When dirtybird started one of the big things for me was trying to make "house music" without using a huge kick drum to anchor it. If you listen to most of my earliest tracks, a massive kick is not the focus and the funk is coming from the other elements. "Chimps" was one of those cases where I took a series of tom drums and put them together to make a King Kong style beat. As an homage to both acid house and jungle drum n bass I then layered a searing raw synth line on top of the bottom end. This was the first track i ever signed to another label. It came out on a Get Physical compilation in 2005 or 2006. I ran around my apartment shouting when I signed it I was so excited. DJ T actually even asked me to add a huge kick and I tried to do it, but it ruined the track.
Later on, since they put it out way deep on the D side of the compilation, I asked Get Physical if I could have it back to release as a single. We sold almost 4000 vinyls which at the time was a huge amount of records with the fading vinyl industry. This track was always a great example of Dirtybird being different to everybody else back then.
Title: Chimps
Label: Ditrybird
Release Date: 4.18.07
Written By: Claude VonStroke
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