ILS

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breakbeat, breaks, electronic, electronica, drum and bass… see all

Breakbeat and musicality aren’t always easy bedfellows. Some noisecore terrorists shun the sounds of any real instruments, but the productions of Ils have always managed to combine melody and harmony with astute dancefloor savvy. Whether it be some of the jazzy drum + bass tracks he released on LTJ Bukem’s label in the mid-90s or the amazing ‘Next Level’ - one of the biggest breakbeat tracks ever - Ils has quite a pedigree of tracks.

His third artist album, ‘Bohemia’, carries on his tradition of exploring assorted flavours in breakbeat science. Spiritual, rocky, decadent and moving - the byword throughout is quality. Ils has already started the process of having some of the tracks remixed for singles, but as a body of work the album stands up as something a bit special.

“The working title for ‘Bohemia’ was ‘Masterpiece’,” Ils explains, “which I obviously wasn’t going to call it in the end, but I had that name written on post-it notes all around the studio. It kind of raises the bar in terms of quality, it’s just a way of psychologically upping your own standards. The working title of my last album ‘Soul Trader’ was ‘Green Fields’, just because I had my studio out in the countryside and I wanted it to be less of an urban thing and more just good music that would work out in open greenery - as well as in a club environment.

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Top Tracks

1	Feed the Addiction full track	355
2	Angels full track	151
3	Cherish full track	103
4	6 Space (Next Level)	82
5	Over My Head full track	79
6	Tiny Toy full track	75
7	Razorblade full track	74
7	Loving You full track	74
9	Intro (Reprise) full track	68
10	Storm From The East full track	67
11	The World Is Yours full track	66
12	Find A Way	63
13	Broken Homes	60
13	West Coast full track	60
15	Music Makers	58

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tholex15 wrote:
August 2008

"Loving You" is a great track. Would love to see more downtempo / downbeat.

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Somaferien wrote:
June 2008

Broken Homes ownz!

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[deleted-user] wrote:
May 2008

Loving You <3
Jurz wrote:
April 2008

LOVING YOU <333333333333 song, i'm loving you!

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Jonty wrote:
March 2008

Yes.

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Haarry wrote:
January 2008

Am I the only person in the whole world who though Paranoid Prophets sucked compared to Bohemia and Soul Trader?

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MoRt8 wrote:
January 2008

I just need somethin' like this right now !!! (Paranoid Prophets)

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matthewgregory wrote:
December 2007

Loving you, it don't come easy, it's just something I just gotta do.

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TinyTinyToy wrote:
November 2007

So so so much look forward to the gig in Hoxton sq. tomorrow night!! Oh yeah!!

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aclimatte wrote:
November 2007

Paranoid Prophets is an incredible album :D I love it so much! ILS does know how to make the music :D Cheers ILS!!!

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PhilippK87 wrote:
November 2007

Music Makers deserves more scrobbles ))

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slicetwo wrote:
October 2007

paranoid prophets will blow all your minds... this album is so sick

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dangerousdodge wrote:
October 2007

his music da best. my fav track from him is 'feed my addiction' mianly becuase its in nfs most wanted. and also its a sick track

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Bleekster wrote:
August 2007

I missed out on it on eBay :( Someone outbid me by a dollar

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Red_Moon wrote:
August 2007

for those of you looking for IBTW, I got it from amazon a few months ago for £20, now a used one is down to £6, maybe thats just the uk site though, good luck

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Neo-Mihawk wrote:
June 2007

elektronic chillout with ILS so Ingeniously

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PhilippK87 wrote:
March 2007

Bohemia is up now !!!!!

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phatagnus wrote:
March 2007

ILS roolz!

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syturvy wrote:
February 2007

ILS: Idiots Behind The Wheel US $66.00 is too much indeed. I have the vinyl and was looking for the cd as well, since it has some extra tracks...

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ilijaaa wrote:
January 2007

ILS: Idiots Behind The Wheel US $66.00 Feb-02-07 06:39:36 PST....too much my friends .....tooooo much

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