From Jon Drukman Sent Sat, Apr 18th 1998, 00:14
London Beats - The Very Best Of Jumpin' & Pumpin' CDB TOT 1 This four-CD box set chronicles Britain's Jumpin' & Pumpin' label, which is probably best known among idm readers as the original home of Future Sound Of London. The tracks are taken from various releases throughout the years 1990-1995. A lot of it is incredibly cheesy with air horns, opera samples, hoover synths, piano stabs and all the other played out rave tricks of the early 90's. Fortunately the cheesy stuff works, for me, on the level of nostalgia. The FSOL selection is a little wack, concentrating mainly on tracks which are easily obtainable elsewhere. The only really new-to-CD tracks are "I'm Not Gonna Let You Do It" and "Zip Code". For spotters the FSOL tracks are: Papua New Guinea Tingler (remix) I'm Not Gonna Let You Do It Creator (mislabled as "Bring In The Pulse") Expander (remix) Humanoid (Smart Systems remix) People Livin' Today (med mix) Moscow (remix) Owl Coda Coma Bite The Bullet Baby Zip Code (stress ball mix) Despite that, this is a pretty neato comp, with a lot of cheese, a smattering of slightly rare FSOL, and some generally decent dance tracks. I picked it up for $18, which you have to admit is a pretty sweet deal for four discs. -- Jon Drukman xxx@xxxxxxxx.xxx ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Plan: Eat right, exercise regularly, die anyway.