R D Wigglesworth <R.Wigglesworth@sheffield.ac.uk> asked:
quoted 9 lines A totally un-idm question now follows....>A totally un-idm question now follows....
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>There's a well good track on the Coldcut mix cd by one
>Junior Reid called "One Blood". This is a ragga/jungle type thing
>and I love it. I've ordered a copy of the album with the same title,
>but some shops reckon it's deleted (in the UK). Any info? anyone?
>
>A review of said album perhaps? Perhaps J.B.Gill can help us out with
>this one.
junior reid, to my knowledge, doesn't have any strictly jungle material
out. the track you refer to on _70 minutes of madness_ is, i think, a
pretty standard reggae/dancehall track matched with the truper's (photek's)
"street beats vol. 2." one of the things that makes that coldcut cd so
brilliant is their ability to make almost seamless connections across spans
of widely disparate material (of course, jungle and reggae are closely
related, but parkes' take on it is hardly conventional). photek's drum
patterns match so precisely the rhythm and pitch of reid's voice that it
sounds like all one track. masters at work also sampled "one blood" on
their "blood vibes," released by cutting (listed on _70 minutes of
madness_, about 40 minutes after the photek/reid bit, although the actual
track they use is "justa lil dope," which is paired with "blood vibes" on
the original cutting twelve inch...anyone else notice that error?).
somebody please work my ass if i'm wrong about this...
sc
p.s. the even pairing of reid and photek tracks is also a pretty stunning
metaphor for the role of jungle as a racial unifying force in club
culture...reid's pleading cries paired with photek's haunting synth accent
gives me chills every time!