Elson Trinidad (elson@westworld.com)
Tue, 05 Oct 1999 16:39:57 -0700
Mark Turner wrote:
> Some good recent d'n'b that comes to mind: the London Electricity album,
> the Peshay album, Breakbeat Era (yep!)...
I'll vouch for Breakbeat Era, too...Just bought it over the weekend. I agree
there's nothing earth-shattering about it, but I still like it nonetheless.
There seems to be a little bit of everything in there...some of the jazzy stuff
that Size & Co. is known for, some dark/hardcore elements, a little
rock/alternative, etc. It's already got that mass appeal from a ready-for-MTV
video (for "Breakbeat Era") to a few tracks that have already provided many a
rewind at underground jungle parties (namely the remix of "Our Disease" - people
go NUTS over that bass sound). The album version of "Our Disease" even has this
quirky '80s new wave feel to it that I think is cool. Leonie Laws may not be an
Onalee, but the interesting thing about her voice - a cross between
Portishead's Beth Gibbons, the gals from Luscious Jackson and Garbage's Shirley
Manson - is its chameleon-like quality that almost makes it sound like there's
more than one singer on the record.
Oh jeez, that's a whole review right there! :)
Other picks: Everything But The Girl's "Termperamental" (sort of like "Walking
Wounded II," but more ambient and soulful) and a compilation called "Brasil
2Mil" on 6 Degrees Records.
Elson
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