V Classics hasn't been out very long (a few weeks, maybe?), but it has been
*long* awaited. V Recordings is one of the better labels out there for
fresh and innovative drum & bass, and this album just continues that
tradition... Totally dope.
HOWEVER---
Yesterday I just picked up the Roni Size/Reprazent album "New Forms" (on
Talkin' Loud)-- OH MY GOSH!! I haven't been this impressed with an album
(especially a single artist d&b album) in a looong time.... All the tracks
are simply amazing, even the Share The Fall full vocal version... This is
probably going to get my vote as *the* album of '97 (if not '96, '97 and
'98 ;). I mean really..."Beatbox"? Is he joking? Absolutely beautiful...
I strongly urge anyone interested in funky phatass (and interesting!) d&b
to go buy this album immediately! I have to go back and get a copy on CD
so I can listen to it at work... (NP in my head - Brown Paper Bag)
reprazentin', ;)
Dylan.
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**HEY YOU!!!** L@@K ---> NY area DJ seeks gigs. My styles range from
the deep space funk of drum and bass to twisted ambient to deep house to
all tenses of jazz (past, present, and future). For booking, send me an
email (mailto:dylan@bubblecore.com) or call the Land of D at 718.349.3590.
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