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Soundtracket på alle hippe “Café by day / Cocktailbar by night” steder i ‘00erne. Hektiske tromme-loops og udflydende synth-flader. Uden variation. Tænk sig at en hel genre kan være en One Trick Pony.
We need jungle I'm afraid
If this were somewhere between 99 and 2003, this would have interested me more. Tastes change and this didn't do much for me. I did take the advice of another review and listened to the YouTube video of the compilation. It seems the streamers didn't have the best luck with keeping compilations wholly available.
synthesizer drums . was ooit modern
Was hard to find, but worth it.
I love LTJ Bukem. I listened to this album as individual tracks and both continuous mixes with and without vocals. I am biased by nostalgia for this time but I see younger kids enjoying this music even without the nostalgic context and I think it's an important listen.
Really solid background music, would totally throw this on again while working.
Started the Spotify listen and knew it was wrong. Found the tracks on YouTube and just enjoyed the jam. So freaking good.
An album so repetitive it sounds like a Spongebob joke. Mr Krabs: Yes, hello. I was wondering if you could play that song again. Radio DJ: Hmmm, which one, man? Mr. Krabs: The one that goes "Bee-boo-boo-bop, boo-boo-beep." Radio DJ: No, man, you're thinking of "Bee-boo-boo-bop, boo-boo-bop."
Someone left the car alarm on…
My favourite tracks were the ones that Youtube muted for copyright violations
I liked it
this was a LOT of drum and bass. but honestly it was super good the whole time. it got tiring only due to length
por ser d&b, parecia que a qualquer momento ia começar a abertura de meninas superpoderosas 🗣️ não é minha praia
Oh boy, gotta really settle in for this one. Staring down the barrel of 2+ hours of drum and bass is not exactly what I had in mind for my day, but we press on. I'll say that I don't think compilation albums or greatest hits collections should be on this list. Sure, all these songs may be influential in their genre, but this is like cheating. If an artists own album can't hold up, that's on them. So that's one strike against this. The album itself? It's fine. It didn't change my life. One or two of these songs by themselves would be fun to listen to, but for two hours while I'm just sitting listening is not a great time. It's so repetitive even between songs. You really gotta be in the mood for this. This didn't do it for me. 1 star for being a compilation, and an uninspiring slog with the exception of maybe 2 tracks. But even then I didn't enjoy really a single minute of this listen, so I'm glad it's over.
Bad!
Very interesting background music with a good beat, I enjoyed!
very cool. I think I might be a dnb guy maybe?
I was reeeeeeeeally tempted to slap a one star rating on this puppy and look the other way. Two hours long, not on Spotify, all obscure electronica. Fuck me. But, in actuality, it kind of bangs. Yes, it's boring. Yes, it's basically just beats after beats after beats. But it's also kind of a mindless vibe, and in a weird way, the absolute best music I've ever had for running. In conclusion, I would play it at the gym, and I'd play it on any run, except actually I never will because I'm not sitting through those YouTube ads.
Здоровая психика этого не выдержит, тем более почти два с половиной часа.
2.5
No tengo muy claro que voy a escuchar, solo lo he encontrado en Soundcloud subido por un DJ, no el autor https://soundcloud.com/david-smur/sets/logical-progression-ltj-bukem que era un disco doble. Ahora en esta pagina para evaluar me sale un enlace a Spotify que si funciona y veo que es distinto al menos en los nombres a lo que yo había oído. Así que medio a ciegas le doy 3 estrellas. Es drum&bass/jungle/ambient que creo que es una música electrónica bastante particular que puede gustarte o no.
DnB or Jungle are types of music that you can't listen to in a domestic environment, for example. The atmosphere created by the sounds and beats are perfect for parties and nightclubs. The repetitions and rhythm are set in a way that makes the listener dance, and I think that's the idea. That said, I'm giving it a 3/5 still because of the DJs' boldness in developing a new genre, because if we take away the inventiveness of the scene, the music often sounds like elevator or department store music. There are some exceptions in this genre, such as Goldie, who did a great job with the album Timeless, but overall, that's it.
Vibey, jittery background music that I'm more likely to use for getting work done than dancing
Difficult to find this official album online, had to rely on a custom playlist on YT Music. Anyway, I’ve been getting a lot of drum and bass music lately. Wikipedia doesn’t give a whole lot of context for this album either. Looks like it’s a compilation album, but I’ll assume that this was considered a seminal album in the development of the drum and bass genre, given the time it was released. The inclusion of compilations themselves on this list is a bit iffy IMO, but I didn’t necessarily hate this album. Everything sounds smooth and flows nicely, about what I’d expect with 90’s D&B and electronic music. A lot of it is designed to be more ambient and you just have to adopt that mindset when coming into this.
No.
I listened to LTJ Bukem before, but did miss this wonderful album, because it is not easy to find. I listened on youtube to it, where some songs are missing, but nevertheless i heard enough. First of all, it is not really an album, the first CD is a compilation with songs from other artists too, the second CD seems to be a complete DJ-mix. What we get is wonderful presentation of peak 90s early Jungle/Drum & Bass, or how some people call it "Intelligent Drum and Bass". The drums are tight, the samples and vocals are chosen precisely to create a nice and chill atmosphere. The first CD has more vocals and also a great track with MC Conrad, the second CD is naturally more party-like, but keeps the same feeling and atmosphere throughout. Many tracks here that stood out for me, especially on the first part, my favourite song on it probably Chameleon - Links: "I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again. Life moves pretty fast. If you don’t stop and look around once in a while, you might miss it."
so good but so long
It’s not like I have a problem with this, it’s nice background music, but… what’s the point? Do people dance to this?
A la quinta canción ya estaba cansado del patrón anodino de locomotora de tren de vapor, así que dejo el drum’n’bass para los fans del género y sigo con mis cosas.
Unable to listen - not in streaming services
Really enjoyed this! I would say I'd listen again but the dead air from copy write is kinda annoying. Listened to while making Bubba, the third eye cat with wings.
I need to be in the right mood to enjoy this, but I can jam sometimes.
It's a good drum and bass compilation, and I think it was probably really relevant at the time as DJ compilations were just starting to hit the world. I think I would probably have loved this if I heard it when released. But looking back on it with the perspective of how DnB has evolved since then, it feels a little weak across the board, honestly.
The heavy drum/bass sounds aren’t something I feel drawn to for instrumentals, but I can see where this would have a place in the mid-90s as the genre was taking shape. It is very good, though not for me.
This was a hard one to track down! Underground drum and base from the '90s isn't really streaming licensing friendly. Once I did find at least most of it, it was pretty much what I expected: iconic D&B that probably felt pretty revolutionary at the time. Today, I am spoiled with 30 years of progress in the genre and while the music is still solid and super listenable, it didn't really stand out to me either. Cover is good, just right for the vibe and the times, a 4/5.
