{"id":552,"date":"2016-03-30T11:18:55","date_gmt":"2016-03-30T11:18:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.beta-recordings.com\/site\/?p=552"},"modified":"2024-05-08T17:01:37","modified_gmt":"2024-05-08T17:01:37","slug":"virtue-a-soundtrack-of-two-lives","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beta-recordings.com\/site\/2016\/03\/30\/virtue-a-soundtrack-of-two-lives\/","title":{"rendered":"Virtue &#8211; A Soundtrack of Two Lives"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb_share_1\" style=\"float: right; margin-left: 10px;;width: 55px;\" name=\"fb_share\"><div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div><script src=\"http:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/all.js#appId=125029517579627&amp;xfbml=1\"><\/script><fb:like href=\"https:\/\/www.beta-recordings.com\/site\/2016\/03\/30\/virtue-a-soundtrack-of-two-lives\/\" send=\"false\" layout=\"box_count\" width=\"55\" show_faces=\"false\" font=\"arial\"><\/fb:like><\/div><div style=\"float: right; margin-left: 10px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share\" class=\"twitter-share-button\" data-count=\"vertical\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.beta-recordings.com\/site\/2016\/03\/30\/virtue-a-soundtrack-of-two-lives\/\">Tweet<\/a><\/div>\n<p>Also available to stream\/download on iTunes\/Spotify\/Apple Music etc: <a title=\"All other Digital Download &amp; Streaming Links\" href=\"http:\/\/j.mp\/VirtueDL\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">http:\/\/j.mp\/VirtueDL<\/a><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=https%3A\/\/api.soundcloud.com\/playlists\/195160369&amp;color=ff5500&amp;auto_play=false&amp;hide_related=false&amp;show_comments=true&amp;show_user=true&amp;show_reposts=false\" width=\"100%\" height=\"450\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Support the Artist &amp; Label by buying direct from our webstore:<br \/>\nCD &amp; Download bundle here: <a class=\"yt-uix-sessionlink \" href=\"http:\/\/j.mp\/VirtueCDBndl\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" data-url=\"http:\/\/j.mp\/VirtueCDBndl\" data-sessionlink=\"ei=xrT7VoP-Dc_0WLL4m_gK\">http:\/\/j.mp\/VirtueCDBndl<\/a><br \/>\nMP3\/WAV Download here: <a class=\"yt-uix-sessionlink \" href=\"http:\/\/j.mp\/VirtueDigDL\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" data-url=\"http:\/\/j.mp\/VirtueDigDL\" data-sessionlink=\"ei=xrT7VoP-Dc_0WLL4m_gK\">http:\/\/j.mp\/VirtueDigDL<\/a><\/p>\n<p>All Streaming &amp; Download links here: <a class=\"yt-uix-sessionlink \" href=\"http:\/\/j.mp\/VirtueDL\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" data-url=\"http:\/\/j.mp\/VirtueDL\" data-sessionlink=\"ei=xrT7VoP-Dc_0WLL4m_gK\">http:\/\/j.mp\/VirtueDL<\/a><br \/>\nApple Music: <a class=\"yt-uix-sessionlink \" href=\"https:\/\/music.apple.com\/gb\/album\/a-soundtrack-of-two-lives\/1286374200\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" data-url=\"http:\/\/j.mp\/VirtueAPLMSC\" data-sessionlink=\"ei=xrT7VoP-Dc_0WLL4m_gK\">https:\/\/music.apple.com\/gb\/album\/a-soundtrack-of-two-lives\/1286374200<\/a><br \/>\niTunes: <a class=\"yt-uix-sessionlink \" href=\"https:\/\/music.apple.com\/gb\/album\/a-soundtrack-of-two-lives\/1286374200\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" data-url=\"http:\/\/j.mp\/VirtueITNS\" data-sessionlink=\"ei=xrT7VoP-Dc_0WLL4m_gK\">http:\/\/j.mp\/VirtueITNS<\/a><br \/>\nSpotify: <a class=\"yt-uix-sessionlink \" href=\"http:\/\/j.mp\/VirtueSPTFY\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" data-url=\"http:\/\/j.mp\/VirtueSPTFY\" data-sessionlink=\"ei=xrT7VoP-Dc_0WLL4m_gK\">http:\/\/j.mp\/VirtueSPTFY<\/a><br \/>\nBeatport: <a class=\"yt-uix-sessionlink \" href=\"http:\/\/j.mp\/VirtueBTPT\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" data-url=\"http:\/\/j.mp\/VirtueBTPT\" data-sessionlink=\"ei=xrT7VoP-Dc_0WLL4m_gK\">http:\/\/j.mp\/VirtueBTPT<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Virtue<br \/>\nLike: <a class=\"yt-uix-sessionlink \" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/virtuedrumandbass\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/virtuedrumandbass\" data-sessionlink=\"ei=xrT7VoP-Dc_0WLL4m_gK\">https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/virtuedrumandbass<\/a><br \/>\nFollow: <a class=\"yt-uix-sessionlink \" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mr_virtue1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" data-url=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mr_virtue1\" data-sessionlink=\"ei=xrT7VoP-Dc_0WLL4m_gK\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/mr_virtue1<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Beta Recordings<br \/>\nLike: <a class=\"yt-uix-sessionlink \" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/betarecordings\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/betarecordings\" data-sessionlink=\"ei=xrT7VoP-Dc_0WLL4m_gK\">https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/betarecordings<\/a><br \/>\nFollow: <a class=\"yt-uix-sessionlink \" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BetaRecordings\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" data-url=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BetaRecordings\" data-sessionlink=\"ei=xrT7VoP-Dc_0WLL4m_gK\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/BetaRecordings<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Stories&#8230; Young UK drum &amp; bass artist Virtue has plenty to share.