On Mon, 16 Oct 1995, Mark Bowen wrote:
quoted 4 lines My Drum and Bass collection needs to be expanded beyond A Guy Called Gerald and> My Drum and Bass collection needs to be expanded beyond A Guy Called Gerald and
> the Plug singles on Rising High.
>
> Any suggestions?
The new 4-Hero album, "Parallel Universe", just re-released on Selector (a
new jungle subdivision of Crammed records out of Austria) shouldn't be
too hard to find, and the breaks contained therein are utterly amazing.
The funkiest piece of electronic music I have ever heard. The first track
is a vocal mix of Universal Love that may put you off a bit, but it isn't
by 4-Hero. The seventy minutes that come after it are much better.
Also the Endemic Void has some fantastic stuff. I think they have an EP
or two out, but I'm not sure where you can find them. They combine
ambience, breaks, and live trumpet playing to impressive effect.
Global communication/Reload puts out some excellent mellow jungle under
the name of Chameleon. I think that they are due to release an Ep under
that name in the near future. There is a remix of Link by Chameleon on
the Evolution sampler.
Spring Heeled Jack has an LP "There are Strings" out. It is rumored to
be very good.
If you want something easy to find, there is the surprisingly good
compilation Counterforce out domestically on FFRR. Its sequenced by Mark
Gage of Vapourspace and has four tracks by DJ Crystal, and some other
tracks by Rogue Unit, Hyper on the Experience, Goldie, and even a
junglist version of "are we here?" by Orbital. Warpdrive by Dj Crystal is
amazing. And best of all it doesn't have the word JUNGLE plastered all
over the cover.
Last the new mu-ziq LP "In Pine Effect" is supposed to be drum and bass
in a mu-ziq format. I haven't heard it, so I can't reccomend it, but it
could turn out to be good, who knows?