Logical Progression

I'm dressing as this album for Halloween. It's horrifying

Wow, that was a whole lot of nothing.

Zero stars. Two hours of jingling keys. I wanna dunk this someone’s head in a toilet for putting this on the list. The only way I could see myself enjoying this is if I put it on while playing Super Monkey Ball. If you put on the soundtrack to Forsaken 64, it’s identical. No but seriously, drum n bass is fine but it’s a musical niche where if you love it you love it and then everyone else is left cold. Also, 2 hours?!? It’s wild that this is considered a sampling of talent, and it’s all identical. Just mind numbing stuff.

I know you want to slip your fingers down your knickers as soon as you hear the first note, but please resist temptation and let this musical journey rape you into submission instead. What an outrageous record, that drips its gooey semen into your ears and sits back and watches as you struggle to shake it out. Your ears are brimming with cum and there's nothing you can do about it.

This is a fundamental drum-and-bass compilation featuring fast and syncopated rhythms, deep bass, and various synth pads, sound effects, samples etc. Electronic music is one of my weak areas but after listening to quite a few albums, I can hear how this album fits into to its overall history, especially in the mid 90s UK jungle/emergent drums-and-bass scene. Because this is a compilation album, it is very long, but I really enjoyed how atmospheric the album was despite its tight beats. It never feels claustrophobic or noisy.

I did not do enough molly before listening to this

this is right up my street and i look forward to playing it out of my car stereo that has a sub woofer taking up half the boot. yeah, that's right, i am a grown man and i have a car stereo with a sub woofer. no i am not a nonce that hangs around in McDonalds car parks.

Don’t look to me for an unbiased take; I listen to shit like this every single day.

Kinda weird to have a compilation on here, but I guess it does sort of sum up a time and a place. This holds up quite well compared to alot of other electronic music of the era. It's moody, atmospheric, and unobtrusive - yet far from ambient. A nice balance. More like a landscape than a portrait. Plenty of space for your mind to wander inside these tracks.

FYI: There is a very similar album on streaming also by LTJ with the same name. Doesn't help that this site uses the wrong cover art. The original compilation is much much better in my opinion. With that out of the way, this is definitely one of my favorite dnb releases of all time. Its atmospheric, groovy, and danceable all in one. If you like the peshay studio set you'll like this and vice versa.

Seeking out and listening to this album gave me another philosophical moment on this list. It wasn't on spotify, plus there's an entirely different version that I had to avoid in order to find the original on youtube. Moreover, I think it's the longest album I've gotten on this list so far (until I get 69 love songs). All of these factors made me question what the point of even finishing the album was. I wasn't enjoying it as a fully engaged listener, I can't add any songs--even if I did like one--to my playlist so I can revisit it, and it's too long and inaccessible to have the same quality as aphex twin where I can just use it as ambiance for a little bit; so what would I even get out of finishing the whole 2.5 hour runtime in the long run? This might just be rationalizing because I didn't like this album specifically because there are a couple good beats and ethereal sounds and the wiki explains a little cultural significance, but it did make me start to wonder about where the line is for an album to be totally worthless to me. However, this album got me to think these things which demonstrates that it has some unintentional worth I suppose. If I go any farther I'll start talking in circles so I'm just going to give it the 1 star and move on.

Horrible.

J'ai l'impression d'être sur une Map de Mario kart

Brilliant. May be my ultimate album to work to.

IF YOU'RE READING THIS - THE REAL ALBUM IS HERE, NOT ON SPOTIFY: CD1 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZZK_0dgj43s CD2 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iYqDVqYSTxs Some songs have been removed from both due to copyright, but it's over an hour and a half long anyways so who cares. I finally got around to tracking down the ORIGINAL Logical Progression album, as the one on Spotify isn't even close to being the original. I listened to the Spotify version first, and I don't think a single song on there lines up, which obviously is going to skew the reviews on this site unfortunately. It's a real shame, because this is a really great album. It's hard to believe this came out in 1996, when breakbeat/jungle/DnB was really just an infant of a genre. This feels like it could have easily been mixed in the early 2000's and I'd have no idea. Issues with this album are few. I can definitely see why this is not everyone's flavour, especially since 95% of the slop on the 1001 Albums book is all English or American rock from the 70's-90's. However, if you're into electronic music, I'd bet that it would be easy to fall in love with this album. There is a few jumps and hiccups in the mix, but I'm going to put that down to a bad CD burn rather than issues with the album. There was definitely a few moments that I found repetitive, and it's not an extremely engaging album that you'd sit down and listen to intensely, but Liquid DnB has never been about that. This is album #93 for me, and it's pretty clear to me that this is by far the most underrated album on this list (so far). It's not perfect, but it certainly blew me away. In the context of the time, this deserves a 5, because it's utterly amazing how polished this is for such an old record using dated equipment. However, I'm rating this off personal taste, and because CD2 was a lot more of a slog, I think this is a well deserved 4.

