Trybet – Mood Setter EP

Catalog Number: DR009
Release Year: 1995

Trybet is Baltimore’s Mike Parker and Aric Rist. “Mood Setter” is their second release as Trybet on Defective Records, and if it’s anything like the first, it’s sure to cause quite a stir. That first self-titled ep rocketed to the top of charts the world over, including Top 20 on the highly respected Groove Magazine (Frankfurt) chart, as well as #1 or #2 spots on respected DJ’s Tanith, Taucher, Paul Cooper, etc. lists as well. “Belong” on that first ep has already been licensed to Groove Magazine’s 5th Anniversary CD compilation, sharing the lineup with DJ Hell, Mike Dearborn, etc…

Mood Setter follows in the same vein as that first ep – dark moody analog on top of minimalistic electro rhythms, with cool breaks that tone things down briefly, then rip right back into the rhythm…Trybet doesn’t forget that their name comes from the merging of tribal rhythms with Tibetan samples either; check out the vocal intro to “Effected Harmonic” to see what we mean. All this from Baltimore – who’d of thunk it?