Re: (idm) dark drum'n bass....

From Will Samuels
Sent Thu, Mar 4th 1999, 23:26

--Aaron S Michelson <asm2+@andrew.cmu.edu> wrote:
>
> Excerpts from mail: 4-Mar-99 Re: (idm) Autechre "clones" by Will
> xxxxxxx@xxxxx.xxx 
> > the first jungle thing i ever got into was Squarepusher's remix of
Dj
> > Food. And then from there I got into Squarepusher, and Photek. Which
> > lead to J Majik, Arcon 2, No U-Turn, etc. etc.
> 
> Finally, somebody acknowledges the existence of Arcon 2. That album is
> one of the coolest jungle pieces I've heard since..... well, T Power's
> Self Evident Truth of an Intuitive Mind. I completely dig people who
> take jungle up a knotch with dark, yet developed melody. I've heard a
> few bits and bobs on the No-U-Turn label (the Torque comp, and a few
> 12"'s) and my general impression of the roster is NOT ENOUGH SNARES!
> Grr.... it's so boring to me. And it's not really that dark. I have
the
> same gripe with No-U-Turn that I do with Panacea.... too much empty
> space, no enough development.

Actually when we had Nico down at KUCI, Brock Suter  came down with
lots of No U-Turn 12" that I had never seen or heard and they were
really cool. You might of liked some of that stuff more than Torque.
Hopefully, that Fierce - Trauma Mix cd (No U Turn) will see the light
of day because alot of those tracks are probably on there. Have you
heard Locust? That's a phat track!

With Panacea I pretty much stopped after Tron. I think the original
version is way better than the remix which appears on the album. 

Arcon 2 is really good! But I didn't care for alot of the other stuff
Leon Marr did. He had an earlier single called Running on Reinforced
which didn't do it for me. And then he had that project Oil on (FSOL's
label...can't remember the name of it), which was just ok.

He did have a good remix on the J Majik LP. 

I never picked up that T Power album. I heard a few single after that
release and wasn't impressed. His second album was ok, no gem. I heard
a new single from him a few weeks ago, and thought it was shite!
Didn't really care for Chocolate Weasel either. But the name is cool! 
 That track Mutant Jazz was cool.

Now Dom & Roland he is the man!! I have loved almost everything he has
put out. Can't wait to go pick up his new Parasite 12" today.

> Now if you really want a dark jungle track, just pick up the Chaos and
> Julia Set "Learn to Fight" 12", and prepare to be blown away. That
> fucker never fails to scare the hell out of me... dense snare
rushes, a
> whalloping bass roll and slick production.

Do you mean "First Generation"? Maybe "learn to Fight" is the B-side.
I was definitely impressed with Prichard and Middleton's drum n bass
outing. These guys can do a great job at any genre! Hopefully, they do
more stuff like this.

> I think everyone should chill out and listen to Terry Lee Brown Jr. :)

I played some a few weeks ago on Swope Transmissions. It's a pretty
decent lp. 



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