It’s called jungle music, but the only thing I know close to it is house music. Really something I’d have to go out of my way to listen to, not my style. It’s like a Mario Kart selection screen that keeps building on itself. Listened to the version without vocals so I could choose individual songs for the playlist. I don’t hate it, but it is not what I would choose to listen to for an hour. Standouts: Above & Beyond, Music, and Jazz Lick

Not terrible, but as an album too long and repetitive. I can see this being for someone, but not worth being on this list

Nope

More beeps and boops

Stilish '90s vibes

Classic in the genre

Cover looks like some kind of cool sci fi movie. Will this just turn out to be UK electronica? Course it will lol. Album isn't on Spotify so I listened to the *Journey Inwards* album instead, from 2000. Exactly as predicted. PlayStation soundtrack UK techno. 3/5 just because I couldn't hear the actual album.

Solid early jungle/drum and bass record but honestly very generic by today's standards.

Nope. There was nothing in this album for these ears.

Again, an example of what I used to think all electronic music was... not a huge fan.

Nope.

2 and a half hour long electronica album. Enough said.

THE SPOTIFY LINK IS BROKEN, THIS IS THE ACTUAL ALBUM (minus 4 songs due to copyright): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m7sIUXSrVoU Sounds sounding so sweltering Beats bringing back beltering I am a fan of drum and bass This, the beginning of the race Twice I listened to this in entirely And enjoyed it tirelessly

Normally I hate overly long albums (and I'm glad I found the review stating that the wrong album is linked, because that one is over 3 hours long), but this flew by. I love jungle music so much.

Honestly makes for great thinking music and music to work to. A little more hyperactive than the jazz or piano music I usually work to and maybe made it harder to focus, but that isn’t to say that the music is bad. Very, very good hyper instrumentals. It’s kind of like the fight music you’d hear in Marvel vs. Capcom or your average beat em up. Plus, the longer it goes, it becomes oddly soothing. I would say it’s a little too long at three hours but that’s perfect when you’re using it to think/work.

9/10

Ihan kuin oisin ollu sienestämässä

It's worth noting that the original album from 1996 is not the same as the one linked here on Spotify. Nevertheless, great songs/album that still influences artists to this day.

Fuck the other reviews

Takes me back to clubbing days :D Still sounds great.

SO LONG. But I love some drum and bass, so vibes throughout.

more like drum and based amirite!!!

Took a while to find this one as not on my preferred streaming service, but once I did listen, whoa! What a banger! Another fantastic gem thrown up by the 1001 list to offset some of the shite. Frenetic drum n bass, a lovely aural adventure.

First time I’ve listened to jungle and love love loved it, excited to listen to more jungle !!

Pure 90s dnb. Plug this straight into my veins. It somehow feels nostalgic even though it's brand new to me. A little unexpected to have a compilation album in this, but in the end I don't care because it's right up my alley.

Could only find this on YouTube, bu I piggin' love it. At the end of the first CD I was genuinely excited to learn there was a second. Absolutely cracking music to work to, provides stimulation without distraction. Superb.

Yes it's a compilation, but it's head and shoulders above the other two big D and B albums of the mid-nineties, New Forms and Timeless. Rather than the 'biscuit tins falling down the stairs' vibe and shout-out MC's, this has ambient keyboard washes and jazzy rhythms. Incredibly influential, just listen to Demon's Theme, Music and Horizons which are three of his very best. His club mixes (the Mixmag one is great) are harder and my ears bled when I finally got to hear him dj last year. As many people have said on here, some of the best working music ever made. For me also, put this on when driving at night in the city and you have the perfect visuals and music. Even better if there's light rain.

It’s a faff to reconstruct the album (spread over 5 separate YouTubes: CD1, CD2, and three missing tracks). Going back to individual tracks (or even identifying them) is also a faff. And it’s got a 2 hours playing time… What a great album, though. All killer, no filler, difficult to single out favourite tracks, but Pharoah/Rings Around Saturn towards the end of CD2 stood out for me.

Super refreshing to hear some dnb in here, the early stuff is just so nice to sit back and do some work to, and this is an absolutely primo collection. Early dnb and jungle is an area I've wanted to know and understand more about for some time so this is a great doorway into part of that, this really made my morning a lot better :)

Drum and bass perfection, the production is so clean and it's so well-mixed that it doesn't feel like it's dated at all, especially when compared to Roni Size's more crowd-pleasing but less even "New Forms."

