DRUM-FM was instrumental in forging the concept of
Live Jungle/Drum’n’Bass... They preceded the likes of
Reprazant, 4Hero, Peshay and have seen Drum’n’Bass
redefine itself by replacing ‘Amen’ and ‘Apache’ breaks for
the authenticity of contemporary drummers.
- Terna Heuston - STRAIGHT NO CHASER - Autumn 1999

 

 

 

 

DRUM-FM Live • South London Soul Train "SOUL & BASS" ReMiX 7-March-2020

DRUM-FM Double CD "CREATION STEP"

Recorded Live at The Hackney Empire (1999) and The Barbican (2001) - London

tribal broadcast recordings  © 2002

listen on SPOTIFY

DRUM-FM • CREATION STEP 2003

Single-CD Re-Release • MAC-2 Distribution London

- LEGACY PRESS & CD REVIEWS -

"IN SEARCH OF M'BAOUDI & THE SOUL"
The 1st collaboration of Marque Gilmore (DRUM-FM)
and Cheick Tidiane Seck (Mali). Released on the SONY-France
"SUN SUN Compilation" CD (1996).
The beginning of the Brooklyn-Bamako Sound!
https://soundcloud.com/marque-gilmore/1-in-search-of-mbaoudiand-the-soul 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

listen to "M'BAOUDI" on SOUNDCLOUD

“Marque Gilmore/DRUM-FM: “CREATION STEP” Voted in the “NEXT BEST 15 CDs OF 2003” alongside Basement Jaxx, Jamie Cullum, Dvorak, RZA, Pink & more ... “Live drum magic.”” - THE OBSERVER MUSIC MONTHLY #2, October 2003

— The Observer/GUARDIAN

DRUM-FM "Millennium Migration" Live @ Hackney Empire 14-Oct-1999

“THIS MUSIC WAS UNLIKE ANYTHING YOU'D HEARD BEFORE. AS YOU RODE THE TIDE OF SUB-BASS TRIGGERED BY the inna•most's FLURRIES ON THE DRUM KIT, YOU WERE SUDDENLY AWARE OF THE SHEER MODERNITY OF THE SOUND. SO, ALL OF YOU 21ST CENTURY PROGRAMMERS OUT THERE… DRUM-FM IS THE LICK.” > Press Review > DRUM-FM Live @ Hackney Empire 14-October-1999 LIVE REVIEW” - Paul Bradshaw, Founder, Publisher/Editor STRAIGHT NO CHASER MAGAZINE

— STRAIGHT NO CHASER, Winter Issue - 1999

Once again... Kevin Le Gendre breakin' it down in 2003, DRUM-FM Stylee!

DRUM-FM • Ancient-to-Live VIDEO-Archive ( 1995 • 2001 • 2006 )

DRUM-FM • VORTEX EXTENSION • Bonus CD (2002)

drum-fm • "lest we forget...." • Debut EP (1999)

DRUM-FM • "lest we forget...." • Debut EP Reviews ( The WIRE & WAX )