(Irene) wrote:
| I've got a bit of a problem seeing the words CURRENT in the same
| sentence as Jungle & D&B.
As follows up appear to confirm, the problem
with "current" and "Jungle"in the same phrase
crops up if you never liked No U-Turn, and are
quietly cursing the way Nico, Trace et al turned
drum'n'bass on its head.
Some people say "come on, the music hasn't changed
that much", but I reckon something really has
changed in the character of at least what gets
played out. So much is now about a big dirty
bass-line and one groove. And structurally so much
of it is so similar - bass and beat with a few
other sounds, then a breakdown to the bass and
introduce a new sound, then just back to where you
were.
For the record, I find most drill'n'bass or
whatever a noodly irrelevance, so it's not like
I'm afraid of a dancefloor... I just much prefer
something more rolling, with the emphasis on
breaks and shifts in dynamics.
Michael
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