From lwtcdi Sent Wed, Jan 14th 1998, 13:47
From lwtcdi Sent Wed, Jan 14th 1998, 13:47
Greg Clow <xxxxxxx@xxxxxxxx.xxx> wrote: > The collaboration with Noel Gallagher, "Temper Temper", is annoying. I want to buy it to take the piss. The Grooverider mix I heard was alright, but I have yet to hear the exciting sonic melange made up from the combination of Goldie's hoarse grufflings/Noel Gallagher trying to make a 'noise' with his guitar, and some tepid breaks from the 1st LP. > "Digital" wastes the talent of KRS-1 with poorly structured rhythms and > a pathetic attempt at being "dark" halfway through. Fair play to G on this though. KRS's half-assed freestyle which he probably reeled off in a ten minute stint in the studio before jetting back to the South Bronx. It sounds like that to me anyway. The rapping is NOT up to the standard we've come to expect from Kris... > The attempts taken at > creating an atmosphere of soul or funk are so lifeless that I had to > struggle to keep myself from skipping to the next track several times. > And while "Mother", the hour+ track that takes up the entire first disc, is > ambitious to be sure, it also smacks so much of an artist trying to create > work miles beyond his reach that it's simply laughable. I've heard this, it's fucking rancid - coaster material of the year, I totally agree. It's possibly the most excruciating embarrassment I've ever heard recorded. This album is gonna push drum and bass into the mire for sure. Journalists will be proclaiming "the death of jungle" before the end of the week, just you see. > While I suppose there's a chance that I will hear something weaker than > this sprawling, useless, steaming turd of an album in the next 11 and a > half months, it's gonna be tough to beat, so I have the distinct feeling > that I have already heard the worst album of 1998, jungle or otherwise. So, do tell us, what are the tracks where he ripped off the raw talent of Dillinja, J Majik and Optical like? I don't care about the Rob Playford produced tracks, "Digital" or that unholy mother "Mother", which is probably for the best, as there's little or no chance of them making it to the vinyl version of "Saturnz Return" anyway. Which means the vinyl LP could actually be a bearable alternative to the "2"xCD version rot-fest. Happy frisbee throwing... Gb. -- /TheW i http://www.homeusers.prestel.co.uk/lwtcdi/all/ f o L D o dlr WTC "Let's decompose and enjoy assembling!"