and it was hard for people to get a release even if they had some amazing tracks." Fired up by the desire to showcase that untapped creativity and release Paul and Pyro's own material, Nerve was born. Since then they have released debuts from artists such as Psidream and Noisia. Big names like Gridlok and SKC also released some of their earlier tunes through Nerve, further illustrating just how good Reset and Pyro's ears are. Their latest release from ASC – The Pursuit - has been picked up by breaks and tech DJs as well as the usual drum and bass spinners. That will be followed by another of Pyro's own 12", Time Is Broken / Resolve.
But in case you still need to play catch up, they're also soon to re-release some of out of print back catalogue on a new imprint, Nerve Ltd. Silicon, Noisia's debut will also soon be available again. There's also a remix of Crisis on the way, a track played by the likes of Andy C and Marcus Intalex. Produced by Paul Reset and with a remix by Kemal, Crisis is a banger and definitely worth checking out.
With huge releases, early spots of great talent, and huge name gigs, it's hard to fault what these guys do. In fact, you'd have to be trying spectacularly hard to avoid drum and bass to have missed the impact Nerve and its allies have had on the scene. 2008 looks set to be a big year; with Nerve 22 and 23 already in the pipeline from Morphy and Isotone it's unlikely Paul will be doing anything other than giving drum and bass exactly what it needs. There's also a digital release of homegrown talent to look forward to, and then late this summer is Nerve 24, featuring Pyro and the track Tuva, by a new talent going by the name of Linden. If precedent is a guide, this Irish Dundonian could make waves.