LSA
Artist- LSA
The story of Bits and Pieces
I have always loved music and the opportunity to create it could not be ignored. It started out as a passion for hip hop music and culture that I became involved with at an early age. In the early 90’s met musical soul mate Eleven at a new job and we formed Children of the Fog. Our hopes were to create hip-hop group that transcended race and gender and focused on a conscious message. After spending several years creating with the group and releasing an EP “Underground Fog” and Album “Don’t Quit Your Day Job”, we began to grow tired and wanted to explore other avenues.
That is when I first came up with the idea of producing drum and bass. It was quite by accident. I was working on a drum track for a hip-hop beat and decided to speed up the tempo. After that everything changed, I started exploring different textures and sounds and began creating a whole new genre of music besides hip-hop. I guess you could say it was a happy accident. After that I created several drum and bass tracks and put together my 5 song EP “Underwater Blues”. I then came to realization that an album was in order. That album is “Bits and Pieces”. I named it that because all of the tracks are snapshots of a lot of things I pieced together from all over the place. Half way to completing the album “Bits and Pieces” I decided to change the course and add a more trip hop element by having my partner Eleven sing on some tracks, notably “Jesus Love Me” and “Open Your Heart”.
The other songs on “Bits and Pieces” are a various mixture of sound textures over sparse beats. My hope and goal was to create a record of music that touches on all the styles I enjoy producing. I do believe I succeded in doing just that.