Ever-evolving
Clayton & Fulcrum give nod to 'Future'
By
Lloylita Prout
For The Philadelphia Inquirer, August 22,
2003
"Natural
Selection" sounds more like a heady Darwinian lecture than an evening
of soulful grooves. But grooves are indeed on the agenda tonight (Aug. 22)
at Fluid.
The Philly-based Clayton
& Fulcrum will celebrate "Soul Fan," their appearance on Om
Records' United Nations of Future Music Vol. 2. Individually, the
duo started out spinning drum-and-bass, but they have been successful
bouncing through genres, which makes the title of their monthly
understandable.
Next up for Clayton &
Fulcrum is an album that will be released later in the year, from which
they will give patrons a taste tonight. Botany 500 will also be thumbing
through the crates above the Latest Dish.
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Clayton and Fulcrum
By Sean O'neal
For The City Paper, August 21, 2003
For Philly's own up-and-coming production duo, it's not about living up
to one trendy dance-music archetype or sticking to a certain genre. Well,
maybe it used to be, but not anymore. Around three years ago, both Dave
Clayton (a.k.a. Clayton the Chemist) and Fulcrum (real name Patrick
McCunney) were vigorous drum-and-bass DJs. Fulcrum tore it up regularly on
the weekly Internet radio show "Injection 2012." Clayton
launched his own Internet show, "In-the-lab.com." Both rocked it
at Dieselboy's Platinum party at Fluid. But ever since Clayton and Fulcrum
united in the studio, they've been making something fresh, and new, a warm
and soulful kind of breakbeat funk. The sound is deep and danceable, a
blend of soul, jazz, Latin, Afrobeat, hip-hop, house and whatever. Their
debut disc is one tune on the United Nations of Future Music, Vol. 2
compilation CD released last month on the Om label. "We established
ourselves in Philly through drum and bass," says Clayton. "But
in our minds, the tempo and production practices of that music placed
limitations on what we thought we could do with music. Once we shed those
constrictions, our creativity exploded, and we finally realized our
potential. Now we let the feeling of the song dictate its tempo and
structure."
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