Re: (idm) Ed rush & Optical

From dis2
Sent Thu, Feb 11th 1999, 18:55

> >whats the deal with
> >klute?
> >is it d&b lite?...or has it got some beef?

> oh it's got some beef...a hard-steppish release with sharp drums that
> change up when needed. Tight production as well. Comparable to
> Boymerang...

I'd say it's also a bit photek-y.  Very sharp drums, but less minimal
and better on a dancefloor.  It's actually quite varied - as well as the
dancefloor tracks it's got some stealthy numbers, some chilled out, some
funky, some techsteppish, a couple aren't even d&b at all.  
I like it 'cos it's really distinctive, which seems to be quite a rarity
in d&b these days - everything's either really samey or 2 hours long
(or, even worse, both).
Who cares how good the production is?  Give me some lo-fi track with
some original ideas over all the formulaic well-produced d&b any day.

Dan Shoebridge.

np:  David Holmes - Let's get killed.