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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? np): "Silver Surfer", "LB" Behenroth, Deeper Side of the Internet Hk! --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: idm-unsubscribe@hyperreal.org For additional commands, e-mail: idm-help@hyperreal.org

Hmm, I think you must be pretty selective in the d&b you've been playing. That said, a lot of the Good Looking/Lookin' Good stuff is nice, I would think that quite a bit of this stuff would be to your liking. Check out Visions of Mars by Blame, a particular favourite of mine. Ross. ----- Original Message ----- From: Kelley Hackett <khackett@aba.iupui.edu> To: <idm@hyperreal.org> Sent: Wednesday, April 26, 2000 2:27 AM Subject: [idm] D&B/Lush Melodies

quoted 13 lines I have someone in mind here so I hope they'll respond to this--

> 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? > > np): "Silver Surfer", "LB" Behenroth, Deeper Side of the Internet > > Hk! > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: idm-unsubscribe@hyperreal.org > For additional commands, e-mail: idm-help@hyperreal.org >

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--- Kelley Hackett <khackett@aba.iupui.edu> wrote:

quoted 7 lines I have someone in mind here so I hope they'll

> 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

Thanks Will and Ross heres the thing: I dont even like D&B really, but I did notice this trait!( U R correct too, I dont listen to it much) Someone has recently did a D&B track and its smoking, SMOKING, I wished he'd say something..... I have heard the Gellab(hope thats right) track from Plaid and its nice, again I dont care for D&B, but U gotta like songs like that. 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. 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:

quoted 7 lines I have someone in mind here so I hope they'll

> 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

Hi, You might want to check out Jake Mandell's little DnB excursion "Dlue Veacon' on Prime Deep. Also 'Current Value' put out a fantastic EP; superfast intricate breaks over a beautiful sad somewhat ambient underpinning, on 'Position Chrome' PC22. The track title for side A is Creative Robot. I highly recommend it. Amp Tek put out a nice 'weirdbeat' sounding track, also with a sad melodic undertow on their album Declassified on Eclectic [e002(EP)], which will also satisfy the IDMhead. Downpour's 'Windstorms broken microphones ep' on Drop beat might also do the trick if you like your breaks real chopped up. I would also recommend a lot of Christoph de Babalon's stuff, and of course early Tom Jenkinson. That's what immediately jumps to mind. Good luck with your hunt, it is also what I look for, but unfortunately I think it is a very small minority of what is being put out in that 'genre'. Regards, Christophe Ross Balmer wrote:

quoted 30 lines Hmm, I think you must be pretty selective in the d&b you've been playing.

> Hmm, I think you must be pretty selective in the d&b you've been playing. > That said, a lot of the Good Looking/Lookin' Good stuff is nice, I would > think that quite a bit of this stuff would be to your liking. Check out > Visions of Mars by Blame, a particular favourite of mine. > > Ross. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Kelley Hackett <khackett@aba.iupui.edu> > To: <idm@hyperreal.org> > Sent: Wednesday, April 26, 2000 2:27 AM > Subject: [idm] D&B/Lush Melodies > > > 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? > > > > np): "Silver Surfer", "LB" Behenroth, Deeper Side of the Internet > > > > Hk! > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: idm-unsubscribe@hyperreal.org > > For additional commands, e-mail: idm-help@hyperreal.org > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: idm-unsubscribe@hyperreal.org > For additional commands, e-mail: idm-help@hyperreal.org

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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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On Wed, 26 Apr 2000 10:56:44 -0700 (PDT) William Samuels <w_technoir@yahoo.com> writes:

quoted 2 lines I have noticed with most D&B recordings that the

>> I have noticed with most D&B recordings that the >> melodies tend to be lush.

quoted 1 line PS J Majik does some great lush tunes also

>PS J Majik does some great lush tunes also

Can't second this recommendation enough. His full length as Innervisions - _Slow Motion_ - will be right up your alley, Kelley. Some of his stuff on Metalheadz is a bit more rough and percussive, so you might want to check those releases later. But anything on Infrared, buy! J np: Miles Davis _Tribute to Jack Johnson_ Join The Party @www.cpusa.org ________________________________________________________________ YOU'RE PAYING TOO MUCH FOR THE INTERNET! Juno now offers FREE Internet Access! Try it today - there's no risk! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/tagj. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: idm-unsubscribe@hyperreal.org For additional commands, e-mail: idm-help@hyperreal.org

--- Kelley Hackett <khackett@aba.iupui.edu> wrote:

quoted 6 lines What gives on this Use of Weapons, never heard of

> > 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.

