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Moonlight wrote:

quoted 7 lines Panacea - Low Profile Darkness

> > >Panacea - Low Profile Darkness > > What are these guys like? I just realized the other day that these guys > did the title track of "Synthetic Fury" with DJ Spooky. That song's real > heavy drum and bass, but not really drillish, right? Panacea like that > regularly?

one guy, (really)hardcore drum'n'bass. no avantgarde, beat cut-up trickery like drill'n'bass stuff, but really nice beat sequencing none-the-less. he's got the best grasp of the relationship between the drum and the bass of any d'n'b artist out there. most other d'n'b allstars can be compared to a bad audio system: all bass and high levels with weak mids that don't support and connect them. by that i mean: others sound like they whip up the beat sequencing and the basslines on separate continents. anyhow, he's recently doing alot more downtempo, hard acid stuff. any other panacea fans out there? or am i singing unheard praises? what's a panacea? tomas

Tomas Jirku wrote:

quoted 22 lines Moonlight wrote:

> > Moonlight wrote: > > > > >Panacea - Low Profile Darkness > > > > What are these guys like? I just realized the other day that these guys > > did the title track of "Synthetic Fury" with DJ Spooky. That song's real > > heavy drum and bass, but not really drillish, right? Panacea like that > > regularly? > > one guy, (really)hardcore drum'n'bass. no avantgarde, beat cut-up > trickery like drill'n'bass stuff, but really nice beat sequencing > none-the-less. he's got the best grasp of the relationship between the > drum and the bass of any d'n'b artist out there. most other d'n'b > allstars can be compared to a bad audio system: all bass and high levels > with weak mids that don't support and connect them. by that i mean: > others sound like they whip up the beat sequencing and the basslines on > separate continents. anyhow, he's recently doing alot more downtempo, > hard acid stuff. > any other panacea fans out there? or am i singing unheard praises? > > what's a panacea?

'The cure'. I'm a BIG panacea fan myself. I've had some pretty interesting conversations about him with lots of the top jungle producers in the UK, all of which think his music is absolute shit. Some of the funniest were from nico, whom panacea sampled aprox 85 percent of the sounds for his 'low profile darkness' LP from (the rest being from ae and a few other sources). Nico actually went into force inc in germany (with one of the makai guys, who are all scared of the force inc family) and asked them what the fuck was up with this panacea guy sampling all his records. They ended up giving him a remix to do of mike inc's 'love inc', which although he (and ed rush) did it, they weren't happy with, pulled all the mike inc samples out and turned it into the title track off the torque lp. Ooops, sorry for getting off the topic... Anyway, I haven't been entirely happy with the direction panacea has been going lately, mainly due to his overuse (just like everyone else) of 'two step' beats. Also, his slower stuff started out pretty good (check the tracks on the electric ladyland comps) but he seams to have petered out a bit. The last really good thing I remember hearing from him was the single on chrome with the makai rmx on the flip. Nice one, lots of good old rave noises! :-) brockout.

the only panacea ive heard is the one with the destroyed police car on the cover (twisted designs? cant remember...) anyway this one is very good. it seems like there was a lot of good jungle coming out a few years ago, but now i dont know what happened... everything sounds weak and cliche... if you do like jungle tho, you should check out UFO! 's new one on the thermal label (thermal 002) its the first innovative jungle ive heard in a long time! its got some amazing bass... On Fri, 18 Jun 1999 18:14:43 -0700 Brock Suter <brock@alchemyfx.com> writes:

quoted 66 lines Tomas Jirku wrote:

> >Tomas Jirku wrote: >> >> Moonlight wrote: >> > >> > >Panacea - Low Profile Darkness >> > >> > What are these guys like? I just realized the other day that >these guys >> > did the title track of "Synthetic Fury" with DJ Spooky. That >song's real >> > heavy drum and bass, but not really drillish, right? Panacea like >that >> > regularly? >> >> one guy, (really)hardcore drum'n'bass. no avantgarde, beat cut-up >> trickery like drill'n'bass stuff, but really nice beat sequencing >> none-the-less. he's got the best grasp of the relationship between >the >> drum and the bass of any d'n'b artist out there. most other d'n'b >> allstars can be compared to a bad audio system: all bass and high >levels >> with weak mids that don't support and connect them. by that i mean: >> others sound like they whip up the beat sequencing and the basslines >on >> separate continents. anyhow, he's recently doing alot more >downtempo, >> hard acid stuff. >> any other panacea fans out there? or am i singing unheard praises? >> >> what's a panacea? > >'The cure'. > >I'm a BIG panacea fan myself. I've had some pretty interesting >conversations about him with lots of the top jungle producers in the >UK, >all of which think his music is absolute shit. > >Some of the funniest were from nico, whom panacea sampled aprox 85 >percent of the sounds for his 'low profile darkness' LP from (the rest >being from ae and a few other sources). Nico actually went into force >inc in germany (with one of the makai guys, who are all scared of the >force inc family) and asked them what the fuck was up with this >panacea >guy sampling all his records. They ended up giving him a remix to do >of >mike inc's 'love inc', which although he (and ed rush) did it, they >weren't happy with, pulled all the mike inc samples out and turned it >into the title track off the torque lp. > >Ooops, sorry for getting off the topic... > >Anyway, I haven't been entirely happy with the direction panacea has >been going lately, mainly due to his overuse (just like everyone else) >of 'two step' beats. Also, his slower stuff started out pretty good >(check the tracks on the electric ladyland comps) but he seams to have >petered out a bit. > >The last really good thing I remember hearing from him was the single >on >chrome with the makai rmx on the flip. Nice one, lots of good old >rave >noises! :-) > >brockout.

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quoted 1 line any other panacea fans out there? or am i singing unheard praises?

>any other panacea fans out there? or am i singing unheard praises?

yes. count me as one. your description of him was pretty accurate. don't know of too many other d&b producers who are as dark and powerful as panacea is. plus, he came across as a lovable oaf in the modulations documentary, talking about how his music scares the hell out of himself.

quoted 1 line what's a panacea?

>what's a panacea?

according to my dictionary: 1. a cure-all; a remedy for all diseases or ills. 2. an answer for all problems or solution to all difficulties. Dave Segal Managing Editor/Alternative Press Reviews/BPM/Reissue Redux/Origins Of Cool Secret Ions on WCSB Thursdays 9-11PM EST www.wcsb.org np: starfish pool- rituals for the dying [conspriacy]