Date: Fri, 7 Jun 2002 08:07:22 -0400
quoted 2 lines From: "John Bush" <johbus@allmusic.com>
> From: "John Bush" <johbus@allmusic.com>
> Subject: RE: [idm] some vague comments about booksquoted 1 line So um, any comments on these two?
>> So um, any comments on these two?
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quoted 1 line State of Bass by Martin James (Jungle history)
>> State of Bass by Martin James (Jungle history)
This book suffers from the same prejudices as a lot of other writing on D&B from
the same period (e.g Simon Reynolds). It is extremely critical of the
Bukem/Fabio more melodic strand whilst championing the tech-step stuff by the No
U-turn crew & others. Of course the truth is somewhere in between. There was an
equal amount of shite in both strands of the music. And classics from both camps
as well.
What happened to D&B is an object lesson in how the music press can skew the
development of a musical scene and what influence they have on a fickle public.
Once they started championing Speed (Bukem & Fabio's club) in summer 95 the
queues grew longer and longer outside. By 96, however, the backlash started and
by the end of that year the club was almost dead - I remember seeing Fabio,
Grooverider and Peshay playing to an audience of about 25. The prominence of
techstep which took over as the darling of the music press caused a desolate 2
years for D&B. Only over the last 2 years has the scene recovered - the main
reason being is that all sides of the music are equally represented.
Anyway, the book suffers by not taking a balanced view and the same goes for the
'Rough Guide to Drum and Bass' book as well.
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