Metalheads that never were...

inspired by this thread http://www.subvertcentral.com/forum/view...hp?t=48007 i thought i'd knock together a little list of metalheads that never quite made it!

by 1996, earning a release on metalheads really did signify an affirmation of your status in the d'n'b scene, from another producer to a leading artist that was defining the essense of what the sound was. whether a self-fulfilling prophesy or a desire by others to perpetuate the prestige of its pristine nature, this really did place metalheads in the position of being the leading label of the time!


peshay - nevada

• signified here:
  http://www.essentialmix.nu/index.php?mod...iew&id=290 (4th tune in)
  this was a tune seemingly earmarked for release on metalheads but in the end didn't turn up until three years later quietly stashed away on the premier pivotal release
  
  this was a tune grooverider seemed to love towards the end of 1996, with me having heard him play a number of occasions over a period of time (quite unusual for grooverider really), and then around then hearing fabio play out one time which seemed a bit more apt, being to me more of a fabio tune than rider.
  
  i never would have thought this was a peshay tune! well, in fact i think i did have a little clue, as it shared the same sax solo as this tune that was being called manifesto - find me (peshay remix) around the same time (also read here). but yeah, overall not really typical of his sound at all!
  

dom & roland - aliens

• another tune seemingly 'supposed' for metalheads, but never came about.
  http://www.subvertcentral.com/forum/view...72#6810372
  unlike peshay, dom never had a release on metalheads and this would have been an interesting 12" for sure. i would have been interested to hear what other tunes would have turned up on that 12", but i guess now we will never know :d
  

dj trace - replicants

• this tune i believe was also slated for release on metalheads, spoken about around the end of 96 / early 97. it eventually turned up on a single sided 12" in 1998
  http://www.rolldabeats.com/release/idiosyncratic/idios1
  sometimes the context of things makes something more exciting, and how exciting it would have been to see a nasty piece of tech step like this on metalheads! surely would have been a big seller
  

matrix - ???

• i'm pretty certain matrix was also being supposed to have a release on the label. but other than that, i'm not too sure of the details. could it have been "gap the mind", i dont know
  

well that's about it from me, i have a couple other comments but may put them in reply, would be interested in any other details anyone has to flesh this thread out a bit.

[denaris]

Nice thread.

If you can bang up some audio of these on this thread that would be splendid.

Is Nevada the Apache / Sax thing ??


yeah - sweet tune !

alpha omega - 10 faces of death

cos it came out on counter intelligence
for real though, it was both handpicked by loxy&ink and possibly scouted for headz. ao was fair to me, saying it was already signed to ci.
bigup for carlton

AO is the man!

I heard/read that the deep blue tune wednesday or thursday was hunted for headz but was already lined up for Movin Shadow.

didnt matrix make 'under sea flight'?

yeah he did.

yesssssss. I got one

Trace - Replicants is a seriously dark tune. Heavy amens and Bladerunner samples.

a mate had the single-sided vinyl.

Nice thread.

If you can bang up some audio of these on this thread that would be splendid.

I could do some clips... Where should I put them?

[Statto]

Trace - Replicants is a seriously dark tune. Heavy amens and Bladerunner samples.

a mate had the single-sided vinyl.

I played that at Technicality

as funny as it may sound, Goldie was planning a downtempo sub-label for Headz, and the downtempo side of my Daylightless album was planned to be the first release.
they dropped the sub-label plans, though...
also, Photek was planning to do the same thing with the Daylightless bits.

heh.

what about the 'Americas' tunes? no sign of them too, would like to get my hands on a few of them, 'stigma' by fission, and a few others, the mutt track 'nectarines & pennicillin' came out on horizons, and the hive, dstra & photek tracks came out,

dstar...

Replicnts was ditched from NUT cos of the string samples - Nico heard that Vangelis likes to sue...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n0Ve5S-025c

love the drums on this one don't know anything about it, though...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n0Ve5S-025c

love the drums on this one don't know anything about it, though...

Ah !!!

THIS !


Taped a set off an Irish FM station in '97 - Kemistry & Storm live in the studio - they started with this !!

Man, wish I would find that tape - the whole mix and mixing was

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n0Ve5S-025c

love the drums on this one don't know anything about it, though...

Looks like that one was on the Japanese version of Platinum Breakz II Full Metal Jacket
http://www.rolldabeats.com/release/avex/avcd11570/

Dom & Roland - Aliens

• Another tune seemingly 'supposed' for Metalheads, but never came about.
  http://www.subvertcentral.com/forum/view...72#6810372
  Unlike Peshay, Dom never had a release on Metalheads and this would have been an interesting 12" for sure. I would have been interested to hear what other tunes would have turned up on that 12", but I guess now we will never know
  

if memory serves me right, i think Thunder was supposed to be a 'headz release, but ended up coming out on Shadow.

dylan - metaphor (came out on freak)
seba - warriors (came out on secret ops)

not sure if anyone remembers them, but there was a duo from montreal called Dune that had a few releases on Basement. one of them worked at a record shop and spoke often about having a tune signed to Headz. not sure if this was true since, but i think it ended coming out on an american label.

beta 2 and zero tolerance - "nyc diesel"

Dom & Roland - Aliens

• Another tune seemingly 'supposed' for Metalheads, but never came about.
  http://www.subvertcentral.com/forum/view...72#6810372
  Unlike Peshay, Dom never had a release on Metalheads and this would have been an interesting 12" for sure. I would have been interested to hear what other tunes would have turned up on that 12", but I guess now we will never know
  

if memory serves me right, i think Thunder was supposed to be a 'headz release, but ended up coming out on Shadow.

Thats what I remember too......Thunder came out on his LP in the end....

Heard a wee rumour that Colemanism was nearly signed to Headz, though we'd probably need F or N to confirm that.

Dom & Roland - Aliens

• Another tune seemingly 'supposed' for Metalheads, but never came about.
  http://www.subvertcentral.com/forum/view...72#6810372
  Unlike Peshay, Dom never had a release on Metalheads and this would have been an interesting 12" for sure. I would have been interested to hear what other tunes would have turned up on that 12", but I guess now we will never know
  

if memory serves me right, i think Thunder was supposed to be a 'headz release, but ended up coming out on Shadow.

yeah, i think i have an atmosphere magazine from '97 that has headz listed as the label for "thunder" in a top ten...