Valves by Neotech is a tune that is on a rare Dom and Roland drum and bass album, with its abstract techstep sound. I made a slide show of my pictures that express construction and technology with the images going through an automated factory like production process. Futuristic buildings in 2-D made to look Robotic and alive. History Techstep developed from jungle music and hardstep around 1995.[4] The name of the genre was coined by Ed Rush and Trace, who were both instrumental in shaping the sound of techstep.[5] In this case, "tech" did not indicate a relation to the smoother style of Detroit techno, but to the rawer, more caustic hardcore sounds that were popular in Belgium in the earlier part of the decade. Techstep was a reaction to more virtuosic and more pop musical elements in jungle and drum 'n' bass, which were seen as an adulteration of "true" or "original" jungle.[6] Instead the genre was infused with a simpler, colder, "whiter" European sound that stripped away most R&B elements, and replaced them with a more hardcore sound,[7] and ideological influences like youth anti-capitalism movements, and dystopian films like Blade Runner and Robocop.[8] One of the first incarnations of the techstep sound is Dj Trace's remix of T-Power's "Mutant Jazz" which appeared on S.O.U.R. Recordings in 1995. This remix, co-produced by Ed Rush and Nico, features the trademark stepping beats and distorted Reese bassline which would become symbolic of the techstep genre. The Torque compilation (No U Turn), Breakage LP (Penny Black 1997), and Platinum Breakz 1, 2, and MDZ 01 ( Metalheadz) feature some selections of techstep tracks. Some of the original techstep producers eventually matured into the neurofunk style. Early pioneers include Trace, Ed Rush & Optical, Nico, Fierce, Panacea,[9] Teebee, Dom and Roland, Doc Scott and Technical Itch. Moving Shadow, Metalheadz, No U-Turn Records, Emotif, Position Chrome and Renegade Hardware were important labels in the development of the style. Now, the scene is led by artists such as Noisia, Spor, Phace, Misanthrop , Apex and Black Sun Empire. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Techstep

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1. I have 3 copies of the original Moving Shadow release on vinyl if anyone is interested.
2. Thanks for posting these vids up man. They give us scenes that we don't normally get to see to music that we looooove!! LOL! Cheers mate!
3. Just so happened to post up the full version of Valves today so I made it a response to this. Cheers.
4. Try doing your own videos what are you looking for exactly on youtube, I take your statement as a form of ignorance Labzxo.
5. The programme I used to make this video won't work on my computer anymore so I have to stick to Nero 7 which does not have all the effects on them. One thing about editing programmes are that they crash easy, otherwise my work could be even better. My computer is getting old and can not handle newer software.
6. this is awesome...what editing software and what camera did you use?
7. Thanks, just some pictures I done that I put together to make a video.
8. Expand explain, thanks for the comment, just a home made project.