There are two Use OF Weapons (Mark Pritchard) singles the first one was "Mojo Woman" and the second one was "Stan's Plan" Part of the reason you might not of heard about it is because Danny Breaks (the label owner) doesn't do interviews or really promote the label and it;s artists. He prefers to let the music talk for itself. The Vertigo project (which is Mark Pritchard & Danny Breaks) is set to release a few eps on Droppin' Science and then they are going to look for an album deal. The album is said to be a mixture of hip-hop, drum & bass, and some weird jazz type of stuff. Sounds very cool to me!! PS Danny Breaks just released the Beyonf Infinity ep, which is really good. It's a mix of dnb & trip hop. ===== 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

--- Kelley Hackett <khackett@aba.iupui.edu> wrote:

quoted 6 lines What gives on this Use of Weapons, never heard of

> > 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.

There are two Use OF Weapons (Mark Pritchard) singles the first one was "Mojo Woman" and the second one was "Stan's Plan" Part of the reason you might not of heard about it is because Danny Breaks (the label owner) doesn't do interviews or really promote the label and it;s artists. He prefers to let the music talk for itself. The Vertigo project (which is Mark Pritchard & Danny Breaks) is set to release a few eps on Droppin' Science and then they are going to look for an album deal. The album is said to be a mixture of hip-hop, drum & bass, and some weird jazz type of stuff. Sounds very cool to me!! PS Danny Breaks just released the Beyonf Infinity ep, which is really good. It's a mix of dnb & trip hop. ===== 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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quoted 1 line 'S'apex' put out a great 3LP called 'audiodesign'. The melodies a

>'S'apex' put out a great 3LP called 'audiodesign'. The melodies are sometimes

quite 'lush' and sometimes a bit shyer (but always present), in fact the whole album is quite restrained and minimal. The breaks are superbly thought out, and the sounds are dry and sparse. Funkstorung did a remix of one of the lusher tracks; Henryk, which they bent completely beyond recognition. The original track is well worth the listen.

quoted 1 line µ-ziq's track 'Ice Nine' is beautiful and a must if you're looking for

>µ-ziq's track 'Ice Nine' is beautiful and a must if you're looking for this

sort of thing. Mad mad breaks to top it off. On Bantha Trax Vol.2. No cheesy melodies here, as he sometimes has a tendency of doing. Just one lone flute sounding instrument floating above the breaks.

quoted 1 line A strange epic record I got in a used bin called 'Scorpion', White Breaks

>A strange epic record I got in a used bin called 'Scorpion', White Breaks

Frankfurt vol. 7 (I know sounds like some neo-nazi project) on Gema. It sounds like the soundtrack to the end of the world.

quoted 1 line 'Procedure 769', 'Lethal Dosage' on Reinforced. Cat # Rivet 108. Dark

>'Procedure 769', 'Lethal Dosage' on Reinforced. Cat # Rivet 108. Dark rollers

with a twist. You'll just have to take my word for it.

quoted 1 line Pretty much anything put out by 'Heinrich at Hart' will have melodic elements

>Pretty much anything put out by 'Heinrich at Hart' will have melodic elements

in it. He has a very particular, and immediately recognizable melodic sense which you may or may not get into. He, like Babalon likes to throw in some Heavy Ambient on occasion as well.

quoted 1 line If you like epic sounding stuff I'd also recommend Arcon 2, and then there's

>If you like epic sounding stuff I'd also recommend Arcon 2, and then there's

Amon Tobin who's sounding more and more overproduced to my ears, but that's just me. Hope that helps. Regards, Christophe I have someone in mind here so I hope they'll

quoted 6 lines respond to this--

> 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?

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