First thing to note is that the 3 hours and 27 minutes available on Spotify is not the right version. 3 hours and 27 minutes!! To clarify that is 207 minutes of the wrong version of this album. The good news is the correct version is on YouTube with CD1 being a mere 57:16 long and CD 2 registering as barely even a blip at 45:50 which comes in at a super quick 103 minutes. If you are unfortunate enough to not realise the incorrect version is on Spotify and just happen to look at the reviews and spot one that highlights that, it means that you have spent 310 minutes or, to be clearer, 5 hours and 10 minutes listening to LTJ Bukem and that is without considering YouTube adverts. Is the album any good? Honestly, I don't give a fuck if this is the best album out of the whole 1001 on the list, it is getting a 1 from me regardless of how good others think it is CD1 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZZK_0dgj43s CD2 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iYqDVqYSTxs
The only thing that makes this better than rap is the lack of lyrics
No fucking way I’m listening to two fucking hours of this Matrix Ass Rave Music without any drugs. Lasted about 30 minutes, and that was plenty. 1.5⭐️
Felt a lot more listenable than Roni Size, my only real reference to this type of music. No desire to really spin this again, but it wasn't bad.
I've always liked LTJ Bukem since Sunrain and Atlantis. I ended up grabbing Progressions 01 from this recommendation.
Some albums I’d love to read what they say about in the book, I’ll likely end up getting a copy to do this. What would they say to this over hour same song?
do not listen to the spotify link - find the original tracklist - it is different enough to be worth it. good drum & bass vibes to get my planner set up for the new year - deep focus shit
Maybe I'm just old, but I don't get it. I'm not a big fan of drum and bass personally. It's sooo repetitive.
This mix has aged remarkably well for being nearly 30 years old. It still radiates that sleek, futuristic, space age quality, something few electronic albums from the 90s can claim without sounding dated. This stands out as one of those rare records I’d recommend to almost anyone, even to people who typically shy away from electronic music, because it feels like it’s operating on an entirely different level. At its core, the album is atmospheric jungle and drum and bass, smoothed over with a jazzy, ambient edge. While the rhythms move at the pace you’d expect from DnB, the mood is laid back and contemplative, making it just as fitting for home listening as it is for the dancefloor. LTJ Bukem is one of those rare artists who can create an immersive, high energy experience live, but also deliver a nuanced, rewarding listen in a quiet setting. I’ve seen countless artists over the years, and many of them now blur together, but Bukem’s performance remains a clear standout in my memory. He’s easily in my top 10 live experiences of all time.
Não é desagradável, mas é inócuo. Música para "preencher" o ambiente de cafés, aeroportos e restaurantes. Não faz sentido constar deste livro.
Depends on your tolerance towards 90s UK Electronica beats. Luckily, I happened to grow up listening to stuff like this and loving it. So, while it was tiring, it was still a good time.
A consistent Drum & Bass Album from Start to Finish.
Dire
Not my jam.
Shoutout to this reviewer (https://1001albumsgenerator.com/shares/66b98e7ab22633436a3fc079) who linked the full Youtube rips (copied below for reference) CD1 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZZK_0dgj43s CD2 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iYqDVqYSTxs Apart from the difficulty in finding this album (the Apple Music link doesn't match the Wikipedia track list, also contains two "continuous mix" tracks that look to be identical in length), it was an ok listen. Interesting exposure to something different, but not much compelling to revisit.
I just don’t get drum and bass. I don’t understand the appeal. Nothing changes, either within or between songs. It’s not pleasant to listen to at all.
Pretty solid, atmospheric, D&B. Just threw this on in the background at work today, and it certainly helped get me through this otherwise awful Monday. And its lengthy, ambient, and hypnotic nature worked well in that environment, so there we have it.
DNF 1 Star 1/10
Wow, over 3hrs? Ok
nice beats
not the style of music I gravitate towards but it’s good!
Would you like to hear the amen break with gated reverb for nearly 2 hours?
WTF is this?
This walked so the challengers soundtrack could run
Interesting instrumentals.
This is extremely boring, sorry
2 minutes is more than enough!
Decent but kind of boring, not much happening
Just fine as background or club music, but hlad there was some sort of platlist that seemed representative of the original recording instead of the almost 4 hour 'album' on Spotify
I don't know it's not terrible but not really my thing it could be interesting to listen to on a late night road trip or something.
Boring as hell electric rubish
Gave up after 10 mins. Then checked reviews, found out I'd been listening to the wrong thing, found a playlist of the right album, gave up after 10 (slightly better?) mins. But given the entire genre seems to be defined by the one bar of drums being on repeat, 20 mins was a lot.
Well that's an hour of my life I'll never get back. 2 stars because there was an occasional 45 second section I didn't hate
***An ok album
Gott shit. Alvöru jungle dæmi sem dregur mann á klúbbinn í níunni.
Töff.
I probably lack genre knowledge to properly review the merit but I thought it was ok (if a bit too long as an individual album)
This album was when jungle became drum and bass. To me this stuff lacked the edge but paved the way for mainstream acceptance.
Liked this worth seeking out the original version (not sure why Spotify got it wrong?). Ground breaking at the time, sounds less radical now but still holds up well for a 30 year old album
Too long. I listened to the first half on a day walk in the near pitch black, it was dark, cold and exciting; trance like but even then each team was a bit long, but I could lose myself in my thoughts and let it wash around me. I listened to the second half at home in the daytime and it got very boring and slightly annoying. Really well made, but without enough of body to it, it just kind of jangled along like a long car journey.
After finding the YouTube links for the actual album (thanks to a fellow reviewer comments 🙏), this was much better than the "Level 1" version that was on Spotify. Despite the 2+ hours runtime, I liked it, decent beats, drum & bass!
Losses a star for being a compilation that isnt even all his own work !
84/1001 :: LTJ Bukem - Logical Progression Heard before? ❌ Would I revisit? ❌ Rating: 2 Listen before you die: No Frankly I’m not on enough drugs at the moment to enjoy this album.
4/5. Aangename lichte jungle en D&B
Music was pretty alright. Lyrics were pretty fucking terrible ⭐⭐⭐
I've listened to about 30 min and this is going to be the first album in nearly 250 that I DNF. It has cool sounds, I'm sure someone into this type of production would have a lot of good things to say about it. It's just not a language I understand.
Not for me. Went on and on, every track the same. My son loved it, though. DNF.
I do remember when Jungle was the Big Thing, for a hot minute, with LTJ Bukem being the King of the Hill Listening again now, I’m wondering what all the fuss was about
Too repetitve for me, even as someone who likes house music/techno
Somebody come get your Casio, it's drunk.
Some of the finest zone-out music I’ve heard.
Links // Music // Western // After Hours //
It was really good to work to. It was quite long even by electronic album standards. Good cover art, feels like you can guess the type of music just by looking at it. Don't really have a problem with it being a compilation album to help sum up a movement. But if this is allowed how is No New York not on here to sum up the no wave movement? Rating: 2.4
Not normally into EDM but that took me to another place
This felt like a homework assignment. I got through it and that’s the best I can say about it. Rather monotonous and overly long.
So know I know what genre drum & bass is - and that I can skip it anytime I come across that genre in the future! I just found it to be boring and ultimately forgettable. Hard pass.
uggghhhh fuck this so much. Why?..........
2.9/5 good for gym don’t see myself listening outside a lot
Way too fucking long and all the songs sound the same.