Omg it’s atmospheric liquid drum and bass! One of my absolute favorite genres of music. I would have never expected this to be on here. Makes fantastic work and study music in my opinion. It gives me energy without feeling the need to stand up and dance. I have been blessed this day. 9/10

I got lost in the jungle. 10/10

It's an absolute classic.

Good Drum and Bass

Some really nice and chill tracks in this album. Found the best way to listen to the album was to just listen to the last track "continuous vocal mix" as DnB can be particularly boring unless its in a mix format. A very enjoyable mix though.

Pioneer EDM. 5/5

A super nice little ambient/house rinse up to have on in the background. So weird that Lilly queued a track by him at pre drinks on the same day that I listened this album.

top notch space music

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Love it a lot, much more than the previous dnb record, but obviously it’s over two hours long and im a 21st century boy so my attention span is not long enough to listen to 2 hours of music for the first time and and internalize everything that happens enough to give it an adequate rating after. I really love track 3 and I love that it’s called “Music” what a great name for a song

1996, bass and drums and soothing senthersiser sounds.This whole albums feels like a chill out evening, or just background during a focus session. The blend of rhythmic groove with atmospheric textures feels timeless. It's a Logical Progression from dancing to chilling.

This was cool, but I wanted even more frantic and frenetic

actually good

Very confused because the track listing on spotify is much different than what is listed on wikipedia. But whatever I listened to was pretty cool and jazzy drum and bass music.

Logical Progression - LTJ Bukem (1996) If I listened to both mixes of this thing and somehow still missed something I'm gonna be fucking pissed That said, a very nice little DnB album. I love this simpler and more laid back style from this time period. reminds me of a lot of soundtracks from the PS1 era of gaming. Hard to really rate each song individually since I just had the full mix on with Spotify, though I will say I preferred the vocals version over the instrumental.

Jungle, drum and bass. Música electrónica instrumental. Está bien para trabajar. Un 4.

i really freak w this

Cool background slow paced dnb

Cool lofi

Technically a DJ Mix than an album. While a few of these songs are by LTJ Bukem and they're all curated by him, Logical Progression features a healthy mix of DnB producers from his label Good Looking Records. On the surface, this seems like a standard DnB mix with some jungle influence, but you'd be missing the bigger picture. Indeed, LTJ Bukem was a key figure in cultivating the atmospheric drum & bass genre, bringing it to prominence in the late '90s. This sound would become a popular at the turn of the millennium, as the sleek and chilled out vibes of Logical Progression felt well-suited for Y2K. I'll concede that this mix is a long and somewhat arduous listen if you're not already keen on the style of music, but I found this to be a mellow listen all the way through. It helps to follow the tracklist as if it were the original two-disc release, taking a break after the song Horizons and coming back later for the other 10 tracks. To this extent, Logical Progression is a smooth and enjoyable foray into the best of atmospheric DnB.

Didn’t listen to all of it but I’d probably revisit this for concentration music

Love this sort of shit, LTJ Bukem is a pioneer

Very long album but worth the listen - 4 stars

At first I though "meh, another ambient electronic music album". But then the energy hit me, and I realised I was working non-stop for an hour, while shimmying in headphones by my desk. Good stuff.

Day 57 - Oct 24, 2024 Mario Kart music, but I like it (i think i am autistic) 4/5

There’s a certain thing about this album. It’s a two hour long compilation album with twenty songs. It’s not an easy listen for sure, haha. The songs included are nice, they really are. It’s just that since this album is so long, and considering the song lengths, the songs can start to feel the same as it goes on. I feel that these songs would work more as individual songs. These worked really well as background music during work though. I liked most of the songs here, I just don’t think I’d sit through two hours of this again. It gets a bit tiring. I still love the vibes this brings though, this is a straight vibe. If you like electronic stuff, and don’t mind something this long, i’d recommend this. While some tracks may be better than others, there’s defiantly good electronic stuff to be found here.

Strange to have a compilation album like this, but I already rock with music like this. Not even sure I listened to the right album tbh

Danny's Song was my favourite. Long album, but good background music.

Cool ambient oriented electronic music, without being too formless or too dance oriented.

Whatever this compilation on Spotify is (starting with a boring track called Destiny), it seems to be a bunch of other completely random tracks that are not this album. Went and found a playlist starting with Demon's Theme which was better. Since Horizons is apparently a key track and is not on streaming anywhere it's probably best to seek this out on YouTube. Ah here we go. https://youtu.be/m7sIUXSrVoU?si=QkqV40fnV1B6tmg2 (Some PFM tracks are muted presumably due to copyright claim but this is the best I could find) Strangely One and Only is available on Spotify. I cast it to my TV while I read Harley Quinn comics. Definitely would have sounded better on my speakers but what are you going to do when Spotify throws a curve ball? Really enjoyed the build on Music. Less fond of Peshay vocal tune but that was still alright. To be honest this is all pretty good. Some of it really good. I wish it wasn't such a faff to play. I'll be looking for similar quality stuff now I've reconnected with this kind of shit. Definitely excellent to work to, especially coding. Might see if I can seek out a download I can easily stream to my speakers. Far too long to be faffing with vinyl. Went straight to the Producer series after it finished.

