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Calibre
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Dominick Martin aka Calibre is the 1st exclusively Irish Drum and Bass artist.
Classically trained in violin, he dropped these for drums and began playing in various bands, before finding early Detroit techno and house. His inspiration around that time is said to wander around the likes of Kenny Larkin, Carl Craig, Juan Atkins, the Orb.
His brother introduced Calibre to drum and bass and jungle, which at first he couldn’t follow the pattern as he felt it was too beaty, and so at that point he preferred four to the floor drumbeats from the US house style.
From there he’s developed on slowly but surely to become an accomplished producer.
Since his early work for Dublin label Quadrophonic in 1998, Calibre has always delivered a sound that delves below the all too often unsatisfying D&B surface.
His ability to bring a warm, natural feel to the digital landscape of D&B raised interest from Radio 1’s Fabio, leading to a critically acclaimed double album in 2001, entitled ‘Musique Concrete’ and released on Fabio’s Creative Source imprint.
Since then Calibre has released for labels such as Soul:R, including collaboration work under the Mist:i:Cal moniker with the Manchester duo Marcus Intalex and ST Files (together MIST). Other label contributions have included CIA, 31, Defunked, V and Critical.
Remixes have also been a heavy outlet for Calibre, with commissions from the likes of High Contrast, Badmarsh & Shri and american R&B-singer Jaheim, to name but a few.
Classically trained in violin, he dropped these for drums and began playing in various bands, before finding early Detroit techno and house. His inspiration around that time is said to wander around the likes of Kenny Larkin, Carl Craig, Juan Atkins, the Orb.
His brother introduced Calibre to drum and bass and jungle, which at first he couldn’t follow the pattern as he felt it was too beaty, and so at that point he preferred four to the floor drumbeats from the US house style.
From there he’s developed on slowly but surely to become an accomplished producer.
Since his early work for Dublin label Quadrophonic in 1998, Calibre has always delivered a sound that delves below the all too often unsatisfying D&B surface.
His ability to bring a warm, natural feel to the digital landscape of D&B raised interest from Radio 1’s Fabio, leading to a critically acclaimed double album in 2001, entitled ‘Musique Concrete’ and released on Fabio’s Creative Source imprint.
Since then Calibre has released for labels such as Soul:R, including collaboration work under the Mist:i:Cal moniker with the Manchester duo Marcus Intalex and ST Files (together MIST). Other label contributions have included CIA, 31, Defunked, V and Critical.
Remixes have also been a heavy outlet for Calibre, with commissions from the likes of High Contrast, Badmarsh & Shri and american R&B-singer Jaheim, to name but a few.
Including Random Movement, Commix, Icicle, Electrosoul System, Zero Tolerance, D.Kay, Breakage and more…
Videos
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Calibre - Shine (Feat. Spacek)
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Calibre - Honeypot
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Calibre - Big Bang
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Calibre - Always lovin' you
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Shoutbox
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monrodi wrote:
Доминик супер..)
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tMae wrote:
love me some Calibre, i really do
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underaktiv wrote:
I'm so close to having all of his released tunes :D <3
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Binhoww wrote:
best dn'b producer so far!
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keptblue wrote:
you people will like http://www.extlabs.com/yourinfamousharp/
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thestreets17 wrote:
Calibre has been my favorite for a very long time now! Waiting for new tunes!
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harmz wrote:
I love carry me away, awesome tune
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Risingson wrote:
I liked "Second Sun". I was very bored with "Shelflife" and "Musique Concrete". And, again, I like his last album.
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dnbdnbdnb wrote:
true drumnbass :)
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lucarn wrote:
suddenly.. another awesome tune :)
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Grizz wrote:
Calibre is awesomes
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piparkook wrote:
sooooooo blue!
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morBandit wrote:
Man, I discovered Calibre the other day and he's seriously one of my favourites already.
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Binhoww wrote:
i have nothing to say this guy is a legend simply the best
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yoeril wrote:
What can I say, he's the man. Looking forward to seeing him in Belgium!
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Kyuujitsu wrote:
tres cool
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Morb1d wrote:
The new album is great.
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betoonking wrote:
TV ON!
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piparkook wrote:
savannah heat, alone in a crowd, tv on.
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miro-nescio wrote:
Alone In a Crowd
Events
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Oct
24
Oi! Dub Attack Part III @ Amsterdam Dance Event
Paradiso, Amsterdam, Netherlands
16 shouts
| 29 attendees
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Recent Activity
- DeaDlyrudeboy, LiftingK, latol and 5 other people added Calibre to their libraries. 3 hours ago
- rezon_8 tagged Calibre with ‘drum and bass’. Tuesday morning
- Jahazi, wang1ant, chillis3000 and 8 other people added Calibre to their libraries. Monday evening
- edjeee connected Calibre to the group DUBHEADZ. Friday morning
- aschenbrenner90, carrera_100, ThomasJT and 13 other people added Calibre to their libraries. Friday morning
- Eskimofo tagged Calibre with ‘liquid funk’ and ‘drum and bass’. 11 days ago
- vongarden, Orelll, goebilfs and 3 other people added Calibre to their libraries. 11 days ago
- Inf1n1ty_lastfm tagged Calibre with ‘drum and bass’ and ‘liquid funk’. 13 days ago
- sygboe, Sesame_Dreams, Chanbalam and 1 other person added Calibre to their libraries. 13 days ago
- Roman_Quester tagged Calibre with ‘drum and bass’ and ‘electronic’. August 2008
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