1990s revisited: Mo Wax or Ninja Tunes?

[dilbert1]

It is, taken from Goldie’s facebook. Someone in the comments pointed out Val Kilmer is a dnb fan as well, they somehow spotted him wearing these in a movie

 

[catalog]

Would someone on the NT side of things be so kind as to point me to the essentials or even make a playlist?

Cos I liked Headz 2A and Mo’ Wax’s snooty trip-hop vibe doesn’t really bother me, although I guess I wasn’t “there.” They also put out the first Dr. Octagon records, and the DJ Assault LP scores them more points in my book, even if its seen as bandwagon behavior. Krush and Shadow are great obviously, most of the label’s output is sort of background music but usually really great for background music. I’m still unclear on La Funk Mob’s motives for dissing jungle (other than just being French hipsters), of course the Photek response is famous but then you’ve got the likes of fellow (Metahl)headz J Majik (who started really leaning into this sound, see the beautiful trip-hop cuts on his ‘97 LP Slow Motion) and Peshay featured on 2A. Urban Tribe with Carl Craig was kind of interesting. Have never listened to UNKLE.

This is one hell of an ambient jungle tune in my book, the producer’s only one it seems, again off 2A. Cards on the table, I got into jungle/dnb at the same time as discovering a lot of this stuff, all the cross-pollination and elasticity circa ‘96 was very intriguing, I couldn’t see the borders and competing sensibilities via immediate preceding development as well as I would soon come to, it was a romantic if ahistorical all-in-one introduction to cool beats

Headz 2 was the sound of my first year at uni (1999).

That and the first dj shadow album, specifically "organ donor" and kruder and dorfmeisters k&d sessions.

Going back to someone's room after a sweaty jungle night in some cellars and this goes on as the spliff is skinned up and the candles lit.

Deeply unfashionable now like you say, but it was definitely a part of the picture. The rise of "chill out" as expression and location.

 

[dilbert1]

Going back to someone's room after a sweaty jungle night in some cellars and this goes on as the spliff is skinned up and the candles lit.

Sounds so dreamy, can’t ask for much more out of life really. Heart pangs just reading that

 

[Corpsey]

yes that makes me sad too

just missing the rave/mong-out dynamic

 

[catalog]

When I wrote that this morning, it immediately put me back in the space.

Spliff politics if there was a girl in the room.

Just going back to someone's gaff and looking at their cds. Can I borrow this leila EP please, and then sodastream is your instant new favourite.

Doing lines of gak off susuma yakotas birds album.

You get the doob but you've had 4 pints of Guinness at funk Le bar and the room starts spinning round your head.