Hailing from the sunny land of Kazakhstan musician and producer Alexey Fuifanov, now based in Saint Petersburg, better known as Command Strange has already become a household name for all lovers of musical side of drum and bass. Having got acquainted with jungle in the tender age of 7 it didn’t take a while for him to get into production. Developing and improving his sound and being only 16 years old Command Strange released his first tunes. Sweet melodic productions full of positive vibes equipped by beautiful soul, jazzy and funky samples quickly gained support from scene’s heavyweights like LTJ Bukem, Marky, Goldie, Bryan G, JJ Frost, A Sides, Hype, Fabio & Grooverider, Crissy Criss, Friction, Artificial Intelligence, Netsky, EZ Rollers, Bailey and others with regular airplay on BBC RADIO 1 and across plenty of web radio stations. After successful singles on Have-A-Break and Fokuz in the beginning of 2010 Command Strange unsurprisingly has been offered an album deal for Fokuz. In November 2010 «Soul Booster» LP described by Kmag as «some of the lushest beats you can imagine» saw a light of the day. Alexey continues to experiment with his sound, somewhat deviating from the usual tasty liquid funk grooves and bringing his vision of jump up, techy and new school areas that can already be seen in the published in late 2011 second solo album "Episode 91" on the same Fokuz Recordings and vinyl singles on Grid and Integral Records.
2012-2013 saw Command Strange changing a focus and broadening a spectrum of his production even more into tight new school beats with rough and nasty basslines. Releases on Horizons, Integral and V Records including a massive achievement in a form of dirty deep roller written with Artificial Intelligence for Metalheadz Platinum cemented Command Strange's position as one of the most promising and versatile producers on the scene.
Currently, being only 22 years old, Alexey has over 100 released tracks under his belt including more than 35 vinyl releases. With forthcoming releases on V Records, Innerground, Horizons Music, Good Looking, Chronic, Fokuz, Integral, Eastside, Celsius, Antillectual Beats and some other labels in the pipeline Command Strange is undoubtedly a name to watch in the years ahead.
TRACK LIST:
00:00 - 1. A Sides & MC Fats - Temperature Rising (Command Strange Remix) - Eastside Dub
02:48 - 2. L Side - Reach Out - Chronic
05:36 - 3. Command Strange & Artificial Intelligence - Mad One (feat Jamakabi) - Metalheadz
08:24 - 4. Command Strange - The Croc - Integral Dub
11:12 - 5. Command Strange & Intelligent Manners - Unpredictably - Dub
14:00 - 6. Boosta & Atmos T - All My Love - Liquid V
16:48 - 7. A Sides & Fats - The Moment (SPY Remix)
19:36 - 8. Command Strange - Disco Ball - Chronic Dub
22:24 - 9. Lynx, Terry, Tiptoe & Fats - Nothing More
25:12 - 10. Command Strange - 1000% ACID - Innerground Dub
28:00 - 11. Bladerunner - Lock Off - Chronic Dub
30:48 - 12. Command Strange & Fats - Brand New Style - V Records
33:36 - 13. Command Strange - Hyperbug - Horizons Music
36:24 - 14. Saxxon - Only One
39:12 - 15. XRS & Fats - Lovin (Random Movement Remix)
Random Movement - Dropping The Chips [RUBIK] Pouyah - Devotion [DUB] Command Strange - Warm Eyes [FOKUZ] Command Strange - Everything [RUBIK] Intelligent Manners & Dynamic - So Sincere [Expressions] Random Movement & JayBee - Lost In Laguardia [DUB] Command Strange - Give It To Me [FOKUZ] Dynamic - Drama Down In Harlem [DUB] Command Strange - Candy [DUB] Blue Motion & Grimm ft Remo - We Used To Be Good [RUBIK] Wave - Inner City [DUB] Mr Joseph - Sparkle In Your Eye [Liquid V] Command Strange - Mirage [RUBIK]
Glen E Ston & Dave Owen - Dwelling In You (DUB) Komatic & Technicolour - Even After (FOKUZ DUB) Level 2 & Chap - Sky Is The Limit (DUB) Centrik & Grimm -Don't Wanna Do This (DUB) Hybrid Minds - Patience (FOKUZ DUB) Incident - 3 Words (DUB) Command Strange - Time For Miracles (STAGE 2 REC) Dave Owen - Eyes On Me (DUB) Command Strange & Dynamic - A Girl Like You (DUB) Command Strange & Dynamic - Lost In You (FOKUZ DUB) Cutworks & Julia Marks - Clouds (FOKUZ DUB) Release - Trough The Lens (DUB) Soundwall - The Life Moments (PLUSH) N!tex - Loves You (ANTILLECTUAL BEATS DUB)
Random Movement - Nobody's Business (DUB) Sevin - Smooth (Stepping Forward) Dave Owen & Jaybee - I Can't Wait (DUB) Command Strange & Intelligent Manners - More Than You Know (Celsius DUB) Donnie Dubson - Shades Of Grey (DUB) Donnie Dubson - Too Late For A Change (DUB) Command Strange - Emotions (Celsius 015) Lenzman - Close To Me (Future Retro) Command Strange - The First, The Last, My Everything (Stage 2 DUB) Intelligent Manners - Never Wanna Be Alone Again (Fokuz DUB) The Square & Bluemotion - You're Something Special (Free) Simplification & Miss Drop - Angel (Basswerk) Dave Owen & Vibes - Nocturnal (DUB) Command Strange & Dynamic - So Much Tenderness
Command Strange - When The Morning Comes (Antillectual Beats Dub) D Kay - Thinner Edge (Integral) Donnie Dubson - irish Funk (Dub) Subsid - My One & Only (Dub) Command Strange - Mr Lonely (Integral Dub) Artificial Intelligence - Won't Give Up (31 Rec) dbAudio & dRamatic - Coast to Coast (Dub) Command Strange & Dynamic - Too Hot Lady (Dub) Lenzman ft Riya - Bittersweet (Bootleg) Calibre - Carry Me Away (Signature) Donnie Dubson - Assemble (Dub) Hybrid Minds ft Grimm - This Morning (Dub) Cutworks ft Nummix - Watch Your Feelings (Dub) Dynamic - Joanna & The Sun (Dub) Command Strange - Sweetest Goodbye (Dub) Command Strange - ????????
Zul (Subvert HQ, Singapore) has been DJing and promoting parties in the Lion City since the 1990s, performing along side the likes of dBridge, DJ Friction, Joe Syntax, Stamina MC, John B, A-Sides, Pendulum, Cyantific, Sonic, London Elektricity as well as Logistics and Hospital Records' Chris Goss. Gigs-wise, its gone from Hong Kong (he spent time with the White Label crew in 2001), Jakarta to London (playing at the legendary Hospitality parties in Shoreditch, UK) with bits of radio (MediaCorp Radio's Lush 99.5FM Clubscape sessions, to be exact) and a release on Take Off Records squeezed in between.
When not busy with his day job as a journalist in Singapore, Zul also keeps it cutting edge away from the dance floor with the Subvert Sessions Podcast (download via subverthq.blogspot.sg), blending together leftfield and idiosyncratic beats of the 170bpm variety.
