From Nate Harrison Sent Fri, Jul 17th 1998, 12:31
From Nate Harrison Sent Fri, Jul 17th 1998, 12:31
On Thu, 16 Jul 1998, wayne wrote: > also got 4hero for 15.99 (double)...what a let down..got rid of it > straight away... > > I have to disagree. This CD set just reiterates that these guys do not follow; they lead. They were and are breakbeat pioneers. Yeah they did not produce what perhaps you expected them to, but what was that? If you listen to their previous stuff it's clear Marc and Dego have an affinity for jazz, Detroit, and a polished production ethic; this set is a full realization of those things, at the risk of perhaps putting some off as perhaps being too sugar coated. Were you put off by the 'live' sounding first CD? I think it's great. Just when drumnbass/big beat was starting to get vogue, (well in the US with every TV commercial these days having the amen in it) they come out with some orchestral/live sounding drumnbass disc. Very original, this is what Goldie/Roni Size try to (ie incororate non traditional dnb elements) do rather unsucessfully. I appluade their efforts for working at making a very unconventional dnb release even if its not 'electronic' enough. No samples here, just nice composition, and orchesta/string quartet... Then, on the second disc, they make sure you have not forgotten *they are wicked drum programmers*. More electronic, hard step type beat manipulation which shows their obvious repsect for Detroit synths, strings and 808. Check track 6 on the second disc. Pure bliss. The set is just awesome. Plus the multimedia thing is dope! It's as good as expected, for me anyway... later Nate