Bomb the Bass
Having already taken a part-time sound course at the School of Audio Engineering in Holloway, Simenon was able to build "Beat Dis" himself - assisted in the process by producer Pascal Gabriel, who went on to experience his own success as co-producer of S'Express and a wide variety of other artists.[14] This partnership saw the 1995 album Clear reach the UK albums chart and the Justin Warfield featuring single "Bug Powder Dust" reach number 24 in the UK singles chart[15][16] Interviewed for Sound on Sound magazine in 1995, Simenon agreed with the interviewer when it was suggested that, with this more frenetic side of his work, he was looking to "combine the art of sampling with the energy of rock and roll."[4] Another record released by Island[14] in 1995 was Gavin Friday's Shag Tobacco, which Simenon produced and which spawned the track "Angel" (which found its way onto the hugely successful soundtrack of the Romeo + Juliet movie).Quoted in the biography, Depeche Mode: Black Celebration by Steve Malins, Simenon confessed, "I just felt fucked by the end of the recording, and I carried on working in January and February 1997, which was the worst thing I could have done.[18] The Tracks EP was recorded in collaboration with Jack Dangers, from Meat Beat Manifesto, and the first actual Bomb the Bass material to be released via Electric Tones.[citation needed] It was originally thought that "Butterfingers" (featuring Fujiya & Miyagi) would be the first single released from Future Chaos, as an animated short film for the track surfaced on YouTube in March 2008.[19] Reviewing "Butterfingers", Daily Music Guide described it as showing "the new Bomb the Bass plug straight into a place where scuffed Formica is sexier than leather, and red LED is the font of all knowledge.In the same interview, Simenon commented that the album had taken so long to complete partly because he had wanted to change direction, to take on a more simplistic, less cluttered feel - necessitating a restart and re-record.In 2012, the official BTB online shop was opened, with instrumental versions of "Future Chaos" and "Back to Light" being made available to purchase, along with a compilation album Rare and Unreleased.