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Wed, 26 Apr 2000 17:14:44 -0400
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Re: [idm] D&B/Lush Melodies
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quoted 3 lines What gives on this Use of Weapons, never heard of this disguise. But I do> What gives on this Use of Weapons, never heard of this disguise. But I do > agree Will, Mark P. is no joke when it comes to diverse yet quality > recordings.
I know Use of Weapons has put out some very dubby sounding drum + bass on the Droppin' Science label before, which overall is a very high quality and diverse label. I'm coming from a different angle, so i know of Use of Weapons but not other projects by the same person. - cutups http://pbs.chemlab.org/skelo
quoted 71 lines np): silence> np): silence > Hk! > > -----Original Message----- > From: William Samuels [mailto:w_technoir@yahoo.com] > Sent: Wednesday, April 26, 2000 12:57 PM > To: Kelley Hackett; 'idm@hyperreal.org' > Subject: Re: [idm] D&B/Lush Melodies > > > --- Kelley Hackett <khackett@aba.iupui.edu> wrote: > > I have someone in mind here so I hope they'll > > respond to this-- > > > > I have noticed with most D&B recordings that the > > melodies tend to be lush. > > Strangely enough, any one care to shed light on > > this? Speculations? > > Some drum n bass definitely does have some very nice > lush melodies. Labels like Good Looking, Ascendant > Groove, 720 Degrees, Creative Source, and some Moving > Shadow, and Metalheadz releases. > > That's the thing I like about drum n bass there are so > many different styles (Jazzy, funky, tech step, etc) > There are alot more techno influenced tunes these > days. > > I"M VERY SURPRISED that Use of Weapons (Mark Pritchard > aka 1/2 of Global Communications, Jedi Knights, > Reload, Link, etc) has been largerly ignored on this > list. ESPECIALLY when he is such a well-respected IDM > artist. The most recent release Use Of Weapons - > Stan's Plan [Droppin' Science], the basslines totally > sound like something Tom Jenkinson would do. In fact, > I gave a mixed cd to Brock Suter (ex-idm list member) > and he was totally convinced that it was a Tom > Jenkinson tune when he heard it. > > Mark Pritchard is also doing an album with Danny > Breaks, the project is called Vertigo. I expect that > will be a great release!! > > Also, on the lush melodic dnb tip.....The PLAID remix > of Studio Pressure (aka Photek) [Certificate 18] is a > must have!!!!!!!!!! I was hoping Plaid would venture > a little more in that territory for future releases. > Oh well, I almost always dig all of their tunes and > remixes. Cheers > > PS J Majik does some great lush tunes also > > ===== > SWOPE TRANSMISSIONS - Listen on KUCI.org > every FRIDAY Evening 6-9pm (Pacific) > ~ Playlists / Links / Sound Files ~ > http://home.earthlink.net/~efrans/swope-transmissions > > "Drum n bass, Downtempo, Techno, Electro and much more." > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Send online invitations with Yahoo! Invites. > http://invites.yahoo.com > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: idm-unsubscribe@hyperreal.org > For additional commands, e-mail: idm-help@hyperreal.org > >
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