From Che Sent Wed, Oct 29th 1997, 12:24
From Che Sent Wed, Oct 29th 1997, 12:24
Formative - some harder to get than others - try used lists
(whitezone-l), online CD places, etc.
4Hero - In Rough Territory (1991) - Breakbeat, but you can hear
glimmerings of things to come.
A Guy Called Gerald - 28 Gun Badboy (1992) - This is one of the most
amazing albums of all time - way ahead of its time.
Spring Heel Jack - There Are Strings (1994) - The title track is maybe
the greatest d'n'b track ever.
4Hero - Parallel Universe (1994) - Pushing the envelope.
A Guy Called Gerald - Black Secret Technology (1994, reissued in 1997) -
Gerald is still out there.
There's also some early/formative breakbeat/jungle tracks on the bonus CD of
Tek9's (4Hero by any other name) "It's Not What You Think It Is?!?!".
On Mon, 27 Oct 1997, H James Harkins wrote:
> Now that the "clean up idm" campaign has settled a bit, I'll go ahead and
> ask this. :)
>
> I'm teaching a seminar next term on technology and popular music, and I
> want to do a unit on jungle/d'n'b. The trouble is, I only got into this
> stuff within the last year and I don't have a representative sampling in
> my collection to use. I *already* have:
>
> Plug - D'n'B for Papa (both the blue planet and nothing releases, so I've
> got Plug 1,2 and 3 also)
> Squarepusher - Feed Me Weird Things, Hard Normal Daddy, Big loada
> Cujo - Adventures in Foam (must order Bricolage NOW!! :) )
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Yeah you got that right.
For more contemporary stuff, check out Spring Heel Jack's "Busy, Thirsty,
Curious", Photek's "Modus Operandi" (though the 12"s are way, way better),
and TPower's "Police State" (a mindblower). TPower's "Self Evident Truth
Of The Intuitive Mind" is probably the best D'n'B/Techno blend you'll
ever find.
Have fun.
Che