DigitalDjigit
Honky Tonk Woman
"JFK is Dead" gives it a run for the money despite being a blatant rip-off.
The thing about 'James Brown is Dead' is that it was such a revelation, nothing had sounded so massive and scary and brutally empty before. When I listen back to tracks like 'Energy Flash' and 'Mentasm' today, they sound rather dated. I mean, I can hear why they were influential and important and all that, back then, but now they sound somewhat thin, where JBiD is as powerfull and exhilarating as ever, still taking a sledgehammer to the minds eye.DigitalDjigit said:"JFK is Dead" gives it a run for the money despite being a blatant rip-off.
hamarplazt said:The thing about 'James Brown is Dead' is that it was such a revelation, nothing had sounded so massive and scary and brutally empty before. When I listen back to tracks like 'Energy Flash' and 'Mentasm' today, they sound rather dated. I mean, I can hear why they were influential and important and all that, back then, but now they sound somewhat thin, where JBiD is as powerfull and exhilarating as ever, still taking a sledgehammer to the minds eye.
Of course, all this is part of what makes it so great. A rave classic should be slightly embarassing, that's part of what makes it so exciting. 'Energy Flash' is almost tasteful and was still very close to traditional detroit/new york/chicago house, whereas JBiD was something totally new, the great leap forward. I love bass, but I also love the use of a lot of empty space in the sound, and the way JBiD do that is just amazing, almost a paradox - making the sound thick and heavy through the use of void!DigitalDjigit said:I love the track but it's somewhat embarassing. And those military marching synths... ...JBID has barely any bass at all, it's all in the mid-range.
appleblim said:mms on the money!
jesus loves the acid is a monumental tune!
one of the first rave things i heard....a friend of mine went to live in hackney for a year and brought back all these bonkers records....D-Shake 'yaaah', Ecstasy Club, 'energy flash' and tapes of Colins Dale and faver....our lives were changed!
a girl i new who was gettin rid of her old acid records GAVE me her copy of Jesus Loves The Acid!
mms said:there was an answer track 'james brown is still alive'
Canada J Soup said:And don't forget (as if anyone could!) 'Who the fuck is James Brown' by Traumatic Stress.
Didn't 'James Brown is Dead' chart in the US? My girlfriend used to vaguely know one of the guys involved and apparently it kept him in pocket money throughout much of the 1990s. Have also heard that one of the other LA Style d00ds went on to create the Venga Boys.
mms said:COLIN DALES ABSTRACT DANCE!
mms said:pretty sure from what i talked about earlier - ie my meeting with one of the new beat people that alot of em went into something bigger.
but from the impression new beat was something bigger than the post -consenssus we have about it, closer to neu deutche whelle or whatever it was than t99.
Canada J Soup said:Didn't 'James Brown is Dead' chart in the US?
Canada J Soup said:Have also heard that one of the other LA Style d00ds went on to create the Venga Boys.
Yeah, I've heard that too... but then, who was Denzil Slemming? Just a goofy name they put on the records to stay annonymous?dominic said:there were two producers in la style = michael van der kuy & wessel van diepen -- and, errr, both were dutch -- and van diepen later did the vengaboys project
hmm i might be able to help that soondominic said:this is old territory mates
Ha! Love it. One of those apocryphal stories that deep down I knew had to be true.dominic said:van diepen later did the vengaboys project