Bernardo wrote: Sat Aug 27, 2022 10:47 pm Plug - Drum'n Bass for Papa is my favorite, but also

Photek - The Hidden Camera; Ni Ten Ichi Ryu; Modus Operandi
Alex Reece - So Far
Various - Torque

Plug is great. I like almost everything Vibert does, forgot about him.

Torque is also a great record, but I wore that one out about a year ago.

This track is my current JAM.

Always liked Bad Company



also Blame “into the void”

sparky wrote: Fri Aug 26, 2022 5:49 pmWhat was sold soon after as “intelligent drum and bass” underwhelmed me, a patronising, AOR version of the potent stuff. Goldie’s “Timeless” seemed overlong, pretentious and tame, and I hated what I heard of the Roni Size album, dismissed it as cocktail lounge music. I was snottier then, obviously.

The moniker is obv stupid, but I enjoy the sounds, including "Timeless", although it has a very different vibe than that other stuff you referred to. But something like Blue Haze by Jazz Cartel seems to be in that same area, and I dig it lots. But I also am into "cocktail lounge music".

Where drum n bass went bad for me is the rockification with Pendulum and things like that. There can still be fun stuff even there, like H0ffman - The Hunter, but it's dumb headbang music, quite far removed from what I usually like about jungle.

A few of my favourites:

Celsius - Too Fast
A Zone - Calling the People (Remix)
Hoffman - Jungle Love

Most of the Hate 12”s from around 2008 are good. Darkcore, Hello Darkness, and Human Resources especially:



More recent, if you like Photek but want it a little goth-er:

the Smoke Signals LP from Overlook:



and Homemade Weapons’ Negative Space LP:

Pretty good video. Exemplifies, perhaps, why I like this stuff. I can't dance for shit, and I'd fit right in there.

I am not an expert in this field, but you could do worse than starting w/ the mega hits that crossed over into the album format and were critically acclaimed at the time:

Goldie: Timeless
LTJ Bukem presents Logical Progression
Roni Size: New Forms

This is all smoother territory but I like how lush this stuff is - a sort of sonic aspirational quality, "even though we're from the streets, nothing's too good for us" vibe - double cds of orchestral textures for high end living, the sound of a strife free future...

If that stuff isn't for you than you can't go wrong w/ early Photek, Omni Trio or 4hero, IMO.

If someone can point me in this 2-Step direction I'd be forever grateful. It remains the sickest garage remix I've heard and I need more. So jittery, clip-clompy, and witchy.

^ This jams.