Yeah... on the surface it seems to have a lot in common
with big loada, i.e. trad. dnb breaks & mental programming...
but dig deeper and i think it has much more in common with MIRON...
for one thing he seems to be controlling allot from his
bass - he's said he uses some kind of MIDI pick up for it,
either that or just bass through loads of effects, the bass
is most evident on Boneville Occident and Plaistow Flex Out...
also there are lots of nice small jazzy touches here and there
like at the end of Go Plastic, and some of the tracks have
a very strong jazz edge to them, like The Exploding Psychology
(the nearest to something off MIRON or Budokhan), Plaistow Flex Out
and Boneville Occident.
Big Loada is probably as equally focused on the synth's as it
is on the breaks, and that's one thing that's missing here...
the melody remains buried under the breaks for the most part,
and the synth sounds are fairly uninteresting... but overall
i think they work well due to the complexity of the tracks.
anyway... its really excellent, it has as much depth - if not
more - then his jazz shit but coming from a more traditional
(for him) direction.... it mixes all the good things from his
previous work very well....
also nice to see some raga on there....
it's definitely a grower though, so if you don't get it on the
first few listens, stick with it....
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