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Corpsey said:


This Dillinja interview always interested me, cos of what he says about perfecting one piece of the track and then just filling in the rest.
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29 nine minutes in is the moment jungle died. Although all that "Blue Note is like going to school" over rigid metallic beats was already pissing me off (retrospectively, I admit).

That whole documentary has dated very badly. Lemon D, Adam F, J Majik...fuck off. Almost the equivalent of Britpop hubris. Horrible. Then Optical, too. Bum-fluff face harbinger of doom. Gross.

Dillinja sequence is the only redeeming feature.
 
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PiLhead

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craner said:
Bum-fluff face harbinger of doom
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teeheehee

i like Ray Keith's "bonehead music" bit but generally it's fair to say none of them really do the music any favours with their line of patter

even Goldie - the quote-machine gift to journalists - when you strip away the Goldie charisma, he's not actually saying much really - it's woffle for the most part
 
Corpsey

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bandz ahoy
Yeah the metalheadz doc is quite cringeworthy. The Go Karting! :crylarf:

Saying that I always enjoy interviews with Goldie, find him a pretty fascinating guy, and infectiously passionate.
 
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droid

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Was out at a drum and bass thing on Saturday. Anniversary of a collective I used to be involved in. There was some great vibes & some good jungle at the end, but also loads of credible but dull D+B.

It doesnt make me angry anymore, just sad, what happened.
 
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firefinga

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droid said:
Was out at a drum and bass thing on Saturday. Anniversary of a collective I used to be involved in. There was some great vibes & some good jungle at the end, but also loads of credible but dull D+B.

It doesnt make me angry anymore, just sad, what happened.
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Bassbin birthday bash?
 
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droid

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Yup. Crazy turnout, people coming from all over for it. Nowhere near as messy as I thought it would be, quite civilised actually.
 
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droid

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I walked home afterwards. Saw two foxes in the empty streets. One of them was giant and fuzzy, like a Japanese Spitz.
 
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droid

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Yeah, it was good to see people, though Dublin's a small place and Ive done enough jungle gigs over the years since to bump into most of the veterans... but when Bassbin was in its heyday (probably 99-03) I had really lost faith in the music.

They did put on some great nights though back in the day, and there were always good vibes.
 
firefinga

firefinga

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craner said:
29 nine minutes in is the moment jungle died. Although all that "Blue Note is like going to school" over rigid metallic beats was already pissing me off (retrospectively, I admit).

That whole documentary has dated very badly. Lemon D, Adam F, J Majik...fuck off. Almost the equivalent of Britpop hubris. Horrible. Then Optical, too. Bum-fluff face harbinger of doom. Gross.

Dillinja sequence is the only redeeming feature.
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In hindsight it's easy to spot the writings on the wall. Around late '96 they began to believe all the media-hype themselves.
 
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Over the last few months, mostly playing it very loud in the car, I've developed a soft spot for this.

1) It's not 'Wormhole'
2) It's not really what it thinks it is, at its best

Loud, now, it comes across as a cheesy, massive, enjoyable, silly prog-jungle mess. In that context, it's actually lovely. And then bashed to bits by the great 'Jah - the Seventh Seal' right after.

Not taken at face value, it's better.
 
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