This fucking ruled. What a natural sound. Liquid DnB and birdcall
Any one of these songs individually is fine, but they are too samey to grab your attention, especially over the course of two hours plus.
That's not my taste in music - boring
I like DnB and this is some pretty chill stuff. Not bad to have on, but my socks remain unblownoff.
3 hours 30mins - I like the idea of space. But track 2 being 1 hour long was an insult. Nice vibe if I wanted some space age and techno house music. Not so much for my commute and walk into the office…
Pretty great. I did a lot of yoga to this
meh
It sounds like the music they put here local news on the radio before the show actually starts.
Annoying sounds, the album
Me gusta el drum n bass, aunque no en tan extensas dosis.
Like listening to Hackers with 100% less Crash Override. I did take the time to find the actual original version of the album (listed through other reviews here) and I’m glad I did, it greatly improved my overall impression of the album.
Not great
This is just ok, another album that I really have to ask why?
I like drum and bass. It’s good for chilling, or a cool bar, or lounge. But I can’t tell one piece from the next, one artist from another. So I liked it? But it went on a bit long.
Two hours of DnB. Wasn't bad but no part of it stuck out to me.
This is just a fine (at best) album that's hurt by it's length. With editing, might get to be a 3, but I never really need to hear this again.
How did a sampler (!) with 1.5 hours of repetitive beep boop even make this list?? Are you kidding me?
Album 885 of 1089 LTJ Bukem - Logical Progression (1987) Rating : 1.5 / 5 More electronica, which is a genre I just don’t have much interest in. As far as electronica goes, it struck me as pretty middle of the road. A bit dreamy in parts, but overall it didn’t move me or leave much of an impression. Not terrible, just not for me.
3/5. I wasn't able to find the full album but I think I got the gist of it from the songs I did find. They are pretty evocative and present drum and bass songs, more lively than others in the same genre. Unfortunately, like most albums in the genre, it feels impossible to know the difference from each song for the most part. It's enjoyable but definitely overstays its welcome. Best Song: Links, Demon's Theme, Bringing Me Down
Sooo, I understand the Spotify link isn’t the actual album. However, that’s what I went with. Over 3 hours of samey drum and bass, ffs. I’ll not be listening to it again, as I usually do. It’s more suited to a DJ set or a club night. Not something to sit listening to on the bus
2+ hours of drum and bass? I mean sure in the right setting with the right drugs maybe but top 1001 album ever? Fuck right off. I’m rating based on LTJ being original and a trendsetter and defining a genre but I’m not listening to this whole thing wtf
It's 1996 and you're wearing a pacifier because you took too much E, the DJ in this abandoned warehouse just dropped the most mathematic techno you've ever heard.
Day601 - boring and long. bad combo
i didn't hate it, but it's not my kinda music
I listened to most of this album but didn’t get to finish it. Fortunately, I don’t think I missed much because personally this album wasn’t for me. Unfortunately, it just fell flat and was very repetitive to me. Kinda just sounded like space age lofi music for most of it. I don’t see myself listening to this again in the future.
27/08/2025 So many unnecessary bleeps and bloops, stuck on a loop for 3 hours worth of an album. Give me 5 minutes in front of a computer I would be able to replicate this.
I only listened to a few songs because they're repetitive and very long. People were saying this isn't the right album? I just went with the one it is linked to because I couldn't find anything else. I didn't like this too much, but I do prefer it to the lofi stuff my teachers play during work time. 1.5/10
I can see why I should like this and I really don't think it's bad, I just cannot imagine why I would ever want to listen to it again.
Very unique meditative album
Hell nah
Verschrikkelijk. Elektronische muziek moet al zeer goed zijn vooraleer ik het meer dan 2 sterren ga geven. En dat was het niet. 1.1
I’m generally not a fan of electronic music (with some exceptions), so it’s hard for me to rate this fairly. That said, it feels like it was probably way ahead of its time and clearly influential on later Jungle/D&B. I found it really relaxing to have on while working, though I’m not sure I’d sit down and listen to it as the main activity. Also, the Mario Kart comment was spot on and actually made me laugh. Tip: make sure you’ve got the right album. The one on Spotify is not the same as the one on YouTube. Personal rating: 7/10.
I think I listened to this wrong. I think I was just supposed to listen to the one hour song entitled “Logical Progression” which is a mashup of the proceeding songs. Even if it were only an hour, that’s still more D&B than I want.
Decent techno album. Not my favorite music but is listenable.
Don’t think this is the right album? But if it is. It’s a no for me.
Not at all bad but very long and samey.
7/10
It's not my music at all but it was okay as background music.
Favorite Track: Night Train
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Drum n' bass, jungle. Not so much my jam but it's alright.
as i write this i still have like a half hour left in this album, but unless they stop putting ambient pads on top of breaks anytime soon i think its safe to assume the last chunk wont shift my opinion too much. all i can rly say is that this is a lengthy but remarkably consistent dj mix...i feel like just about every track is good enough for me to take notice of it at least once even as the lengthy runtime makes my brain start to ooze out of my ears a little. the more club music i listen to the more convinced i become that autechre never stopped making club music, they rly have been my main way into a lot of this stuff...confield is basically just this with extra steps
Good ambient music, but not really my cup of tea.
I love listening to the same 1-measure drum loop for 5 minutes at a time.
Still working through it, far too long. Music is ok, just don't see a situation where I'd sit down and listen to this by choice
90s electronica. Drum-and-bass compilation. Repetitive lounge music.
I do enjoy some drum and bass, and I was good with this album being on for the first hour, but another hour of it proved to be too much for me. Even just as background music I don’t think there are any circumstances where I’d want to hear this for over two hours. I don’t think any of it is bad, just exhausting as an album experience.
