Talk about getting lost in music.
The Sidestepper story began with the sui generis singles "Maine" and "Logozo" (Palm's Phat Global ..1) - mighty 12-inches that brought Latin fire to the dancehall - and continued with the South American vs. London dance floor clash found on More Grip and 3 a.m. (in beats we trust).
Richard Blair was a rising producer in the U.K., working with Peter Gabriel's Real World sound factory and a host of international stars when he took a fateful detour to Bogota, Colombia, back in 1992. Thinking he would spend a few months, Blair remained in Colombia for three years, transformed the local music scene, and then returned to the U.K. under the nom-du-club Sidestepper and did the same to London's percolating drum 'n' bass scene.
More Grip, 3 A.M. (In Beats We Trust), other albums are 21st century salsa, drum n bass direct from the developing world. Imagine the heat of Latin club shot through with endorphin rush of junglist clatter or the boom of a drum 'n' bass session deepened with tropical percussion and horns. Forget what you heard, Sidestepper is the real Latin boom!!!
Sidesptepper's newest Single "Paloma" takes the band's vision further, wrapping vocals and live instruments around his devastating bass lines. Featuring some of Colombias most lethal singers and players like Aterciopelados vocalist Andrea Echeverri and Carlos Vives songwriter/Bloque vocalist Ivan Benavides, Sidestepper does for Latin music what Bristol prophets Massive Attack and Roni Size did for R&B, jungle, and hip-hop.
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