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Summary: A snapshot of modern day drum and bass
Comment: Brilliantly mixed, excellent tune selection in both mixes, just a fine piece of work.
Fabio and friction create a modern day cut out of dnb today. Whether your an old jungle head of a newbie to the scene, youll love this CD.
Fav Tune: Room to Breathe - Total Science - Fabio CD
Customer Rating:
Summary: A solid CD but some letdown on Fabio's part.
Comment: First of all, I think it's fair to give a brief introduction these two DJ's to any one new to Drum and Bass and of little knowledge, and looking to purchase some Drum and Bass which covers the entire Spectrum.
Friction is a prolific Artist, DJ and Label Owner, making his way through the ranks to become one of the elite of Drum and Bass with the likes of Andy C. As such his mixing skills are brilliant and it shows in his half of this compilation album.
Friction's half covers most of the genres of the versatile Drum and Bass genre from the Dark side of the spectrum with Noisia, Hive and Keaton to the more jump up orientated style that is the likes of DJ Hazard and Friction and K-Tee. There is great variation in Friction selections although largely the Liquid side of Drum and Bass are left, rightly to Fabio, bar a few exceptions. It also covers a lengthy time span of Drum and Bass with such dark tracks like Alex Reece's legendary Pulp Friction. There also some unreleased tracks in there which will appease listeners as an insight to the direction of the Drum and Bass scene and garner interest further in the genre. The mixing and track selection is brilliant and is sure to satisfy the thirsts of Drum and Bass heads like myself, and those new to the genre. From the razor sharp synths of the dancefloor killer Shy FX-Ra (Generation Dub remix) to The System ''Near Miss' minimalist quirkiness all tastes will be accomodated for, and with 26 tracks, Friction's masterpiece will keep you interested for some time to come.
Fabio is known as a legend in the scene having DJ'ed for many years. His speciality is Liquid Drum and Bass- the more relaxed side of Drum and Bass with various Jazz,Soul and Funk influences. Therefore as mentioned earlier, it's fitting to have Fabio mix on the second part of the 2 Disc Set.
There are many smooth rollers in here from Liquid giants Commix smash hit ''How you gonna feel?'' a rolling bassline accentuated with crisp soothing lyrics courtesy of Steve Spacek, to Random Movements minimalist ''The things you do'' with a jazzy feel reminiscent of hazy evenings in a blues bar with gentle percussion really complementing this song. For those looking to get into Liquid Drum and Bass more, many great and well known artists such as High Contrast, Commix , Calibre and Lynx
I do have one problem with Fabio's side of things though albeit a tiny one, The mixing isn't on par with Frictions, so those looking for some top notch mixing will be dissapointed, although the mixing is just fine and it does'nt take over from a truly satisfying experience bearing mind Friction's mixing skills are truly amazing.
To sum up both CD's are great entry points to those looking to get into Drum and Bass, or to further their knowledge of the electronica genre.
For people already intro Drum and Bass like myself this offers a wide selection of songs unreleased, and known stormers and with a wide variety of Artists covering all genres of Drum and Bass, this is a must-have product.
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Summary: Decent, but Fabio's CD lets it down slightly...
Comment: Friction's CD is very well mixed, with a varied and often surprisingly dark and techy selection for a CD of this type. Many different styles of dnb are showcased here - from Loxy & Ink to Hazard meaning this CD has something for practically everyone. The tune selection is excellent with plenty of unreleased material - Break's excellent remix of Talk to Frank and Noisia's diplodocus being just 2 of the highlights. It's also nice to hear Pulp Fiction dropped as it's a classic. Fabio shows a lot less variation, his CD largely consisting of liquid dnb. Whilst it is nice to have 2 contrasting mixing styles - Friction's is a lot more fast & furious whereas Fabio tends to let the tunes breathe a bit more - Fabio (in my opinion) takes this a bit too far although the mixes themselves are generally smooth. Disco Dodo, for example, gets very boring when played for a long period of time. His selection is also not as fresh as Friction's - many of the tunes having been out for a long time, Be True for example, was one of my favourite tunes of last year but most dnb heads will have heard it hundreds of times before and the same applies to many of the other tunes on here - it would have been nice if a few fresher tunes were included. Having said this, it is a refreshingly mellow change from Friction's intense and heavy mix. Overall I would recommend this compilation despite these problems, pretty much all the bases are covered in terms of subgenres and there are plenty of decent tunes to please any dnb enthusiast.
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Summary: Ace!!!
Comment: Friction smashes it with sum quick drum and bass while fabio basslines you out the building with liquid drum and bass. sheer briliance i have all the dnb arena albums until now i thought the ten year anniversery cd was the best with andy c and grooverider but i genuinly think this is better!!!
you have to buy this!
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