Negative
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## In-Depth Review: LTJ Bukem - *Logical Progression* (1996) ### **Overview** *Logical Progression* is a landmark drum and bass compilation curated by British DJ/producer LTJ Bukem, released via his label Good Looking Records. It showcases the "intelligent drum and bass" subgenre, blending frenetic breakbeats with ambient, jazz, and atmospheric textures. The album features tracks from Bukem and his label artists (e.g., PFM, Photek, Peshay) . --- ### **Music & Production** - **Sound Palette**: Combines hyper-speed breakbeats (160-180 BPM), deep sub-basslines, jazz-inflected piano/synth melodies, and ambient pads. Tracks like "Demon's Theme" and "Horizons" (Bukem) use ethereal arpeggios and soulful samples, while Photek’s "Pharaoh" layers dark, claustrophobic percussion over atmospheric dread . - **Flow & Structure**: As a DJ mix, the album transitions seamlessly between tracks. Disc 1 emphasizes accessibility ("house influences and steady rhythms"), while Disc 2 delves into darker, complex rhythms . - **Production Quality**: Despite mid-90s technical limitations, the mix is polished. Critics noted its "rhythmically rich" textures and absence of claustrophobia, though some cited "surface noise from original vinyl" . ### **Themes & Atmosphere** - **Emotional Range**: Evokes a contemplative, futuristic optimism. Described as "spring-heeled, summer's-coming drum'n'bass" (*The Independent*), balancing kinetic energy with ambient serenity . - **Jazz/Ambient Fusion**: Tracks like "Coolin’ Out" and "Music" incorporate modal jazz harmonies and ambient soundscapes, earning labels like "progressive electronic jazz" . ### **Lyrics** - **Minimalist Approach**: Most tracks are instrumental. Exceptions like "Vocal Tune" (Peshay) and "Bringing Me Down" (Aquarius & Tayla) use fragmented, soulful vocal samples as rhythmic/textural elements rather than narrative devices . ### **Influence & Legacy** - **Genre Definition**: Alongside Goldie’s *Timeless*, it’s hailed as one of "the two most important drum-and-bass releases of the 90s" (*Rolling Stone*) . - **Cultural Impact**: Popularized drum and bass beyond club scenes, making it accessible to mainstream listeners. Pioneered "liquid funk" and influenced artists like Aphex Twin and later ambient DnB producers . - **Enduring Relevance**: Still cited as a "seminal classic" and "timeless" work by electronic music communities . --- ### **Pros vs. Cons** | **Pros** | **Cons** | |-----------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------| | **Innovative Fusion**: Masterfully merges jungle beats with jazz/ambient, creating a unique sonic identity . | **Length & Repetition**: At 2+ hours, some tracks feel overly long; minimal harmonic variation risks monotony for casual listeners . | | **Historical Significance**: Defined "intelligent DnB"; a gateway to jungle for new listeners . | **Accessibility Issues**: Original version is hard to find (Spotify hosts an alternate mix); copyright removals fragment the experience . | | **Production Prowess**: Achieves clarity and depth despite 90s tech limitations; mixes are both danceable and cerebral . | **Polarizing Reception**: Non-fans critique it as "a whole lot of nothing" or "jingling keys" . | | **Atmospheric Cohesion**: Maintains a consistent, immersive mood ideal for focused listening or creative work . | **Compilation Constraints**: As a DJ mix, individual tracks vary in impact; standout moments (e.g., "Demon’s Theme") overshadow deeper cuts . | --- ### **Verdict** *Logical Progression* remains a cornerstone of electronic music, lauded for its visionary fusion of breakbeats, jazz, and ambient aesthetics. While its runtime and niche appeal may deter some, its production ingenuity and historical weight cement it as essential listening. As one fan notes: "It’s hard to believe this came out in 1996... it feels timeless" . **Key Tracks**: "Demon’s Theme," "Horizons," "Pharaoh," "Music" .
this is just not a 5 star album. what a masterclass of an album for the drum and bass scene in the 90's. whilst it's long length at a bit over 2 hours, it doesn't have a bad moment throughout it's whole listen. i love the genre - and have made some myself, so it's a cool listen to see what the "best" of the genre in the 90's was like. solid 9/10 album.
This is why economics is fundamentally important, as you learn about a thing called the law of diminishing returns. The more someone is exposed to something, the less enjoyment is gain from that thing. This album is a prime example of that, a highly intricate drum and bass electronic album that flows smoothly throughout the whole album. With skilful usage of little samples that can keep you hooked, however, the sheer length of the album results in this appreciation losing all speciality. If the album were 50 minutes, I would say that this is a brilliant album that tests the water of this genre and sets it in the right place; however, I just got sick of it by the hour-and-a-half mark. Realising that there was still an hour to go after that made me want to pull my hair out. Artists, people can only enjoy so much of your stuff before it becomes null, so stop giving me these pieces that make what you are trying to add to this industry worse than it really should be. Yet, it still deserves 3 stars because it was kinda cool.
"Logical Progression" is a compilation album spearheaded by English musician and "Good Looking Records" label head LTJ Bukem. It includes "tracks by Bukem and other artists who recorded for his record label. Jungle and drum and bass are the Wiki-listed genres. Appropriate. Critically, it is considered a landmark drum-and-bass album. The album and the first of two parts opens with Bukem's "Demon's Theme." Ambient synths and bird sounds. Slow to fast beats come in and a deep slow bass. Screeching synths, oscillating percussion, a fading female backing vocals and more jungle sounds. Interesting. Another Bukem song, "Music" adds creepy, "Omen'"-like synth keys before the beats take over with a hypnotic, trance-like synth. Echoing vocals. Aquarius and Tayla's "Bringing Me Down" adds a dreamy synth to the core beats: a slight change of style. "Air Tight" by the Funky Technicians begins the second half. A vocal sample stating that music is an amazing grace. Hi-hat ticking and drone and laser synths. The beats eventually cone in and one of the few songs where the synth shares equal billing with the beats. The closer "Mind Games" breaks the mold a little bit too with dreamy synths and seductive sax and female vocals. A fuzzed bass. The beats eventually overlay the song's beginning. All songs have beats in the forefront which are complemented by ambient synths, synth noises, fading, horns and echoing or sampled vocals. The beats are sometimes right at the start or come in eventually. Chill, hypnotic and dreamy. For someone not well-versed in the drum-and-bass genre, this album tended to be repetitive with similar beats from song to song. Overall, it was a decent listen: nothing that I didn't like to some extent. I would think most EDM/electronic fans would enjoy this.
Nobody needs to hear this before they die!! Awful album! Even sought out the proper one on YouTube but still couldn't listen to it. First one since starting this journey that I have given up on. The only logical progression here might be toward skipping tracks faster than you can say “jungle renaissance.” A curious relic of its time that somehow managed to be both nostalgic and exhausting.
This was a pain in the arse to get the correct version but when I did I really enjoyed it up until a point. It did wear out its welcome about 3/4 through.
It's chill background music. Liked it but it gets way to repetitive for continuous listening
Had a lot of trouble caring about this one.
Listened in the truck via YouTube music. First compilation album I’ve gotten. Like drum and bass but after about 2 hours of it all the tracks sound the same.
I liked it overall, good experimental/instrumental album. Got a bit repetitive at times.
Snelle inhaal review #12: Stond van alles op Spotify, bleek een soort compilatie album te zijn, die er juist weer niet op stond. Wel weer op Youtube gevonden, bleek het bijna 2,5 uur lang te zijn, daar kwam ik toch echt niet doorheen: te veel van hetzelfde, enkele nummers moest ik weer los gaan vinden want die waren weer gecopyright claimed, klinkt als een prima theme voor een videogame als Mirror's Edge ofzo, niet om zo te luisteren.
Er zit gewoon een DnB album bij! Een uurtje aan heerlijk relaxte muziek, goed bij het werken of de studie. Elk nummer heeft weer zijn eigen draai en in tegenstelling tot techno blijft het niet vervelen, maar ik ben misschien ook wel een beetje biased hierin. Het leukste nummer is van Bukem zelf, zit net wat meer speelse elementen in dan de andere nummers. Voor de liefhebber is er ook een continuous versie, met of zonder vocals. Al vind ik de vocals niet heel veel toevoegen, die heb ik liever bij minder monotone DnB.
I don't even know what this is supposed to be.
I’m down for this sort of up tempo Charlie Brown type music. It’s a drum-and-bass album. Mix in house music and nice beats that flow. Would I return? No probably not
As a drummer, appreciate the complexity of the rhythms, but for just listening to music, not my thing.