Who doesn't like break? (Apparently a lot of people)

Lekker album, divers genoeg om interessant te blijven, en gewoon echt goed in z'n genre.

Great stuff. I wasn't expecting to be reminded of Hiroshi Yoshimura's album 'Green' when I got this DnB generation, but it was a pleasant surprise. Very energetic while remaining soft and melodic, I'll most likely be listening to this one again.

The political ads on YouTube sucked (album not on tidal) but overall I'd say they were worth it

I really enjoyed this. Very chill in a way that avoids being boring.

That was pretty good. 90s D&B is a huge favourite

Not an album for the faint of heart, sure. Not only is it long (over 75 minutes), but it is dense and demanding. But at times, very moving and beautiful. I'm sorry your music can't be spoon-fed to you all the time. Sometimes, you have to work at it! I can't pretend that I know anything about drum and bass (or electronic music at large) and I will sympathize with anyone who has a tough time appreciating it, since I often get caught up in what I'm supposed to be doing while listening. The genre (or family of genres) was literally designed with dancing in mind, but have you ever seen anyone dance to drum and bass? What are you really supposed to do here, other than nod to the beat? It's a bit too esoteric to inspire dancing, at least from human beings. But jellyfish? I can see it. A-

Rad album, ludicrously ass to piece together across music platforms but that is not its fault, just an annoying aspect of the industry. Cool production though, feels very 90’s in a good way.

This is terrific music. If I still owned restaurants, this would be the soundtrack.

Goddamn i love that sound, but songwriting is so weak on this album. Still it anyway.

V good

I like this! I am surprised there are so many people hating in the reviews. 4/5

Awesome collection of 90s DNB. Spacey af.

This is not my kind of music at all, but I like it! At times this sounded like Mario Kart soundtrack music, at other times I felt my body moving along to the gast beats. Clocking in at 3.5 hours, it's a little indulgent. Bottom line: if music makes you move involuntarily, it must be good.

one of the best dnb records ive heard

I love above and beyond, didn't know about this project

Excellent for listening to when getting things done. Studying, working, cleaning. Not a huge fan of the genre as I prefer music I can sing along with, but it's pleasant & energetic.

I really like the drum-n-bass sound as a whole. very PS1. Goddamn you, Spotify, you have the wrong album. Demons Theme does sound super iconic. The vocal tracks are usually super well done. This whole thing cover to cover was work though.

What a great collection of 90s drum n bass.

I tried to find most of this album but not everything was available. My statement is this: for a genre I never listen to I love it when I hear it. Just plays in the background, perfect focus music. Would never ever dance to this. What this music for? I don’t know. I kind of love it. Maybe this not Roni Size was the five star d and b album for this list?

Whyy is the tracklist Not the same But the name and album cover are?… “Demon’s Theme” is a “classic”, “MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide” claims. But it isn’t on the Apple Music version… I believe the only other album I failed to listen to in its entirety was Throwing Muses, and I’ll be damned if I can’t find the 2 hours, 22 minutes and 32 seconds of this ultimate in “hip cafés, hair salons, and fashion stores” music (that’s the 1001 Albums book talking, I’m not being snide). Edit: someone finally uploaded the full Throwing Muses album on YouTube. Imma right some wrongs, listen to that in the meantime. Edit 2: found Logical Progression in like 5 minutes, I don’t support piracy so definitely don’t go to the Internet Archive I think it's no small praise that I didn't hate myself after listening to the full thing (I heard the 2 discs a few hours apart, though). I don't have much experience with D&B or jungle, but I did enjoy Orbital & Aphex Twin on this list, which LTJ Bukem's compilation here isn't too far removed from. The hi-speed rhythms may be relentless, but the intensity varies greatly, from the pounding intro ("Demon's Theme") to the ambient, nature sound-infused "Pharaoh". It's music for studying. It's music for driving. It's music for enjoying a freshly brewed coffee while rebuilding a village in Minecraft, like I did. May 4th, 2024

v v v long

I liked the music...... it could have been shorter. ;)

I like jungle and it had me hooked for a good hour and a half, though by the last thirty minutes, I felt like I had enough. Still really enjoyed it.

Electronica but more Drum and Bass focused, can see the clear progression from Jungle to DnB here and a great listen