Re: REVIEW: Omni Trio "Music for the Next Milleneum"
quoted 5 lines WARNING: If you're one of those people that doesn't want to read>WARNING: If you're one of those people that doesn't want to read
>about jungle and breaks on the IDM list, kill this article now
>rather than flaming me. I bring this disk up for discussion because
>there is some hype about this record being 'intelligent' jungle,
>which, if it is the case, is worth consideration on IDM.
i myself am sick to death of all the 'intelligent' or 'ambient'
jungle nonsense. i wish it would stop. make it go away! make it
go away!
it shouldn't take the 'intelligent' tag to make you finally listen to
a form of music, which seems to be what most people who are finally
getting into jungle now were waiting for all along.
i keep wondering when 'intelligent gabber' will come along so they
can better market it for the masses.
quoted 1 line Still with me? OK.>Still with me? OK.
more or less.
quoted 5 lines I have been following the jungle/drum&bass whatever thing now for>I have been following the jungle/drum&bass whatever thing now for
>about a year, and it has been a real trial. I've bought and
>sold back the two Jungle Comps that came out last year (History
>of our World, Law of the Jungle) because they seemed to, well, suck
>rocks hard.
'history of the world' was not jungle. it was total hardcore, happy
stuff. smiley stuff. ravey stuff.
'law of the jungle' was the sound of one label. just one label. there
are a lot of other good record labels that have different sounds. i
kinda like 'law of the jungle' but it does get old fast. like all
ragga.
quoted 3 lines The thing about it is that there is a lot to love about jungle: it is>The thing about it is that there is a lot to love about jungle: it is
>fast, wild, fragmented, and funky. At it's best it's a real roller
>coast ride.
yes. exactly.
quoted 3 lines There is also a lot to hate about jungle: formulaic production, lo-fi>There is also a lot to hate about jungle: formulaic production, lo-fi
>production, annoying diva wails, and sound so chopped up and
>fragmentary as to be aimless.
true.
quoted 5 lines The Omni Trio comes billed as the best of breed. Is it? Well I have>The Omni Trio comes billed as the best of breed. Is it? Well I have
>mixed feelings. I played drop the needle (if this is the right
>expression with a CD) with a friend this weekend and it didn't sound
>that great -- if you just skip around randomly, everything about
>jungle that's annoying is there in spades.
omni trio is perhaps the best in his style. the uplifting-strings-
diva-drum-n-bass-what-have-you style.
i think it is a good album. not as great as i had hoped, but very good.
rolling heights, mystic stepper, alien creed are great tunes. the rest
of it is just good.
quoted 9 lines But since I blew 15 buck on it I've been giving it another chance.>But since I blew 15 buck on it I've been giving it another chance.
>And I think that there are cuts on this that warrent some close
>listening. "Shadowplay" has the piano thing going, and the diva, but
>it has a nice melody that comes in and out, and at the end you feel
>as though you've gone somewhere. The annoying thing about divas
>is if they never shut up. In this song she's down in the mix,
>and the repetition of the same sample over the chorus works -- it
>becomes a sound that you hear as an another instrument in the fix
>rather than someone singing.
if you don't like the vocals, you don't like the vocals.
quoted 2 lines I also like the jazzy progression in 'Living for the Future', though>I also like the jazzy progression in 'Living for the Future', though
>the intro voice may put you off for starters.quoted 3 lines All through this record there are patches of very careful, subtle>All through this record there are patches of very careful, subtle
>breaks. But often they are surrounded by little pastiche melodies of
>the sort that irritate the fuck out of you in shit techno.
uh, i like melodies. i think the thing i tend to dislike in most
jungle is the extreme lack of melody (don't tell me the melody is in
the bass line, that's bollocks).
quoted 5 lines So what's the verdict? I dunno. If you like jungle in general, this>So what's the verdict? I dunno. If you like jungle in general, this
>record is a cut above most of the genre, but it hasn't totally broken
>the straightjacket of the style; when they do there are patches
>of pure glory. If jungle mostly just irritates you, then you should
>save your sheckels for something else.
actually, i remember when omni trio was drum n bass and categorically
eliminated from the jungle label. that wasn't too long ago. now that
everything's been termed jungle, oh well.
i wouldn't be so quick to deem it a cut above the genre either. you
said so yourself that you haven't heard that much.
quoted 3 lines As an intro to the genre, you could do worse, but perhaps you could>As an intro to the genre, you could do worse, but perhaps you could
>do better as well -- I like 'Jungle Tekno 4' quite a bit, and it
>covers a pretty broad territory.
*sigh*
i've been mentioning these albums for so long. 4 hero 'parellel universe',
omni trio...the 4 hero album is possibly more of what IDM'ers are seeking.
the new guy called gerald is apparently one of thebest albums yet, and
i am happy that e/r has just gotten it for me.
as for the rest of the better side of jungle, you will never find it
readily on cd. that is just a sad fact of life.
either buy vinyl, or suffer.
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