Why make this so difficult to listen to the full album? It's not correct on Spotify, tracks are missing on the YouTube version. I think it's weird the Spotify version has an track that's just the album as one long track. If you didn't like the album the first play-through, why would you want to listen to is as one hour-long track? But the album itself: again, I just find this stuff tedious. Mainly because there's no variation. And... two HOURS of it? Nope. NEXT.
Didn't even make it through disc one. Felt like the same drum and/or bass line (or synth beat) over and over. I thought it might be good background music while I tried to read and concentrate. But even then, I kept looking at the clock waiting for disc one to end. And because I couldn't wait for it to end, it gets the lowest rating possible despite not being complete trash.
What an incredibly boring compilation. There were a few bright spots, but since it was only available on two YouTube videos with missing tracks, I can't even say what tracks had the bright spots (the one with the rap, is the best I can do). There is absolutely no reason I needed to hear this before I died, and it was one of the few albums that made me regret my commitment to listening to every album twice. Way too long, way too repetitive, way too unnecessary. I feel like I should give it a 2 because it isn't the worst background music, but my irritation at the length and its lack of availability on streaming services makes me call it a 1.
Yesterday I had the excellent Revolver by The Beatles so this is not a logical progression. 2/5 28/7/25
Don’t know what this is! Don’t waste your time again. 3 hours 30 minutes instrumental mix. Some tracks are just ok but not worth the time checking them again.
i have no idea what any of these songs were, where they started, and where they stopped. i could see this being highly influential for the drum and bass community, and electronic music as a whole but... its not super my jam. its aight, and totally fine to have on in the background during work, but i wouldn't be seeking this out on my own
Sounds like the background of a 90s-2000s video game.
Maybe I listened to the right album? Either way, I put in my three hours and I’m counting it as completed. I can see how this would be a perfect album to have playing in the background while playing old video games, unfortunately when I listened to it I wasn’t doing that. I also don’t think it would improve the rating. I’m only going with a two because we’ve listened to some truly wild shit on this list so far.
Is the goal of this album to have other artists sample it and then just collect royalties off of those samples? Create a 15 second loop. Repeat it for 8 minutes. Add a quiet part 2/3rds of the way in. Now repeat that 7 times. You now have an album. At least the 15 second loops were good.
This wasn't on Spotify - I had to listen on YouTube. I put myself in 1996 when this album came out, This would have sounded remarkable with the lushness of synthesizers, the crisp beats and samples. I mean, now it sounds pretty generic, but I've never heard it before so that context is important. Dance music in the mid 90's was not like this. I can see why its here. Good shout.
Took me a few listens to get through this one, but I actually quite enjoyed a lot of it. It is far too long though - 2 hours of DnB is a lot of DnB! I enjoyed the first disc much more, would have been happier with just that.
First of all, this is just a two hour album. If you listened to something longer, I’m guessing you listened to Logical Progression LEVEL 1, which does not include the original on streaming. This is a bonus compilation that instead comes with two hourlong mixes of… this same bonus compilation but in one track for instrumentals, and one with vocals. Essentially, you listened to the same album three times and it wasn’t even the right one. The correct compilation can be found on Soundcloud or YouTube, and I personally listened to it on Soundcloud from an account called ‘DJ Jo Public,’ who has it split into two tracks. If two hours is still too much drum n bass for you, I highly recommend just listening to disc 2 (CD B). It’s the stronger half of the album but I loved this whole thing immensely as someone who’s dabbled in IDM, and I only ever first heard of it yesterday.
Good ambiance/background music while you’re working.
Great background music. Kept me driven while doing data analysis
super chill and fun dnb. i really liked this album for background music
Pretty weird stuff
I don’t think I listened to exactly the correct album on Apple Music, but I know at least some of the tracks were correct and regardless, there’s not a lot of variation here. I don’t mind this sort of thing as background music but it’s pretty dull actively listening to it. Meh.
Not really my thing.
I'm curious under what circumstances they expect someone to thoroughly enjoy 2+ hours are rather similar sounding DnB songs... 4/10
тем, кто ставит единицы - хватит пиздеть, просто ощутите вайб.
I’m not positive I listened to the correct thing but I get the gist. I know it takes a lot of talent to make music like this but it still is just background for me.
just background music. unnecessary.
The father of “lowfi beats to study to”. Regardless of the effort it took to make this album, it was nothing to me. Nothing at all.
Noperino. 1.5/5
I recognised and even, maybe, fondly remembered this one when I saw the cover but my initial reaction was nevertheless to scoff at it as an 1001AYMHBYD - why are we doing compilations now? - but you know what? This is perfectly fine. I know that Roni Size/Reprazent and Goldie will come up eventually and I've had MJ Cole before but that seems to be it; another inclusion of circa *that* music is alright with me. And, that MJ Cole album illustrates a problem with a lot of dancefloor adjacent electronic music albums, even if they've been important: they're often too long for their own good and end up being a dud. So, this here, a seminal Best Of that particular slice of 90s music people should be aware of in a convenient package? Yeah. And I'm having a splendid time with it. One of the very few understandable Electronica inclusions so far after 426 albums. [...] Rating day. Imma give this a 5. ____________________________________ Since people still seem to listen to what's on Spotify (-_-), here's a version on Youtube that features both CDs, split into tracks: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m7sIUXSrVoU
Album #840 and to my knowledge it's the first one I did not listen to in its entirety. The version on Apple Music had the same album cover, but totally different tracks than what Wikipedia says. YouTube had bits and pieces, but copyrights prevented me from finding all the songs. Just a major pain in the ass to cobble together the original album, not to mention the different versions and mixes there were out there. Anyway, I listened to about 90 minutes of something resembling this album and I wasn't impressed at all. Most of the tracks were obnoxiously long and repetitive. How many times can you do the Funky Drummer drum break as your entire song?! If they were going to cheat and put a compilation album with different artists on here, you'd think it would be better than this. Let me make a suggestion on what to replace it with. How about "Weird Al" Yankovic in 3-D?
Repetitive
Not for me
This is a difficult album to literally find, a lot of the youtube versions are hit with copyright strikes and therefore muted. From what I could hear though, it is pretty solid driving electric music. It's funny how the percussion was going like a mile a minute during most of the songs, but the pace of the melodies were all very slow. It is both sort of soothing and exciting at the same time, depending on the mood you want to be in
Once again, we have a 2+ hour long album that I listened to ahead of time for my Mega Album Mini Project. Here's my review from September 2024: Why are drum and bass albums so unbelievably long? Seriously! Between this and a few others on the list, I’m pretty sure every drum and bass album is nearly or over two hours long each. That’s insane. Anyways, this album’s okay, I guess. It’s not very interesting to me. It literally isn’t even a cohesive album experience. It’s literally a compilation album. There’s value in compilation albums, sure. I just don’t think they should really be on a list like this because it kind of feels like cheating. The sound of Logical Progression is fine. It works well enough as background music. If you have a 2 hour long task to do and you really like electronic music, this could be for you. It’s not for me though. I don’t really care much about this one. Despite many songs being made by different people, this album felt kind of repetitive. Nothing really stuck out in my mind as being particularly good. Also, this album literally isn’t even on streaming. There’s an album called “Logical Progression” by LTJ Bukem on Spotify and Apple Music, but it’s not the original version of the album. It’s completely different and is much shorter. Quite frankly, I wish I had listened to that instead. Maybe I would feel better about listening to an hour of this kind of music than two hours. As it stands though, I just don’t really think this should be on the list. It’s fine for what it is, but I just feel like there’s better inclusions, even in regards to the drum and bass genre. According to the website, there’s three drum and bass albums on the list: This one, New Forms by Roni Size and Reprazent, and Timeless by Goldie. Timeless was the earliest of the three and can be considered the most essential in forming the foundations of the genre, and New Forms, which I have listened to in my goal to listen to the longest albums on the list ahead of time, felt more original to me and seems to be more of a fan-favorite. I’m not upset I listened to this, but I do question this album’s inclusion. Still, it’s certainly not the worst thing I’ve heard. High 2/5.
