quoted 4 lines Across 5 good quality vinyl slabs (don't you just HATE buying> Across 5 good quality vinyl slabs (don't you just HATE buying
> records on crap vinyl) there is more of the familiar ambient, washy, dreamy
> Drum 'n' Bass that massages your temples with its lush, liquid sounds and gets
> you moving with its TIGHT beats.
While I would agree, I would daresay that this compilation displays a
music that has actually _progressed beyond_ the familiar...it's deeper,
more intense, more complex, but still retaining the groove, the flow.
It's a bit difficult to describe, but this compilation has blown my f'n
mind on more than a few occasions...
quoted 1 line The tracks like this are by Doc Scott,> The tracks like this are by Doc Scott,
(in unusually mellow mode, and *wow*...."tokyo dawn" is a real stormer...)
quoted 1 line Pablo etc.> Pablo etc.
I think the Pablo track is easily the highlight of the compilation. see
description above. *intense*.
quoted 3 lines But wait- there's more. Bukem has done a totally new track for this> But wait- there's more. Bukem has done a totally new track for this
> album, which muzik magazine described as 'trip-hop'. It isn't that, but
> it is REALLY jazzy and almost smoky (but not in the same way as Tricky et al)
Bukem's track is great.."moodswings" is a very nice hiphop track built in
his own style...
quoted 2 lines There are a few tracks by a new band called Poets of Thought. Again, jazzy,> There are a few tracks by a new band called Poets of Thought. Again, jazzy,
> and easy, but not D 'n B and not Trip Hop
well, one is hiphop, one is very Latin, and one is drum'n'bass. These
three tracks are worth the price of the compilation alone. an amazing
debut, especially the comp-opener "Jamming The Session"...dub, soul,
hiphop, funk...it's *all* there. not half-assed either. it's *really* all
there.
This compilation is in the running for album of the year -- along side
its sister _logical progression_, Bukem has definitely made his mark on
dance music.
mikebee
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