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I've been worshpping J. Smith ever since I got his "Wild Card" jungle ep, and more importantly his "Homebrew" album. Much better than his old stuff... but the same wacky style. Anyway, I've a question for all you who happen to be feeling altruistic... are there any other jungle albums out there that are comparable to Subtropic? I just love the whole rhythmic complexity thing... but I am pretty unaware of who else is composing quality music within the genre. Help me out with your opinions, and please support them with some sort of analytical explanation, so as not to get a big thing started over which jungle artist is better than which other jungle artist, et cetera.

On Sat, 9 Mar 1996, Sugatis wrote:

quoted 8 lines Anyway, I've a question for all you who

> Anyway, I've a question for all you who > happen to be feeling altruistic... are there any other jungle albums out > there that are comparable to Subtropic? I just love the whole rhythmic > complexity thing... but I am pretty unaware of who else is composing > quality music within the genre. Help me out with your opinions, and please > support them with some sort of analytical explanation, so as not to get a > big thing started over which jungle artist is better than which other > jungle artist, et cetera.

Boy, tall order there. ;) Okay, I've seen some folks on this list who aren't too high on it, but I truly cannot get enough of Dego and Mark Mac's _Jacob's Optical Stairway_ LP on R&S. It's an incredibly innovative, polished production of beautiful jazzydrum'nbass music. But even looking beyond the smooth, galactic musicality of the package, the beats on this album are phenomenal. There's a real sense of craftsmanship, swing and funk in all the percussion - sorta Max Roach-y in how the drums *themselves* take on a very musical quality. It really stands head-and-shouders above a lot of the smoother drum'nbass that's been deluging the market recently, and I recommend it *very* highly, so there. :) - Matthew OnNow: Sugar - Hoover Dam "I grew up thinking that techno music is actually something that you can't imagine. That is techno at its best. If you hear something that you'd never expect to hear - that's techno. If you hear something that kind of sounds like you've heard it before, then it's not techno." - Jeff Mills

On Sat, 9 Mar 1996, Sugatis wrote:

quoted 4 lines I've been worshpping J. Smith ever since I got his "Wild Card" jungle ep,

> I've been worshpping J. Smith ever since I got his "Wild Card" jungle ep, > and more importantly his "Homebrew" album. > ... are there any other jungle albums out > there that are comparable to Subtropic?

T-Power <the one on SOUR with the big long title I never remember> is totally tweaked out blunted, bizarre piece of work. Lotsa other stuff -- Hangable Autobulb I by Aphex Twin, Jacob's Optical Staircase, A Guy Called Gerald yadda yadda yadda. Go to a record store that lets you listen to records before you buy. --------------------------------------------------------------------- In an expanding universe, time is on the side of the outcast. Those who once inhabited the suburbs of human contempt find that without changing their address they eventually live in the metropolis. -- Quentin Crisp Kent Williams kent@inav.net (319) 338 6053 (home) (319) 626 6700 x 219 (work) (319) 626 3489 (fax)