Spotify is incorrect; the correct album can be found on YouTube. The best parts are when it’s muted due to copyright.
The jungle is weirdly quiet and then suddenly a tracksuit wearing chimp swings in and pounds out the most insane beat you have ever heard, you keep going though the jungle just see what appears next
Listened to a rough approximate playlist on spotify, given that the album/not all the songs were there. Decent, from what I remember, although monotonely so.
niin paljon eri artisteja tarvittiin tämän kompilaation kokoamiseen mutta miksi. kysyn että miksi näin monelle annettiin parrasvalojen alle aikaaa. tämä ei tosiaan ole kovinkaan hyvä albumi. erittäin tylsää breakbeat breackkcore jungle tyyppistä rumpujen hälytystä ilman minkään kaltaista dynamiikkaa biisien sisällä tai niitten välissä. noh pari pientä kohokohtaa ovat sanomani vastaisia joka ehdottomasti nostattaa kompilaation arvoa huomattavasti. muuten vaan cash grab.. sellout.. whoore.. whooooooore! harmillista että tämän aikakauden jälkeen elektronisen musiikin tuottaminen loppui täydellisesti heh ainakin listan mukaan heh above & beyond
Of the hundreds of albums I've listened to so far from this list, this was, without a doubt, one of the longest.
Huh
This is OK as an ambiance, but its need to be included on this list is debatable and polarizing because of the inherent conflict between active and passive listening. There's no way anyone should or realistically could give this album their full attention for two hours. So, it's then, by necessity, relegated to mere background music. And that's too bad because there's good stuff here - just not much you'll be able to hold onto with a single listen - and it's far too long for multiple playthroughs when you've literally got 1,000 other albums competing for your time. Not sure how to score this. I enjoyed it, but its core characteristics make its being on this list seem flawed - which, I suppose, really isn't its fault but the fault of the challenge designers. Bottom line: if I bought this, I wouldn't regret the decision. And while I wouldn't likely listen to it from start to finish very often, I'd also not be upset if a few tracks made it into the greater shuffle.
This is a tricky one to rate. I guess the Spotify version isn’t the original album, and you have to find it in YouTube. I did not have time in the day to listen to both of these albums, so I took a small sample size of both. The version on YouTube is significantly better, and was a great vibe. I will go back and listen to this in full. It set a pace, and I was enjoying the world. I kept thinking it would be a good soundtrack for Buffy and Faith to listen to while slaying vampires, and clubbing all night. You know the episode. Listening to the Spotify after, I felt underwhelmed. It seemed so muted compared to what the original version is. Since it is believed the original version is the YouTube one I’m going to give this an optimistic score, even if I haven’t listened to the full album yet.
Every generation has there preferred electronic music, so I won’t cast any hate from a fellow enjoyer of the genre. Especially transient house music, which I enjoy. My opinion on “Hyper DnB” is that you must appropriately allocate enough cigarettes and coffee to get your brain running fast enough to catch up to it. This album, the YouTube linked version, is all together interesting and hits a solid stride with its rapid beats and earthly sampling (birds, water drops, etc). It’s spacey man.
Another nope for me - just not my genre in any way, shape, or form. Okay background music, but their are much better backgrounds
Can't review this objectively, it's just background music to me. Very ho-hum, boring background music. Is this better than other electronic drum-bass music? No idea. Don't care
I actually do enjoy this kind of stuff, as an ambient soundscape in the background while working. But definitely feel like I dont know or care enough about the genre to know what makes this special or essential listening. Also the apple music version is 3.5 hours, which is just insanity if you're not listening passively
Kinda makes me nostalgic for wipeout.
bah
Interesting, but not that interesting.
drum and bass!
#634. This is probably good as background music while studying or some thing. 2/5: fine
A lot of reviews mentioned that Spotify doesn’t have the correct tracks for this album, so I went to YouTube and I think I found it(?). If so, it seems like an enjoyable set but difficult for me to get into through all the YouTube ads.
Maybe I'm just not in the right mood but thought the songs were too long and didn't really care for it.
Jumpsjumps
Ihan jees taustamusaa.
Most songs start out/have a kind of chill feel but then break into a maniacal beat that creates an eclectic lack of cohesion/ continuity within each [long] song. Overall, maybe good background music if you’re in the right mindset.
ganz nice zum arbeiten, aber jetz eig nix besonderes. 2.5.
What's with this genre dropping 2-3 hour albums?
Oh God. I wanted to like this so badly, but I was just so fucking bored. I'm so sorry.
One time listen, I see the genius but it’s not my scene It would be a great road trip or study lp
No pensé que lo diría pero la verdad me encantó el album de 2 horas de drum and bass. Tiene una vibe nostálgica tipo principios de internet, y personalmente me hace acordar un poco al sentimiento que me daba el soundtrack del Jet Set Radio, lo cual es un cumplido ENORME porque lo jugué de chiquito y sigo escuchando ese soundtrack cada tanto (el de Bomb Rush Cyberfunk también un poco, por asociación). Es una onda muy chill y bastante variada para ser un género tirando a one note. Me da una vibe nocturna tipo late night drive. Me gusta mucho tanto el primer disco con canciones que terminan como el segundo disco que es bien como un DJ mix, todo enganchado. Me gusta que usualmente son temas de Bukem los que tienen una batería hard hitting que amo. Temas que más me quedaron: Demon's Theme, Links, One & Only, Danny's Song, Solution, Pharaoh, Groove Therapy. Si sigo nombrando temas nombro todo porque la verdad no hay 1 skip. Ni uno. Increíble este álbum. Me da ganas de escuchar más drum and bass.
It's fine as background music, but there wasn't anything in here that I actively liked. It didn't feel distinctive to me in any way. As an example, the autoplay kept going after disc 1 ended, and I didn't realize for a while. More pleasant than many electronic albums, though!
Not good? I normally like this type of music, edm and such but my goodness was this dull.
enjoyed this, but no way in hell I'm doing the full 2hrs 20 mins
I’m going against my own guideline of listening through an entire album before rating—and if I can’t finish, it’s an automatic 1. This one isnt streaming, so it’s a YouTube hunt to find both of the double albums. I listened to disc 2. This is a pretty good example of jungle (d’n’b), which sounded like fresh and exciting sounds coming out of the British electronic scene in the mid-90s. Like other electronic records, it’s not meant for a sit down experience. I can give it a high 2.
