one other point i'd like to make about the album is its dependency on drum
'n' bass to make it fully fleshed. IMO, drum 'n' bass is somewhat of a
contagious electronic rash, itching its way through seemingly every genre of
dance music (even hip-hop). and every time a genre gets infected with the
rash, it becomes more trendy and thus loses value.
you don't like d'n'b then
i've never once noticed
an artist become a better musician by experimenting with jungle breaks or
spastic d+b cadences.
eerrr, squarepusher, vibert, aphex, mu-ziq etc all experimented with jungle
breaks (and i bet they would argue they've improved over time).......
a problem with this is that drum 'n' bass/jungle can
no longer stand its ground as a single idea. very few artists coming out
now consider themselves "drum 'n' bass," and if they do, they're usually
shit.
arse: ray keith, dillinger, klute, shy fx are all drum and bass....and are
not shit
.
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