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I don't know, I was hoping people read the list from the perspective of a deep sadness and melancholy as well. not the melancholy of a lost utopia per se. did that occur to anyone?
I was out of London for 1993-1998 so I pretty much missed jungle. It's a weird gap in my knowledge that's exposed on here - I'm not superknowledgable about anything but with jungle I don't even have the starting building blocks. So to me these tracks feel new and exciting which is I think what reissue culture does with the past. Gives it a shiny new coat of paint but inevitably the lack of context leads to some errors just down in the feeling level, it'll never feel like it was to someone who "was there". I have Sounds of the Universe's new Fashion Records comp in mind - I've read some blurb and am almost sure they are overstating it's importance. Nick Drake is another one, less relevant to thread but no one had heard of him before 1999. With this in mind, i think the best thing to do is strike a bold new path.