From Will Samuels Sent Mon, Aug 16th 1999, 05:37
From Will Samuels Sent Mon, Aug 16th 1999, 05:37
I found this on another mailing list. Thought some people might be interested > --- a s <xxxxxx@xxxxxxxx.xxx> wrote: > > > Well I think Job de Wit of the breaks list was > > right--people are going > > to be majorly disappointed by this album, at the > > very least cause the > > majority of tracks aren't playable in a dnb set. > > > > "Coded Language" > > I posted about this earlier, thinking the vocals > > (some quasi-poetic > > naming of cultural figures) were only going to be > at > > the beginning, and > > were leading up to some big drop (hence my > > goosebumps), but instead they > > lasted the entire track, which didn't really blow > > up. the music is well > > produced but the whole track is a bit grating. > > > > "Second Movement" > > This one's on the 12", so pick that up perhaps > > instead of the album if > > you're buying it for dj purposes. A very good > > track, jazz-inflected > > with some different sounds (thank goodness--when > did > > dnb producers > > decide jazz was only horns and upright bass?). > > > > "One Moment" > > A beatless strings tune, sounds like something > from > > _Two Pages_, but > > this is Krust we're talking about. Who expects > this > > from him? > > > > "Re-arrange (edit)" > > A decent vocal tune--I'm told this is Morgana, and > I > > must say she's > > improved since "Maintain". I dunno if peops could > > use this in a set > > thoguh, it's quite (almost over-) produced. > > > > "Tribute" > > Also on the 12", another good dnb track, in an > > older-krust style, like > > soul in motion, lots of atmospheric soudns, with a > > brooding bass. Very > > deep roller, like it a lot. > > > > "Excuses" > > OWW, this is the nasty stuff I was expecting of > > Krust. The vocals are > > good, but I know many of y'all are gonna be > > screaming for an > > instrumental. Pluys there are some (IMHOOC) > poorly > > chosen overly-loud > > synth sounds that come in for the "chorus". > > > > Overall, if the 7 track sampler is any indication, > > this album is going > > to have lots of people decrying the move toward > > vocals in dnb. It's too > > bad, cause it seems like this album could have > been > > a lot better. Who > > knows, maybe the non-sampler tracks are all ruff > dnb > > toons though and > > it's a great album. _________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com