Advantages: Original, beautiful, creative, imaginative Disadvantages: Still a little to hard or a little too soft for extremists
NewForms is one of the only drum?n?bass albums to make it into mainstream acceptance. Roni has managed to make music that appeals to fans of normal types of dance music without alienating true drum?n?bass fans.
This feat cannot be overlooked as the two styles of music, although similar to an extent, are very hard to mix. True drum?n?bass as I would call it is some of the most intense music you will ever hear, with ultra-fierce drums and stomach grinding bass. Attempts to bring this music to the masses has always ended up with watered down pap that is too weak and lame for the drum?n?bass massive, and still not dancey enough for the mainstream that it was intended for. (and no, I can?t think of any better descriptions than dancey!)
The hybridisation of drum?n?bass and ‘normal? music resulted in Ambient drum?n?bass, which ...
Advantages: simply incredible music Disadvantages: couple of slightly unappealing experimental tracks
It seems bizarre that I am actually writing a review for this album. People will come and read this review if they are thinking about buying it, yet if you are thinking about buying a Drum 'n' Bass album, you will know about this one and have it in your collection already. Nevertheless, for those who are still here and not feeling small, I continue.... BUY IT!!! Never before has a single disc of shiny hard plastic so powerfully reinvented a genre. RoniSize / Reprazent present some incredible melodies, meaningful lyrics and some blazing beats right through this strong album. It's totally groundbreaking drum 'n' bass, and has already stood the test of time in my collection. ...
Advantages: universal appeal Disadvantages: earlier material is better
Bristol's best known musical collective return with the follow up to their 1997 Mercury Music Prize winning album NewForms,but they're boasting a rougher more frentic sound.A mish-mash of drum 'n' base,hip hop,rock and R&B,with rapping from the likes of Dynamite,Method Man and Rage Against The Machine's Zack De La Rocha,there's a heavier vocal assault than you'd expect.The best tracks are the brilliant opener,Railing and the funky System Check for that Reprazent sound.This album would appeal to people who are in to a wide range of music aswell as the diehard fans ...
Product Information for "New Forms II - Roni Size & Reprazent" »
Product details
Title
New Forms II
Performer
Roni Size & Reprazent
Genre
Electronic
Sub Genre
Drum 'N' Bass/Jungle
Release Date
07/04/2008
Original Release Year
2009
Label / Distributor
Mercury / Universal Music
Guest Artist(s)
Roni Size & Reprazent
Pieces in Set
1
Studio / Live
Studio
Format
Performer
EAN
600753071625
Catalogue Number
5307162
Additional notes
Album Notes
When U.K. producer Roni Size and his Reprazent crew released the double-disc NEW FORMS in 1997, it was hailed as one of the crowning achievements of the jungle and drum `n' bass movement. The influence of the album, boosted by the fact that it received Britain's prestigious Mercury Prize, was sizable, and 10-plus years later, Size revisited the tracks on REPRAZENT- NEW FORMS 2. Size maintains the integrity of the originals, which blend drum `n' bass tendencies with jazzy, abstract touches, but gives the whole an edgy, contemporary update. He layers new sounds and textures over cuts like "Brown Paper Bag," "Trust Me," and "Heroes," turning them alternately atmospheric and intense. This 21st century-style remix, with its added bonus tracks, is a celebration of, and an improvement upon, the original.
Titles on disc 1
1.
Railings
2.
Brown Paper Bag
3.
New Forms
4.
Let's Get It On
5.
Trust Me
6.
Digital
7.
Matter Of Fact
8.
Heroes
9.
Share The Fall
10.
Heart To Heart
11.
Less Is More
12.
Down
13.
Hi Potent
14.
Don't Hold Back
15.
Beatbox
16.
Encore
17.
Destination
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