The Spotify and Apple Music link is not the original album❗️ I listen to my original CD. 10/10…drum & bass
Too repetitive for me. I liked certain songs, but overall, I miss melodies.
Nothing was inevitable about drum and bass, least of all its misnomer of a genre name: there’s a pervasive synth tone throughout a lot of this, not a whole lot of bass. Plenty of drums though, so many sped-up amen breaks. I wish I liked LTJ’s curation and his own treatments more, but there was always something a bit dull to this *outside of clubs*. At the clubs in the mid-late 90s, dnb was a trip and I miss that.
I liked it a lot more than I thought I would. Probably closer to a 3.5 maybe higher. Would definitely listen again
Meh
Gewoon fatoe wel kapot lang
Not my jam
Seems to be a bit of a misnomer. I don't believe there was a progression, logical or otherwise. Bits of it did change, but then returned to the base line. 45 minutes of lameness.can only be a 1.
So hard to find the version that matches the album detailed on the list. But I persisted and found most of the album on YouTube. Some songs removed for copyright reason. Why some, and not all? No idea. Thank God it was shortened. I can actually appreciate the art of it. But, it’s too repetitive for me to stay engaged in for long.
When i saw this appear, my first thoughts were this will be a painful hour. It turns out that it was not irritating at all. It is ok for background music, but there is no way would I choose to listen to this for my main form of entertainment. I'll leave that for the people who take substances to make it worthwhile listening to.
Made it through the entire thing, but it all sounded the same. Not a fan. 1.5/5
Godawful, like nails on a chalkboard. It wasn’t on Amazon, it wasn’t on Spotify, and I could only find some copyright-shortened version of it on YouTube. In hindsight, the fact that I only had to listen to an hour of this was a blessing.
YABA (Yet Another British Album) I wanted to hate this, but it was ok. Good background noise as I sit here, jetlagged.
The 90s were peak popular culture and smooth, hypnotic drum & bass is proof of that. Fantastic collection.
2.5
Decent drum n bass, not too heavy, listenable
Did not make it through. Had just the remixes but not my cup of tea. D&B.
It always feels like a bit of a cheat when they allow compilation albums on this list. Some mellow break beats, some funky break beats and some other break beats that fall somewhere between the two. It's a nice, chill drum'n'bass album. It all blends into one - but I think maybe that's part of the point? Best Tracks: Solar System; Above & Beyond; Music
First things first, this album is soooooooo long. I've seen shorter Ridley Scott Director's Cuts. And it's not that interesting. I don't hate any of it, but it's just crushingly long. This is a terrible album with quite a bit of good music in it. This is not a good format.
So yeah, this was kind of a homework assignment. Took some sleuthing just to listen to it in the right order. Very spacey, very smooth. Drum and bass is cool and all, but unless I’m laser-focused or on something (or both), this much of it starts to feel like wallpaper. Solid vibe, though. Spins: 2 (once you piece it together) Playlist Additions: - Destiny - Above & Beyond - Music
Very enjoyable breakbeat/DnB.
Was fine background music while working, I wasn’t able to finish it though because it was very long and not incredibly interesting. It wasn’t necessarily bad but not great. It kind of reminded me of DJ Shadows “Entroducing…” a bit but not as good. I think this gets a 1/5 unfortunately.
This sucks. It's not interesting to listen to. It's impossible to find. And it's not even a fucking album. I almost want to refuse to finish this on principle. What are we doing here
This is not music for sitting around and listening — it’s a very particular kind of (trance-y, rave-y) dance music. I’m not opposed to dance music, but, as an album, this super repetitive. Also, I wonder if music that’s supposed to move your body and help you reach a higher state can be produced without any physical instrumentation or live players? This is all concocted in someone’s brain, and then manifested in a computer/laboratory. As a result, it’s pretty sterile. I’m told it’s an influential album/band — a great example of drum and bass. I’ll give it a 2, but I’m not going to listen to it again unless I’m at a ravey scene.
pass
pleasant drum n bass. varied. If repetition and groove isnt your thing youll hate this. 3.5
3.8 I'm scoring based purely on the music, very AFX'y with some jungle in there, perfect to work to, but I don't really understand why it's on this list, as as far as I'm aware it's a compilation album? Unless I've found the wrong thing.
Unlike others, I do believe this belong on the list because it effectively displays what this entire sub genre was about. For anyone who has never heard drum n'bass/jungle, this is the perfect primer for the basics.
Aucun intérêt. Trop long, trop répétitif. =>1/5
Sounds like the song I have playing inside of my house in Animal Crossing
Favorite Track: Western
Didn’t listen, as this is a compilation, not an album and I refuse to acknowledge it. If I was adding an album to the list, would I be able to just add some mixtape I made in high school and say, “Sorry, but this is not available to stream?”
Шёл и слушал с удовольствием, как раз музыка для впадения в транс на прогулке.
Lame generic drum beat 2/5
A whole album of beats and bass. Sounds like a PS2 fighting game. I really don’t see any reason why this had to be over 2 hours long, but it was weirdly entrancing.
this and 69 love songs back to back is a bit cruel ..... need a lie down to process the volume of new sound i've listened to in the last 24 hours. i had higher hopes coming into this, i'd enjoyed chemical brothers and i was some of that consistent electronic sound that i liked might follow over to here. but no, that really didnt happen .. i went out of my way to find the youtube links to the right recordings. what a waste of time. i hated this. way too intense and repetitive with nothing of note to remember. i couldn't engage with the "music", it's about as melodic as someone jiggling their keys infront of me for two hours.
Hope you like that stereotypical, fast paced techno breakbeat, because every song on this record has it. Sometimes it’s right at the top of the track, other times it comes in after a minute or two. Dread it, run from it…the stereotypical techno breakbeat arrives all the same. It’s kind of amazing, actually. Some of these songs are pretty good, some are not, some go on for way too long, but somehow, they all sound the same. I don’t understand how that is possible.
If you gave this more than 1 star you obviously didn't listen to it.
I think I found the correct album, and it was over 2 fucking hours. There are some good albums that are super long, but this is not one of them. I'm sure it was influential and blah blah but this is the type of electronica that just drives me nuts. Maybe if I were in a club I'd be into it, but on its own, most of it is too long and too same-y. After awhile this just felt tedious. There is some really good electronica on this list, to be fair, but there is a lot of it, and this doesn't need to have a spot.
FYI: The wrong album is shared in Apple Music. Cover art is similar but completely right, but the tracks are ALL wrong and the run time is an hour longer than the 140 min album that's recommended in the book. The YouTube link is correct for the 1996 release. I don't have Spotify, so I can't confirm accuracy there. So, after getting past that mess (and only 30 minutes into my listen), this album feels like filler to reach the coveted 1001. Art - in its most simplistic definition and design - is supposed to evoke some type of emotional response, whether it's a painting, a photograph, a sculpture, a film, or a piece of music. This album does none of that. I'm not saying that this is good, nor am I saying it's a bad electronica album. I'm just saying that this album feels terribly unnecessary, especially at its run time.
Not sure this is worth a seat on the list, but it was ok.
