I lost track on Drum & Bass years ago but there was an era that it produced some amazing records. I forgot most of the titles but i loved almost all the PFM stuff, Certificate 18, Source Direct did some really beautiful things as well! The first Logical Progression from LTJ Bukem is an essential D&B compilation IMHO.
Nowadays most of it is the same as loop techno for me... getting on my nerves :) [EMAIL PROTECTED] > i still pop on "paralell universe", [4hero] from time to > time. and that > "in order to dance 6" comp on r&s has some great > ,"detroit-inspired" d&b > works... check out "jazz juice - deroit". > > peace, > lrh > > -----Original Message----- > From: m a t t [d] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, January 13, 2003 3:48 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: (313) Exploring Drum and Bass > > > > 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] > -------------------------------------------------------------- DISCLAIMER De gemeente Almelo aanvaardt voor haar medewerkers geen enkele aansprakelijkheid voor eventueel onjuist, onrechtmatig of ontoelaatbaar geacht gebruik van e-mail (inclusief bijlagen). Dit e-mail bericht is door de gemeente Almelo gecontroleerd op de aanwezigheid van eventuele virussen. Wij kunnen echter geen garantie afgeven dat al onze e-mail berichten volledig virus vrij zijn. Het is daarom verstandig uw binnenkomende e-mail berichten zelf op de mogelijke aanwezigheid van virussen te controleren. --------------------------------------------------------------
