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jackhammer 12-21-2008 03:09 PM

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Originally Posted by Piss Me Off (Post 566938)
I'm halfway though it now, not feeling it. Maybe i'm being hard to please but it's just striking me as very unremarkable right now...

I know where you are coming from. It is certainly listenable but it did'nt blow my socks off like I had hoped.

frequentflyer 12-22-2008 02:27 AM

It's something about he basslines that hits the spot. I think it does take a few listens to get your head around it.

Thanks for recomendations, going to try and get hold of them now.

Janszoon 12-22-2008 10:45 AM

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Originally Posted by jackhammer (Post 567508)
I know where you are coming from. It is certainly listenable but it did'nt blow my socks off like I had hoped.

I will say there's something about the production on the album that I'm not a fan of, it's a little flat. I find myself constantly fiddling with the EQ when I listen to it.

Gavin B. 01-14-2009 08:56 AM

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Originally Posted by frequentflyer (Post 566176)
Has anyone heard The bug-London zoo? I am totally hooked up on it. Can anyone recomend similar stuff? I need it big time:bringit:

The Bug has infested, multiplied and laid my brain to waste. Poision Dart is a killer selection.

Some of London Zoo reminds me of stuff on Adrian Sherwood's Becoming a Cliche/Dub Cliche collection of radical dub music.

If you like trippy dance music check out The Sound of Future Russia, a collection of music from the underground club scene in the Moscow/St. Petersburg.

Fela's music has afro-funk riddims with the heavily stacked drums sound is similar.

Asian Dub Foundation has a similar Bombay trip hop sound. The Bug's sample on Poison Dart sounds very close to the Asian Dub Foundation's Riddim I Like.

M.I.A.'s frenetic raps resemble the deconstructed primativism the Bug's rappers.

The Bug has such an extensive matrix of musical influences it's hard to describe to anyone who hasn't heard them.

jackhammer 01-14-2009 09:05 AM

Try Transglobal Underground too. Their sound is suitably genre hopping. Good Call on Fela Kuti. Love that guy's music. 20 albums down about another 40 to go lol

Sequoioideae 02-22-2015 02:50 AM



This thread has been dead for 6 years? Shiiiit, I just picked up "London Zoo" and will pick up "Angels & Devils" next. Apparently Death Grips is featured? How odd, but regardless, I really, really like "London Zoo" a lot.

Janszoon 02-22-2015 04:13 AM

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Originally Posted by Sequoioideae (Post 1555171)


This thread has been dead for 6 years? Shiiiit, I just picked up "London Zoo" and will pick up "Angels & Devils" next. Apparently Death Grips is featured? How odd, but regardless, I really, really like "London Zoo" a lot.

Kevin Martin collaborating with Death Grips isn't that surprising when you consider his collaborations with Justin Broadrick and Alec Empire. His back catalog is very diverse and worth checking out IMO—especially GOD, Techno Animal and Ice.

RoxyRollah 02-23-2015 01:11 AM

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Originally Posted by Sequoioideae (Post 1555171)


This thread has been dead for 6 years? Shiiiit, I just picked up "London Zoo" and will pick up "Angels & Devils" next. Apparently Death Grips is featured? How odd, but regardless, I really, really like "London Zoo" a lot.

Great enit?Better late then never.


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