From Joanisse Sent Thu, Jan 21st 1999, 20:18
From Joanisse Sent Thu, Jan 21st 1999, 20:18
"Sergey Zharikov" <xxxxxxx@xxx.xxx> wrote: << recently i decided to check out more drum'n'bass, but i'm completely out of touch with the scene. the albums voted for the jungle category of this year's IDM poll do not really satisfy me. could somebody forward me the results of the "best of 98" poll from the breaks list, if they do such a thing, or send some personal recommendations? i'm leaning towards the jazzier type of stuff, but not "easy listening". >> i guess the obvious recommendations are 4hero and roni size. for more abstracted takes on how jazz & drum and bass, check out photek's "hidden camera" ep, which features "KJZ", probably the most technically sophisticated drum and bass song ever (IMHO). as far as straight-up jazzy but non-easy-listening d'n'b goes, I would check out endemic void's "equations" album, an overlooked record if 'ere was one. sort of like haringay-era squarepusher without the noodles and with much better breaks. courtney pine has an album of drum and bass remixes of his stuff that's quite excellent as well. it has 4hero's classic remix of "i've known rivers" and a great take on "don't explain" by flytronix, along with 5-6 other great tracks. i would avoid comps with titles like "jazzy jungle" and "jungle jazz juice" or whatever. i don't know where they dig up the shit that goes on most jungle compilations. RJ