that rupture is in my top 5 albums fo the year. i'm continually amazed by it's creativity, diversity and listenability.
On Mon, 22 Nov 2004 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > > > Well, after a couple of months not buying anything and listening to a fair > amount of obscure indie rock I just bought a bunch of CDs from the > following: > > Sh*tmat - Full English Breakfast (Planet Mu) > > DJ/Rupture - Special Gunpowder > > Unkle - Never, Never, Land Ltd 2 CD (MoWax) > > VA - Grime (Rephlex) > > VA - Shockout (Shockout) > > Finesse & Runway (Schematic) > > VA - Children of Mu (Planet Mu) > > Secret Frequency Crew - Forest of the Echo Downs (Schematic) > > Sora - re.sort (Plop records) > > > Have to say, by far, my favorite is the Sh*tmat CD. Full-on jungle rave > mayhem. People around me complain about the noise, which is always a good > sign. > > The Unkle CD is crap mostly because of the extra CD containing remixes by > Hybrid and Sasha and some more crap progressive house rmixes. What the hell > were they thinking? > > I know I bad-mouthed the whole "Grime" thing but I take it back - something > clicked finally. Stuff works well with UR releases. > > The two Schematic CDs are great. I prefer the Secret Frequency Crew to > Finesse & Runway. I prefer the melodic electro sounds to the more retro > sounding Finesse/Runway. > > Sora is really cool - Japanese minimal and quiet "glitch" with samples of > Bossa Nova Latin. > The Shockout compilation is nice as well - ragga/dancehall w/Guislain > Poirier, Kid 606, Teamshadetek, DJ/Rupture, and more. > > > >
