The London disc jockeys Justin Langlands and Dave Henley
first met in 1986, at the peak of the house scene. Under the
moniker Blood Brothers they became stalwarts of the genre.
Pressure Drop started with the singles
Feeling Good (Big World, 1990),
Back To Back (Big World, 1990),
Trancefusion (Big World, 1990).
The style changed with the album Upset (Boombastic, 1992),
one of the precursors of trip-hop,
the praxis (guest singers, guest rappers, guest horn sections) if not the
sound (You're Mine).
The singles Everything'll Be Alright Tomorrow, Big Noise and
Unify led to
Front Row (Marlboro, 1993), a much more subdued statement of work.
The Eps Tearing The Silence (Hard Hands, 1995) and
Up Against The Wall (Wall Of Sound, 1995) were more daring
with their dark and jazzy backgrounds.
The album Dusk (Cafe Del Mar, 1996)
A platoon of friends plays saxophone, flute, trumpet, harmonica, clarinet on
Elusive (Hard Hands, 1997).
Unfortunately the choice of singers
(Anita Jarrett, Constantine Wier and Martin Fishley) is not the best.
My Friend, Got To Be For Real ,
Silently Bad Minded expertly mix dub, exotica, bebop and Ennio
Morricone.
