>The best stuff in jungle isn't necessarily all the big >names. Remarc (Don FM, Dollar Records) was the best >old skool junglist I ever heard (djing and producing) >but you don't hear about the guy anymore...
You mean Remarc who did some slamming tunes for Suburban Base like 6 years ago? As far as I know, he is making "speed garage" (hmmm) now... And first T-Power album was indeed excellent... but I find 2nd, "Waveform" a bit boring... nevertheless, his new LP will be out next month on London's Botchit Breaks, new sublabel of Emotif/Botchit&Scarper posse. Speaking of drum'n'bass, this music seems to be biting its tail for at least last year - believe me, I can tell how the tune sounds like by only looking at the vinyl's grooves... And some of the smartest producers are moving away from d'n'b cliches - like excellent stuff by Nubian Minds (Colin Lindo, still making d'n'b for Reinforced as Alpha Omega) or Domu (Sonar Circle, also on Reinforced). And anyone heard the new Photek LP? It has some dope deep vocal house tunes, some relaxed downtempo with analogue synths and only ONE d'n'b track... On the other hand, Roni Size's Reprazent will have new album "In The Mode" out Oct. 3rd and it's 100% hard and funky d'n'b with lot of rapping: one track with Method Man, one with Zack de la Rocha of Rage Against The Machine, but the real standout for me is the track with The Roots' Rahzel - he did whole drum'n'bass track with all breaks, basses etc. with his mouth!! I interviewed Roni yesterday and asked about d'n'b copying the same cliches he replied, that it's still a very young genre and that the producers will surely move it to the next level... in 10 years time... We'll see... for now, some latest/soon to be released d'n'b albums by forward thinking artists: TOTAL SCIENCE "Advance" (C.I.A.) KLUTE "Fear Of People" (Certificate 18) and of course new Guy Called Gerald on K7, but it has very little to do with d'n'b... peace, ]m[ maciek sienkiewicz There's >loads I could mention too but Amon Tobin is wicked, >especially the older stuff. T-Power is another Amon >Tobin-esque producer whose Self Evident Truth of An >Intuitive Mind ranks as one of the best jungle/drum >'n' bass albums ever IMHO. He's a world apart from >Goldie and his sell out mates. l8r, Nick (Dj Pacific:)
