From Will Samuels Sent Wed, Oct 7th 1998, 23:46
From Will Samuels Sent Wed, Oct 7th 1998, 23:46
> Got a really cool cd in the studio today that you > should check out: > It's called "Bass in Your Face: Essential Drum & > Bass" and it's on Elektra. I know the title sounds > gay as hell, but I'll let the tracklisting speak for > itself: Don't take offense but this sounds awful. First off, I am really skeptical of domestic major label comps. Aphrodite and Mickey Finn are pretty much shite. They usually do pretty formulaic "jump up" drum n bass. Which in my opinion is usually crap, but there are some good jump up tunes here and there. If you are really into hip hop then this might be the type of d n b that suits you. If you are more into IDM/techno/experimental music, then you would probably dislike this stuff as crap. > 1. Bassline Genertaion vs. Mickey Finn: 911 Emergency > 2. Missy "Misdemeanor" Elliott vs Lumbajack: The Rain (Supa Dupa Fly) > 3. Aladdin 5 vs. Aphrodite & QED: Summer Breeze > 4. 60 Channels featuring Angie Hart vs. The Angel: Give Me Your Love > 5. Jeru the Damaja vs. Dillinja: Me or the Papes > 6. Busta Rhymes vs. Natural Born Chillers: Dangerous > 7. Kirsty Hawkshaw vs Lemon D: Sci-Clone > 8. Aaliyah vs Armand Van Helden: One in a Million > 9. Towa Tei featuring Biz Markie vs. Bizzy B & Pugwash: B.M.T. > 10. Camp Lo vs. Breakbeat Science: Black Nostaljack > 11. En Vogue vs. Towa Tei: Whatever > 12. Nuyorican Soul vs. 4hero: I am the Black Gold of the Sun > Some of the tracks aren't that spectacular, but over > all I think it's a great comp. I've been waiting for > this kind of merger for awhile. I think the Jungle > Bros vs. Aphrodite track was the beginning of > something great and hopefully we will see some more > conventional IDM type artists get in on this action > in the future. I would hope the IDM type artists would continue to try to push the boundaries of electronic music rather than jump on some bandwagon. I don't know how much you know about jungle, but I would suggest checking out comps. like SOUND IN MOTION (RAM) or QUANTUM MECHANICS (RENEGADE HARDWARE). These are really good compilations. You won't find any rap on it, but it will give you a better idea of what is out there in the Underground jungle scene. Oh and if you want to hear rap type vocals get a cd that features an MC on it. Perhaps Logical Progression 3 _________________________________________________________ DO YOU YAHOO!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com