Logical Progression

Interesting

Breezy DnB rollers. If that's your jam there's a lot to love. Suspect a lot of listeners might get a bit bored? Stop press: I'm starting to think I may be listening to the wrong version of the record here. Difficult to tell; confusion reigns 😬. I'm not listening to the whole 2+ hours if I can't be sure.

Ok to start with, the music on Spotify is not the same album as what is listed in the book. Near as I can tell, 'Logical Progression' is accurate long out of print and at some point was replaced by an inferior but confusingly titled 'Logical Progression Level 1' compliation. The tracklisting is almost entirely different. This is one of those rare occasions when I won't listen to the full album. First because it seems impossible to find a version online that matches the original 100% (you can find some of the music but with gaps and without the continuous mix from Bukem), and secondly because I used to own the original CD. I did revisit some of Bukem's original songs on his 'Producer 01' album, which is a pretty good representation of what this compliation was going for. Bukem took a background in jazz fusion and used it to mix ambient textures with drum and bass. For my money, it's pretty decent. I'd take it over Goldie any day, though it's not as good as Roni Size or Photek. If you like the genre, you should take time to explore LTJ Bukem. If not, he probably won't convince you, especially not with this version on Spotify.

Pretty decent. Early marker for that type of electronica. Fairly repetitive.

This is the kinda thing I often put on when I'm working, I like this kind of stuff but this is a compilation album. How do you compare it against some of the greatest albums of all time?

Drum and bass by design fades into the background and can therefore never rise above "fine." Maybe I need to do more drugs to understand the appeal...for science.

It’s a five star drum and bass album. The only issue is that the drum gets old pretty quickly. Ignoring the drums, the atmosphere on this album is great.

Jungle, drum and bass, música del espacio.

I had no idea D&B was formally around for so long,. I love the story that it's a mixed CD of producers, local brits, and everyone in the scene working together. Electronic music has branched in so many ways since, it's cool to see the roots

Find this full album on any digital platform challenge (IMPOSSIBLE)

For a 2+ hour drum & bass album, it’s a little too mellow to hold my interest all the way through. It doesn’t help that it seems like Bukem front loaded the best songs as the first few tracks, particularly “Demon’s Theme”. For a compilation of songs from different artists on Bukem’s record label, the album overall sounds quite cohesive, and it’s clear Bukem and his collaborators all had similar musical instincts.

Not sure if I listened to the right album. It was a compilation by various artists "presented by LTJKukem" and it was 3.5 hours long. Admittedly I did not listen to the last song, which was listed as being over 1 hour long. You know me, I like dance and EDM. I found this nice to have in the background while I worked but there was nothing that really captivated me to think this merited inclusion on the list.

I quite like this genre of drum and bass, but others have done this better. Everything But the Girl’s “Walking Wounded” album I have recommended before is a much better one to try — drum-and-bass with lovely songs.

I'm not really into lots of drum and bass, but this album was good and I enjoyed it pretty much all of the way through. Each song had a great vibe, though each song was about twice as long as I would have preferred. Makes sense for a club I guess, but I was ready for most songs to move on only a few minutes in.

Was surprised to find I enjoyed this one. Only thing wrong is that it's 2 hours long. 3.49/5

3.5

Fair warning the Spotify album just straight up is a completely different compilation. Search it out on YouTube. That said uhhhhhh. You ever play the puzzle game Lumines? It felt like music that would be in Lunines. That’s not a bad thing. I think electronic music has such an uphill battle when it comes to reviews and lists like this. You can’t review the lyrics, you are probably not listening to it at a club or a rave, you’re just kinda stuck. Listening to it. Asking is this what I wanna spend 2 hours with? I actually kinda like this drum and bass style though to be honest haha, I think you can blame a lot of games I grew up with on that. 3/5 honestly

I dig the chill vibes but they are too frequently interrupted by something harsh, which kinda kills my buzz. But overall pretty decent.

Drum & bass er ekki minn stíll, og getur verið frekar ferlegt. Þetta er ekki ferlegt, þetta er á köflum fínt í bakgrunni, eiginlega oftar en ekki. Bjóst við tvisti, enda í tæpum þristi, og ætla svo ekki að leita þetta uppi aftur.

Couldn't find it on Spotify but I did find it on YouTube. It's not bad. Pretty chill. But it's too long and it did sound same-y. Still not as bad as many reviews on here would lead you to believe.

