David Turgeon writes:
quoted 3 lines huh? how was this album rhythmically complex? the few times i
> huh? how was this album rhythmically complex? the few times i
> listened to it, i was under the impression that the same exact
> breakbeat was being used throughout, at around the same tempo. as for
From the listens I gave it, on recommendation from various people, it's
not rhythmically complex in the least. Just the same old boring two step
rubbish.
Dom & Roland's album "Industry" has quite a bit of two step in it but
manages to be a lot more rhythmically complex, as well as having some
very evocative melodic bits at times.
And Arcon 2's album is the darkest and most intricately programmed
"mainstream" drum'n'bass album I've heard in recent years.
quoted 3 lines it being dark, i suppose that's open for interpretation, but the
> it being dark, i suppose that's open for interpretation, but the
> appellation baffles me a bit. is 'dark' what they call melody-less,
> minimal drum n bass?
Unfortunately yes. One can sortof see why when it's played VERY LOUD at
a club, but compared to say the stuff mentioned above, or indeed to what
one might expect or hope to hear, most of it's very very lame indeed.
My opinion.
Peter.
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