quoted 3 lines What I'm still waiting for is someone to come out the Jungle/Drums&Bass culture>What I'm still waiting for is someone to come out the Jungle/Drums&Bass culture
>(which is quite separate from techno & idm) to produce a long player
>that's original, interesting, varied, and holds my interest for a solid hour.
I would say that the Spring Heel Jack album 'There Are Strings' is what
you're looking for, except that it seems that SHJ isn't part of the
Jungle/D&B culture, even though as far as I know they don't work in any
other styles. The junglists I've talked to generally haven't heard of them,
which could have something to do with the fact that SHJ don't seem to
subscribe to the whole "Jungle is the new soundtrack of the British urban
landscape, and it's ever so *important*" mindset.
I think they're great though - some of their tracks hit me in some of the
same places as Mouse on Mars, or Jake Slazenger - they sometimes use some
very nice "wacky" sounds. One track ("Day of the Dead") sounds to me like
they've been listening to at least a little Depth Charge. Their album holds
my interest much better than 'Parallel Universe,' which gets very samey for
me; by the end of the second half I'll get impatient with 4 Hero.
C.
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