Re: + Ambient/Intelligent D-N-B +

Colin Millar
Mon, 2 Mar 1998 12:34:27 GMT


> Dear fellow music junkies,
>
> Only recently have I been exploring the sounds of LTJ Bukem and crew
> (Good Looking/Looking Good). I have to say that my favorite producer
> of his lot has to be PFM. I'm looking for music along her/his vein.
> This is what I have from PFM so far:
>
> One & Only (my favorite track by far)
> Western (I can do without MC Conrad quite frankly)
> Danny's Song
>
> These come off Logical Progression 1
>
> Love & Happyness/Wash over Me (12" single)
> The Rough with the Smooth (Freezone 3)

The singles that PFM have had out on Good Looking/Looking Good are

Wash Over Me/Love & Happiness (GLR010)
The Western Tune/Hypnotising (GLR012)
For All Of Us/The Mystics (GLR016)
One & Only/Dreams (LGR003)

(The 12" version of Western Tune doesn't have MC Conrad on it!)

They've also done a few things on Moving Shadow such as 'Cruising
Detroit' and 'The Eleventh Hour' on Storms From The East Vols 1 & 2 as
well as some singles (which I don't have) including the original
version of 'Rough With The Smooth'. The last thing I heard them doing
was some of the production on the last Espiritu LP although the stuff
I heard wasn't drum'n'bass.

> Does anybody have PFM's discography? Are there any other producers
> making d-n-b with a similar texture? Also, I heard some rumors that
> Logical Progression 2 is no longer printed on vinyl. Is there any
> truth to that? Has anyone heard Bukem's new stuff? I saw an ad on
> Jockey Slut for "Progression Sessions" with MC Conrad and "Mystical
> Realms". Any reviews? Does the first one have any tracks without MC
> Conrad -- he really doesn't flick my bic. Just wondering...

There's a few copies of 'Mystical Realms' kicking about although I'm
not sure if its officially released yet but its well worth hunting
down with 2 above-par Bukem d'n'b tracks, one with an additional vocal
version by MC Conrad (actually the best thing on here in my opinion)
and a 110bpm jazz/hip hop track 'Journey Inwards' which is great.

> I also find myself quite often spinning out a track off Headz 2 (Mo'
> Wax) called "New Element" by Forme (LTJ Bukem also mixes it in the
> second disc of Logical Progression 1). I love that sound. I know I'm
> jumping on the ambient/intelligent d-n-b wagon late, but all info
> would be greatly appreciated.

I'd recommend some of the older Moving Shadow comps - 'Storms From the
East' 1 & 2, 'Revolutionary Generation' and 'Trans-Central Connection'
for more of this sort of stuff.

Colin.

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