I've seen several glowing reviews, but I'm jaded, and a lot of the time
reviews read better than the record sounds. ("Hard" stuff not hard as I
imagine, "weird" stuff relatively conventional compared to much of the
far undergound I'm used to, etc...)
Yet the prospect of a truly sublime jungle record, or heavily
jungle-influenced music, is a most appealing idea. I've flipped through
a few jungle comps. Only track that really set my mind spinning was by
Area 39 (?), and I've yet to locate any other tracks on 12"/comps.
Major reservation about delving into Goldie is the reviews suggest it is
very much a pop record. What I liked about the Area 39 track (on _King
of the Jungle_ I believe) was the alien atmosphere. Take that away and
I'm afraid it would amount to hyper-rhythmic pop mush. Is this anything
like the way, say, Soul II Soul relates to house and techno?
Please warn, advise, recommend...