> of, dare I say it, soulful drum n bass. I've been thinking about this a lot myself lately. Back in 95 I read an interview with Alex Reece who said how much he was inspired by UR and their melodies. Last week I went back to some of my favourite d+b records from 94 -99. While mixing some of my favourite examples of what would later be given the kiss of death by the label 'inteligent'. If you listen to some of the early reece, pim, wax doctor, the d+b that was put out on R&S (esp the model 500 remixes), hidden agenda, creative source stuff etc there are IMHO a lot of at least superficial similarities to the detroit sound - the momentum of the beats, the use of strings, new sounds, eq levels in the production, use of dissonance, the funk in the spaces between the beats. Mixing them to maximise the beat and bass switches and absolutely minimise breakdowns I find it quite close in feeling and emotion to the feeling and emotion of dancing to a long deep soulful techno mix - with a big smile on my face :)
It was these tunes that started making me want to find out more about this detroit sound I was hearing about. The mix I refer to isn't 100% perfect, but if anyone is interested I can host it for others to hear what I'm talking about. Maybe it's just nostalgia (already!) :)) -- has anyone else experienced or thought about something similar along these themes? Matt - [EMAIL PROTECTED]