I pressed play - then saw this record is over 3 hours (at least on Spotify) and in the minute I listened to I decided I had better things to do with 3 hours.
My jaw dropped when I saw this pop up on my screen! For some reason, I didn't know this was on the list. LTJ Bukem has seen some newish success thanks to the advent of jungle officially being cool again, and the stellar album covers of his two "Producer" projects. Im so happy an album with a continuous mix gets a feature - I really hope people enjoy that format as much as I do. I'm also so glad that the jungle side of DnB tempo music gets some love. I have no specific song highlights for this comp. It's just excellent music to coerce you into a zone, or be a backing track for any activity that requires focus. The repetitive breaks are so hypnotic when paired with the atmospheric synth pads that just fade in and out so easily. I especially love when a sub bass kicks in just for a little bit, it pairs so well with the frenetic drum patterns. Any other little sounds are vocal treats, like the occasional vocal loop in "Reflections". I love this music - it speaks to my soul and encapsulates so many feelings/experiences that go beyond words. Whether its the liminal early parts of "Above & Beyond" with its classic Amen break sample, or the more fluttery, layered "Senses"; this project brings to light such a cool sonic niche in the context of this overall list. If any of this music raised your eyebrow, then I think jungle and early DnB culture is such a worthwhile wikipedia deep dive. Learning about break sampling, the advent of the MC and the DnB jargon is super fun. I'd be lying if I gave Logical Progression a perfect 5, though part of me wants too. There's a bit of variation missing, even if that isn't the point. There's a few dinky cuts that go too long without being additive or subtractive in their sampling/instrumentation. But outside of those few nitpicks? Beautiful stuff. Soothing, hypnotic, and cutting-edge. Big ups selecta a STRONG 4/5 from me rudeboy
At 2 hours long this is a very long album and I did find it to be pretty alright for background music although it can be a little samey. I listened to it via this YouTube link as it's not available on Spotify https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m7sIUXSrVoU This does mean I was unable to listen to the 4 copyrighted tracks that were muted.
Decent drum and bass. Feels like I should be driving in Germany listening to this
Sonfar the best electronica album Ive heard and I dont even like this genere. Great music balancing drum and bass, phychodelic, experimental, ambiance, trance and sounds from all over europe and middle east. I dislike this music but this non-stop 1 hour mix of who know how many songs or artists is perfecly blended into a marathon where you are just walking and the world is moving around you at the speed of light. Even though its slow for what Ive heard in the genere which makes it better and I could appreciate more the actual music This must be the best or top 3 electronica albums ever. I dont even know any better but just in case. Im giving this 3 stars cause it amazing for it being electronica
Video game loading screen music looping in the background because someone was too lazy to turn off the tv. Youtube started playing something else just like this and I didn't even notice. 1.5
Yeah as the albums go on I see point behind the electronica hate more and more
A fucking compilation album? Come on. Is it because we HAD to squeeze some drum and bass onto this list and there are precisely zero full drum and bass albums that you could put on here with a straight face?
Ambient
Logical and hypothetical
I listened to the copy on soundcloud rather than Apple Music as suggested on reddit Did I enjoy it? Yes, it got me pumped for the upcoming dance music festival I am attending next weekend Will I listen again? Probably not as it is not easily accessible and very long!
Laid back (for drum n bass) filled with ambient textures and jazzy influences.
Not a fan of instrumentals like this
I suspect LTJ Bukem would be unable to distinguish Level 1 from Level 13, much less justify why this particular trance compilation over the countless others form the 90s needs hearing before leaving the planet depicted on the cover.
This was a nice, meditative listen, perfect for working. Loved the tracks with the House music vocals and the loon-call samples. Wonder what other electronic music we'll get on this list.
Interesting to see some DNB on this list. LTJ Bukem is a fine pick to represent the genre, saw them play House of Blues Chicago in the late 1990s, met a woman there from Madison Wisconsin who knew the Onion people AND ALSO (I realized later) LOOKED JUST LIKE the young woman featured for years in the Onion's American Voices person-on-the-street column. Anyway, I know this is a compilation but still...
Sounds like slightly hipper Radio "production music". Or wallpaper.
This is something different. A bit of DnB. Umm...never heard this comp before. It's good. What you'd expect from a DnB comp, I suppose. I'm not entirely sure it's significance in the world of music, though, as there seems to be DnB albums out there that left a much larger mark on things but, maybe this is another British thing.
No. No more. English drum and bass is not essential, stop it!!
Blev en dryg lyssning. Det är bitvis helt ok. Men trummorna är onajs. Det märks att det hänt saker på inom "elektronisk musik". Det känns väldigt outdated.
Jag är svag för den här typen av suggestiva, buddha bariga atmosfär så för mig är det här ren njutning, även om det är mer av bakgrundsmusikskaraktär. Den ger känslan av att man ligger silkesrusig på en cabana på Ibiza och sippar bloody mary - och det är fan ingen dum känsla.
Weird
Cool but not my thing 3/5
Absolutely horrendous. Would give zero starts if I could
Early 90s low-budget soundtrack for a montage scene where some wiz kid is hackin’ the ‘net Faded to the background so fast, - didn’t really mind it, but couldn’t focus in enough to have more of an opinion or a desire to come back to it.
Could not sit still
I guess something like this should be on the list, but less for what it is as an album and more an example of this style of music. Painfully long but this type of stuff is meant to be zoned out to. Probably skillfully done for what it is. I took one second and adjusted the playback speed to see if it made a difference. 2x was insane, 1.5 was missing a ton of nuance, 1x was the best sounding, and 0.5x was brutal. So at least it isn't purely random
There is so much of nothing here. Sega Dreamcast character select screen background music. How many ways can you re arrange the same ingredients on a plate and tell me it's a new dish. A very time and place album.
I hate drum and base. I also hate Jass Fusion. In addition, I hate instrumentals. Guess what I thought of this album? Here is a clue. I sat through 5 minutes and turned it off.
3 star jungle
Eh, I don't even hate this. PFM and LTJ Bukem himself had some cool contributions. But amongst the various gripes I have about this being included (too long; too repetitive; *much* too long) the biggest is that it's a compilation. Why not include Now That's What I Call Music 42 while we're at it? Picking tracks from multiple artists ought to be a huge unfair advantage. It's just that in this case, that advantage is wasted... 1.5
Is this technically a compilation? If so, shoudl it be included? That said, it's pretty cool, epsecially those cuts that explore and loungier side of d&b.
A drum and bass compilation seems an odd choice for this mix. It was pleasant enough to have on the background, but not something that grabbed my attention or that I would reach for again.
2. could not finish the album though.
Well that was a lot of nothing
There's just not much here really
Yeah, pretty good. It really takes me back to the late 90s era. I don’t know if I’ve heard this specific album before but was listening to similar stuff and recognise some of the tracks. I wouldn’t say it’s going to be any of your “favourite songs” but it’s good mood stuff. I imagine it would be good to go running too. Sometimes it’s so cool it can feel cold, but I would bung it on again.
Nice to hear some mellow drum and bass again.
I appreciate it's seminal status, but it never drove my foot tapping, head nodding.. more of a gateway album