Search - Goldie :: Incredible Sound of Drum N Bass

A trend setter

R. Sterner | Boston, MA | 03/10/2006

(5 out of 5 stars)

"The people who are rating this album as being 1 star are rating it years and years after it was released. I bought this album when it first came out - it's what made me get into drum'n'bass music, and having done that it significantly changed my musical tastes for the rest of my life.



It's old school drum'n'bass, not the fancier faster new tracks that you might be used to. Having said that, it's classic, classic dark drum'n'bass for those who want to see what d'n'b was like when it was on the verge of its surge in popularity."

Classics

B | UK | 03/22/2006

(5 out of 5 stars)

"These are some of the pivotal, classic pieces of early drum and bass from late 1992 - 1993!



Plus a bunch of other classics from the mid to late '90s.



The people who rate drum & bass but rate this 1 star really need to get to know the genre properly.



Oh yeah, some of the tracks sound different to what is getting played now. once you appreciate the fact some of the production is relatively lo-fi (a combination of the music being so, so underground and home-made back then, and the fact dance music production, especially with regards to sampling, is so much moree advanced and easy-to-use now), you will see that the ideas, the programming (especially in the beats and rhythms) and the raw vibe is original D&B at the fullest and most advanced. It's like 90% Irish Poteen, compared with a 4% Coors Light of today's scene. Weaker junglist stomachs may fold under pressure.



(Actually, I played 'Here Comes The Drumz' and 'Terminator' to an American girl at my uni in 1998 - alledgedly a d&b fan - telling her this was the roots of the sound and she flat out denied that they were d&b tracks at all! Also played her a JJ Frost mix from early '93 which got the same response. I gave up in the end, such was the force of her 'considered opinion'. Just goes to show, ha ha ha.)"

Caution: American Release NOT complete.

Kaonashi | Chicago, Illinois United States | 07/26/2006

(3 out of 5 stars)

"The UK version of this double CD set not only has more tracks on it (Including "Digital" with KRS-One which for some odd reason was left out of this version, along with some other choice cuts) but also comes with a booklet. I was looking to buy a replacement; unfortunately, the one for sale here is NOT the same as the import version."