While checking out the "U.S.'s First Jungle Shop", I came across a
copy of T Power's new _Waveform_ LP. The attendant said that this
was an advance copy laid down by the distributor who had recently
visited. Reviewette follows:
T Power
Waveform
life in the freezer
a large grey area
G13
Purple sunshine blotter
bionic chronic
inversion boots
postcards from pluto
splinters
stress fractures
nilus protocols
reality pants
refraction
G7
fluffy crystalised phat bags
CO2 at ripening
T Power seems to have spent a lot of time with his bong lately. This
albumn listens a lot like an Orb albumn, in that you spend a lot of
time asking yourself, "Is that an Oxy 10 commercial in the
background?" This albumn has several tidbits devoted to the beatless
feedback sessions. A good half of this albumn does not qualify as
Drum n' Bass. "Postcards from pluto" has nice cheesy electro sounds
that sounds like a Warp release, with some nice background ambience.
The real Drum 'n Bass tracks are "Stress Fractures" and "Bionic
Chronic". The first features some very nice Old School rhyming. The
second is Genius. It is a Building D 'n B track with some nice
techno riffs thrown in.
"Refraction" is also really nice. Sounds like a combo of LTJ Bukem
mixed with material a la "Know Twiddlers".
Overall a nice mixture of ambience, d 'n b beats, and cheese techno.
Brian