Double bass to drum ’n bass: Cleveland Watkiss’ Origin mix

Singer and MC Cleveland Watkiss took music from three continents and produced the drum ’n bass Origin mix

Pioneer figure in drum ’n bass and jungle, Cleveland Watkiss has sung soul, gospel, even opera, and worked with rock and jazz legends. He created the Origin mix for SoundJunction, designed for use by a D’nB DJ in a typical club situation.

Origin takes its material from classical, jazz and traditional African music, and mixes them with drum ’n bass breaks.

Here are some of the original sounds you can hear in Origin.

double bass

These two notes from the double bass from orchestral piece Emerging Dances…

Origin bassline

...became this bassline in the Origin mix.

Bass

And Cleveland turned this bassline from Where will it take you? ...

origin second bassline

…into this one.

Eska

The vocals come from Eska Mtungwasi…

Paul Gladstone Reid

…and Paul Gladstone Reid’s vocal from Moving Away.

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Double bass to drum ’n bass: Cleveland Watkiss’ Origin mix

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