![]() ![]() Fast forward to 2019 and Best Newcomer went to Kanine, whose breakthrough hit “ The Shadows ” landed in 2017 on long-time jump-up imprint Subway Soundz. Back in 2015, the winner for Best Newcomer was Cartoon, a synth-heavy producer who leaned towards the mainstream, whilst Best Track went to Noisia & The Upbeats’ “ Dead Limit ,” a dance floor anthem that in hindsight was the high watermark of neurofunk. You only have to look at the Drum & Bass Arena Awards to see how influential the sound has become. Exemplified by Serum’s “ Black Metal ” or Benny L’s ‘“ Vanta Black ,” the foghorn has bled into the whole genre, with tracks like Enei’s “ Sinking ” or Waeys “ Objection ” offering dynamic fusions of jump-up, rolling tech, and biting minimal beats. Rather than the traditionally flat, wide-angled drums of jump-up past, the foghorn saw movement towards small, tapping percussion which left ample space for honks of ever-larger size. It removes the four-four stabs previously dominant in jump-up, replacing them with long, distorted tendrils that ripple with reverb and move through the air in fits and screams. It takes the grating textures of jump-up and pulls them in all directions. Steeped in the long history of jump-up’s tendency to ruffle feathers, and birthed from an in-your-face mentality, the foghorn is unashamed, unabashed, and unbowed. Loud, rough, and garish, the foghorn has been as polarising as it has popular. Another foghorn at midspan between the towers sounds a pair of high-pitched notes.The last five years of drum & bass have been dominated by the foghorn. The south tower foghorn sounds a deep, loud note for 2 seconds, then it repeats in 18 seconds. When it's foggy you can hear the sound from the south tower instantly by telephone, 41. Then, wait about 2 seconds to hear the sound waves reach your ears through the air, traveling a little faster than a jet airliner. If you live in San Francisco, here's something to try next time there's fog, from the Golden Gate Bridge website: ![]() For more information about these and other fog horns in San Francisco Bay, visit: Into the recording a small plane can be heard flying overhead. Also audible is the surf below the cliffs of Lands End. I believe two of these are located on the nearby Golden Gate Bridge itself and another may be at Point Bonita on the Marin Headlands, 2.5 miles west of the bridge. ![]() There are four separate fog horns audible, each with specific characteristics such as direction, intervals and frequencies two are single, two are double. Years later I converted the recording to digital for posterity. The coordinates are approximately N 37 degrees 47' 14" W 122 degrees 29' 40.5". This recording was made late in the evening on the foggy night of August 29th, 1987 from Lands End near Lincoln Park in San Francisco, using fairly inexpensive stereo equipment. Many of the foghorns in San Francisco Bay can never be heard again as they have been replaced by more advanced technology… In the late '80s, my dad recorded the foghorns of San Francisco on tape for my mother. ![]()
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