From Will Samuels Sent Thu, Dec 17th 1998, 00:40
--Rodney Perkins <xxxxxxxxx@xxxxxxxxx.xxx> wrote: > > This is such baloney. "Song writing" and muso > pretensions have turned d 'n' b into sort of joke. > I'm listening to Goldie's "Timeless" right now and > while I am enjoying the hell out of it, I can't go > for long without grimacing or laughing at some of its > bizarre indulgences; divas, synth wash, jazzy keys > and Pat Metheny guitar solos jammed against Apache > breaks! What in the hell? Just the idea of "Saturnz > Return" sends shivers up my spine. I have never really cared for Goldie's music. I don't really care for either album. As a musician I don't dive him props. But I have to give him props on Metalheadz releases. Metalheadz has released some awesome music over the years!! The Metal Box for instance, that's great!! > And I'm certainly waiting for some Optical party > tunes to come out ;-) I can't wait to hear more Optical releases!! > OPTICAL SAID: > Overall, I wish more people would do songs. It'd be a > shame to look back and just have bleep bleep. Drum n > bass clubs have gotten a lot better during the second > half of this year. Speed Garage came out and everyone > was cussing drum n bass, but it's good because it's > taken some of the darker element out. There's a bit > more of a party element now. We try and make it fun. > That's what Virus is about. We get pissed and have > fun and hope everything else follows" > TIP FOR '99 > "DJ DIE - he's the one. Albums from KRUST and MATRIX. > ANDY C" Speaking of DJ Krust, check out his new remix of Bjork's Alarm Call. This is totally slamming. _________________________________________________________ DO YOU YAHOO!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com