I went to my local disk shop in between loads of Laundry the other
evening, and low and behold, they had the new SquarePusher LP. After
reading all the hype on this List, I had to hear it.
"SquarePusher Theme" and "Theme from Ernest Borgnine" were both
excellent. But some of the other tunes( don't remember names) just
left me there, with an odd look on my face. SquarePusher is
definitely different. I found similarities to Aphex Twin(another
artist who has never really done it for me), in experimental style.
Despite the two solid tracks, this disk did not leap out, and say
spend your $20 on me, like my previous purchase... "LTJ Bukem
presents The Rebirth". Another continous mix of low-key drum 'n
base tracks. The only problem I have with this disk is that the
whole CD is one track, and that one of the songs is featured on the
Logical Progression compilation. He's definitely my favorite artist
of the moment.
But it amazes me that LTJ does not get more "airtime" on this list.
Both "Rebirth" and "Logical Compression" are excellent albumns.
Another recent pickup of mine in the Drum 'n Bass genre, is
Flynn + Flora "Native Drums". Trippy Drum 'n Bass. It's harder then
the other's in the Intelligent Jungle genre, such as T Power,
SubTropic, or LTJ. But it features some excellent tracks such as
"revolution", "you are sleeping", "love", and "bass speaker". This
one is getting heavy rotation.
Brian
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Monchichi Monchichi, O so soft and cuddly