Re: Jungle, Roni Size, History and Jazz

DJ Sun
Wed, 28 Jan 1998 10:52:29 -0600


In reading some of the articles about Roni Size it seems as though he offered
about 40-some tracks to Gilles @ Talkin Loud. They then pared it down to the
20-some tracks. I don't think it was a deliberate attempt to put together
adouble cd for "platinum" or "gold" purposes. Though they're optimistic (and
sales are brisk) I honestly don't think the label expects those levels of
sales.

Roni, according to some of the accounts, is continuously making tracks and his
library is probably unbelievably large, dubplates and all.

KEVIN D. ENGLAND wrote:

> I'll toss in my .02 here. Roni Size's "New Forms" is a double cd that,
> like 99% of all double cds, should have been paired down to one disc. I
> raved and raved about it after I brought it home...but I'm also in the
> habit of programming around the dull tracks. If those guys had dropped a
> 4-6 track e.p. we'd all be ululating over it. I expect they (label
> and distributers) encouraged all that filler to make a double cd so that
> the scene could finally get a "gold" or "platinum" jungle release. I hear
> double cds get counted twice by the sales charts....
>
> kev