dark bellz is class, sounds a bit like a murky old afx tune.

why does this bother people? if Boxcutter didnt jump on the bandwagon then he wouldent have made an impact as gib as he has, he was a drill n bass squarepusher-esque artist, then Mike P gave him a heads up about this new scene and suggested writing some beats around 140 (i'm quoting Gutterbreaks bt...

it's actually not 'everybody loves the sunshine'...

enjoyed both tracks mr grievous - cheers for sharing

this is true. i was generalising a fair bit. but what i was getting at was this jazzification - that's what irks me; taking a form of music and attempting to make it jazzy by including established jazz signifiers. and, as you point out, what usually underpins the failure in this is the misinterpret...

i wouldn't agree with that mr boomnoise - i really love the music that came out of people like herbie hancock and miles blending jazz with funk in the late 60s and early 70s, that's definitely a fusion that worked perfectly. but people have such a narrow idea of what jazz means sometimes, i think th...

nice one! i was gutted missing those warehouse raves

not according to owen i don't!

did you see eek a mouse at mantua mick? i thought him and his band were amazing. i reckon you can't really compare a band to a dj set at all. one of the best shows i've been to was scratch perry playing live with mad professor dubbing the whole down at the same time, it was serious!

what the first poster mentioned sounds cool by the way, i'd love to do something with a sitar and tabla player, maybe a sax player too.... it'd be important to keep the electronic elements in place though and have the musicians decorating the main beat and bassline.

'real instrument' versions of electronic music has problems convincing me to be honest... i've never been into any of the drum n bass bands i've heard, seems quite shortsighted to take a style with its roots in decades of music and freeze frame it in some transient modern state, then play some 'wort...

love this track!

not sure what you mean ben, most dance music has what in spades? busy non-standard arrangements?

it is true innit... don't see much harm in it myself, it's not like much club / dj-centric music has ever been known for it's evolving arrangements or for piles of different sections to a track.

there's some brilliant music in jam... 'lions writing the bible' by third eye foundation and the eno and aphex tunes have never sounded more creepy

got my copy yesterday, wicked ep!

i know that's a useless thing to actually post on a discussion board but it's been a long day, never mind.

all these forums go in cycles, people arrive, get bored of gushing praise / the actual music, get narky, post something confrontational or deliberately critical, endless useless discussion ensues as though anyone is gonna act on what's said or be talked round on their totally subjective experience o...

DIY as opposed to what? has this not always been the case with bedroom producers making underground dance music?

well i'm glad he likes my record but i can't say i feel like much of a 'media star'. this sort of thing is all silly hype anyway.

class, def gonna tune in for this