Life Is... - Album

Long Before Bristol Had Become A Recognized Stronghold For Downtempo Trip-Hop And Spy-Soundtrack Dubs The Duo Of Rob Smith And Ray Mighty Teamed In The Late '80s For Two Early Breakbeat Tracks "Walk On By" And "Anyone Who Had A Heart." The Anachronistic Fusion Of Sophisticated Burt Bacharach Productions With Laidback Hip-Hop Prefigured Trip-Hop's Later Fascination With The More Polished End Of '60s Adult-Pop. The Pair Also Produced The Top Ten Hit "Wishing On A Star" For The Fresh Fours Then Signed With Ffrr Records Who Were Looking For A Production Team With Crossover Abilities Similar To Soul II Soul . The Label Later Rejected Both Smith & Mighty's Debut Album And Several Subsequent Recordings Claiming They Were Unsuitable For Release So The Duo Formed Their Own Label More Rockers. Five Years After Their Initial Brush With Major-Label Shenanigans They Released Bass Is Maternal. Smith & Mighty Also Worked On Production For More Rockers Signee Marxman And Released A Volume In The DJ Kicks Series In 1998. Big World Small World Followed Two Years Later. Smith Has Also Recorded With The Trip-Hop Trio Jaz Klash. read less