Dr S Gachet

Vault Check: Dr S Gachet – Remember The Roller

Presumably named in part after Dr Paul Gachet, a homoeopathic Doctor known personally to infamous impressionist artist Vincent Van Gogh, Dr S Gachet, A.W.O.L resident and owner of Audio Maze records, released a good handful of records on Funky Junky and Labello Blanco before starting his own imprint in 1995.

The very first release on Audio Maze in that year was this absolutely unforgettable slab, a true definition of the word roller if ever there was one (and maybe, just possibly, where the term first gained recognition within the drum & bass movement). Sparse in content, but with just enough constituent parts to tear down ceilings, the Reese in this made even the most astute head-nodder bust out the screwface, and this track was inescapable during ‘95/’96.

An epic record with lower bass tones that you could feel rumbling through guts, providing the bass bins was big enough. Many DJ’s would let this one roll from start to finish. It would have been a waste to do anything less.

Author

  • Daniel Beale

    Daniel was born into DJ culture in 1976. His father ran one of the best mobile DJ rigs in central England during the late 70’s & early 80’s. The house was always full of vinyl! By 1990 his father was knee deep in the emerging UK rave scene and Daniel witnessed the birth of Hyperbolic, a legendary all nighter on the east coast, with which his father became heavily involved. In 1994 Daniel started writing for Eternity Magazine and this continued until they sadly went bust at the end of the decade. In the mid to late 00’s he approached KMag, wishing to start writing again as well as running his own ‘old skool review’ website. Family and work then took priority. Now fully inspired by the current state of Drum & Bass, he has proudly rejoined the Knowledge Magazine team and is enjoying touching base with people from all aspects of the scene to conduct interviews and reviews.