<\/p>\n<p>Firstly there&#8217;s the tale of his album. A tailored narrative throughout his debut long player; each cut is a short vignette. Pieced together to take you through an all-too-familiar relationship hurricane from first sight to last fight, Virtue understands the essential album equation: 12 bangers do not equal an album with longevity or substance.<\/p>\n<p>Instead, he guides us through the emotional twists and turns of a relationship cycle with subtle sonic twists, subgenres, melodic motifs, detailed drumwork and silky mixdowns on each track: from the sweet liquid love story opener of <strong>Blow My Mind VIP<\/strong> right through to the poignant piano-laced post-split future-gazing of <strong>Winner Takes It All<\/strong> by way of the full-pelt dynamic bass guilty bitterness of <strong>The Secret<\/strong> and every emotion in between. All the while keeping a stern eye on the dancefloor, ensuring each production&#8217;s purpose and direction isn&#8217;t lost in the concept.<\/p>\n<p>Second is the story of how he was signed to John B&#8217;s Beta Recordings. After a clutch of releases on labels such as Multifunction, E-Motion and Influenza, he blindly sent <strong>Blow My Mind<\/strong> to John B knowing the lilting pianos and warm soaring bass would resonate with the Beta Recordings founder. John loved it so much he opened one of his heavily-subscribed podcast episodes with it&#8230; Leaving Virtue a surprise AIM the day the podcast dropped. They started talking albums straight away.<\/p>\n<p>Finally we have the story of his roots: following the well-known likes of Callide, Voltage, Decimal Bass and Konichi, Virtue is yet another successful alumni of Gloucester&#8217;s thriving D&amp;B scene. Collaborating with local agenda-setters, he was part of the not-for-profit label Stilla Audio and regularly representing on the city&#8217;s community radio station GFM since 2009, 25-year-old Virtue&#8217;s rise is classically informed and old school: from passionate DJ to skilled producer with a real understanding of dancefloors, he&#8217;s developed his way through the local ranks and is now ready to take on the world. It&#8217;s already happening&#8230; His life-changing off-chance Beta demo didn&#8217;t just make it to John B&#8217;s podcast, it also made number one on the 1Xtra Drum &amp; Bass chart for two weeks running.<\/p>\n<p>Virtue: a man with a real promise, an album with a real purpose, a sound with real dynamism. <strong>A Soundtrack Of Two Lives<\/strong> is the tale of an aspiring, highly talented artist who&#8217;s spent years waiting to tell his story&#8230; Are you listening?<\/p>\n<div style=\"float: right; margin-left: 10px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share\" class=\"twitter-share-button\" data-count=\"vertical\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.beta-recordings.com\/site\/2016\/03\/30\/virtue-a-soundtrack-of-two-lives\/\">Tweet<\/a><\/div>\n<div id=\"fb_share_1\" style=\"float: right; margin-left: 10px;;width: 55px;\" name=\"fb_share\"><div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div><script src=\"http:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/all.js#appId=125029517579627&amp;xfbml=1\"><\/script><fb:like href=\"https:\/\/www.beta-recordings.com\/site\/2016\/03\/30\/virtue-a-soundtrack-of-two-lives\/\" send=\"false\" layout=\"box_count\" width=\"55\" show_faces=\"false\" font=\"arial\"><\/fb:like><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tweet Also available to stream\/download on iTunes\/Spotify\/Apple Music etc: http:\/\/j.mp\/VirtueDL Support the Artist &amp; Label by buying direct from our webstore: CD &amp; Download bundle here: http:\/\/j.mp\/VirtueCDBndl MP3\/WAV Download here: http:\/\/j.mp\/VirtueDigDL All Streaming &amp; Download links here: http:\/\/j.mp\/VirtueDL Apple Music: <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.beta-recordings.com\/site\/2016\/03\/30\/virtue-a-soundtrack-of-two-lives\/\">Read More &#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":553,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,4,310],"tags":[300,14,294,253,17,318,317,311],"class_list":["post-552","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-artists","category-newreleases","category-virtue","tag-album","tag-cd","tag-download","tag-liquid","tag-mp3","tag-soulful","tag-soundtrack-of-two-lives","tag-virtue"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beta-recordings.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/552","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beta-recordings.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beta-recordings.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beta-recordings.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beta-recordings.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=552"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.beta-recordings.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/552\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":956,"href":"https:\/\/www.beta-recordings.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/552\/revisions\/956"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beta-recordings.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/553"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beta-recordings.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=552"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beta-recordings.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=552"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beta-recordings.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=552"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}