LOL,
that description would be a good reason to simply not buy that CD compilation :)
On Fri, 11 Feb 2005 18:24:31 -0700 (MST), wallace winfrey
<wally@booyaka.com> wrote:
quoted 50 lines On Thu, 10 Feb 2005, David Sim wrote:
> On Thu, 10 Feb 2005, David Sim wrote:
>
> >> It's a new year time to start a new thread about the term 'IDM' eh?
> >
> > Yep. Does this mean that I get to trot out the old John Peel quote to
> > the effect that the best thing about intelligent drum and bass is that
> > it implies the existence of stupid drum and bass, which sounds like it'd
> > be awesome.
>
> Brilliant quote.
>
> In 1995, I bought a double pack on the S.U. label (Strictly Underground)
> called "Intelligent Drum n Bass Volume Two". The liner notes on the
> backside have always struck me as quite hilarious, both because of the
> cover illustration (Rodin's The Thinker with a baseball cap on backwards
> b-boy style) and the obvious sincerity with which the notes were written:
>
> "The Strictly Underground Corporation return with another wicked selection
> of the best Underground Tunes currently Doing It in the UK. As with volume
> one this Album is the real deal for the purest in Drum & Bass and has NO
> JUNGLE ON IT. The term intelligent Drum & Bass was coined by DJ's who
> wanted to specify the quality and musical side of the Drum & Bass Scene.
> This is the music that can't be thrown together in 5 minutes, it takes
> time & talent to make, and for those who know, a million miles from
> jungle. The S.U. Corporation once again giving you the true underground
> scene for the true underground ravers!"
>
> (All caps and poorly-placed apostrophes are S.U.'s own...)
>
> Of course, what's really funny is that the purist who wrote these words
> probably didn't know that SU would be advertising some of it's other
> compilations on the bottom of the backside:
>
> Hardcore Junglistic Fever Vol. 2
> Jungle Sound Clash 2
>
> I guess these compilations specify the "shitty" and "unmusical" side of
> the drum & bass scene, you know, stuff that was thrown together in 5
> minutes without time or talent.
>
> There's also two tracks on the comp attributed to the artist called "Drum
> & Bass".
>
> w
>
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