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Stories… Young UK drum & bass artist Virtue has plenty to share.
Firstly there’s the tale of his album. A tailored narrative throughout his debut long player; each cut is a short vignette. Pieced together to take you through an all-too-familiar relationship hurricane from first sight to last fight, Virtue understands the essential album equation: 12 bangers do not equal an album with longevity or substance.
Instead, he guides us through the emotional twists and turns of a relationship cycle with subtle sonic twists, subgenres, melodic motifs, detailed drumwork and silky mixdowns on each track: from the sweet liquid love story opener of Blow My Mind VIP right through to the poignant piano-laced post-split future-gazing of Winner Takes It All by way of the full-pelt dynamic bass guilty bitterness of The Secret and every emotion in between. All the while keeping a stern eye on the dancefloor, ensuring each production’s purpose and direction isn’t lost in the concept.
Second is the story of how he was signed to John B’s Beta Recordings. After a clutch of releases on labels such as Multifunction, E-Motion and Influenza, he blindly sent Blow My Mind to John B knowing the lilting pianos and warm soaring bass would resonate with the Beta Recordings founder. John loved it so much he opened one of his heavily-subscribed podcast episodes with it… Leaving Virtue a surprise AIM the day the podcast dropped. They started talking albums straight away.
Finally we have the story of his roots: following the well-known likes of Callide, Voltage, Decimal Bass and Konichi, Virtue is yet another successful alumni of Gloucester’s thriving D&B scene. Collaborating with local agenda-setters, he was part of the not-for-profit label Stilla Audio and regularly representing on the city’s community radio station GFM since 2009, 25-year-old Virtue’s rise is classically informed and old school: from passionate DJ to skilled producer with a real understanding of dancefloors, he’s developed his way through the local ranks and is now ready to take on the world. It’s already happening…
His life-changing off-chance Beta demo didn’t just make it to John B’s podcast, it also made number one on the 1Xtra Drum & Bass chart for two weeks running.
Virtue: a man with a real promise, an album with a real purpose, a sound with real dynamism. A Soundtrack Of Two Lives is the tale of an aspiring, highly talented artist who’s spent years waiting to tell his story… Are you listening?