🎧Decent drum and bass album

Not too big into EDM music, but this was refreshing to listen to

Wow, ça sonne comme une parodie de musique électronique libre de droit qu’ils mettraient dans une boîte de nuit dans une série bas budget de sitcom. Électro, toujours pareil, boum boum dans mes oreilles

Oh great, so we can do compilations now? I’ll look forward to hearing Saturday Night Fever, Legend and Pulp Fiction sound track in the near future! But yeah, if we’re going to bend the rules, let’s not bother doing it for ‘meh’ entries. I found this OK. Nice enough in the background while doing the kitchen. It seems the tracks on the wiki are quite different to the one that are linked to Spotify on here, so people might be judging the wrong songs. Skittery jungle beats and liquid future jazz. It’s… OK

Wasn’t sure if I was listening to the right album at first as it was listed as a compilation and like 3 hours long, but I’m always a fan of ambient type music

We doing compilations now? I saw a runtime of like 3 hours plus and started sweating, thankfully it's just some complete mix/medley tracks tacked on the end - don't scare me like that! Never heard of LTJ Bukem, though some of these tracks did sound kind of familiar. Nice long grooves, a few I really enjoyed. Not sure this album can or should be on a list like this though; a compilation feels like cheating. That, and it's really not all that interesting as an album. Favorite tracks: Above & Beyond, Universal Music. Album art: Pretty nice shot of Earth and the sun. I was just about to call it "the world" but that felt wrong, isn't that weird? Once you leave the world it gets weird to call it the world, maybe because your "world" in that sense is no longer so limited. 3/5

At three hours, this is an album to listen to until you die. Currently playing as the soundtrack at a casual clothing store in your local mall.

I've never really taken a listen at drum and bass music, can't really find the occasion for it. But this album was really interesting and it felt like a 2000s movie soundtrack. Very clever production.

This is a classic drum&bass album that I liked to listen to in the past. However, it is also a mix album containing material from other artists like Photek etc, and I do see why this should be on the list. (I would just have gone for Modus Operandi). In a 1001 list of compilation albums this is obviously 5 stars.

This was better than the last drum kit and bass album I listened to. Maybe it was the inclusion of jungle noises that made the difference.

Not my thing but cemented the genre, would've preferred chase and status or disclosure

Some of this would fit in pretty well on my playlist of droning electronic soundscapes that I use for studying, but it's not much fun to listen to on its own. Once again, not sure why this needed to be on here as as must-listen before I die. This is probably what the inside of your head sounds like *as* you're dying.

Drum & bass reminded me of a 90s video game pre-game menu. Heard one, you heard them all. 5/10

3/5

No chance im listening to 3 1/2 hours. Rating based off 3 songs.

Logical Progression I listened on YouTube, which is always annoying, and I listened to both volumes as one long track each, so I have no idea of individual tracks. I also listened sporadically through the day and only once through - 2 hours for one listen on a beautiful day is more than enough. I don’t know enough about DnB to understand the rules and forms, so I don’t know if this is good or not. My presumption is that it is good, but it could have just been the first track on repeat for 2 hours and I probably wouldn’t have noticed. So I didn’t actually mind it, it’s definitely not unpleasant, and despite the higher tempo of the drums it never felt uncomfortably energetic or chaotic, like a lot of house music can. If this was on Tidal I can see myself putting it on if I needed to focus for a couple of hours and get some work done, the hypnotic and regular tempos and rhythms would really suit that. I’ll go 3. I think a 2 for me means I won’t listen again, whereas with a 3 I may listen again, and this falls in that camp. ⭐️⭐️⭐️

I was kind of into this, but it is kind of long. I did not mind it, but it's not something I'll come back to.

Very decent collection album, nothing to write home about tho

Decent jungle nothing too crazy 3.5

A fine drum and bass album. This wasn't ideal on spotify. The album spotify plays isn't quite the album being requested, it's an instrumental version. They did have 2 tracks at the bottom that I think were closer to the original but not sure they were the same. I saw from other reviews that YouTube had "more correct" copies but I heard enough, I didn't bother chasing it down further. A fine example of the sound of that era, but didn't strike me as being much better than several other comps and albums I have. I don't feel like this album was keeping me from dying a complete person.

Solid but nothing special.

franzj

Enjoyed this as work music. Didn't need to hear this before my death.

The second half is better than the first. Nothing outstanding, but good.

Chill instrumental, good background music to zone out to.

Many times. 0.5x.

Jungle, drum and bass, música del espacio.

It's a drum and bass record innit? Seems OK to me, but I can tell these sorts of tracks apart from one another

2.5 When we had a Charles Mingus album, there were a lot of reviews left saying it was "Jazz" and then a three rating. If people can do it for Jazz, Im doing it for drum and bass. Cause I have no clue on how you differentiate good D&B from the bad.

Ehhh, it’s like a soundtrack I didn’t need

The version on Spotify is not the album. It was OK,

Not my favorite drum and bass, but okay. 3/5

This might be the best dnd album I have ever heard in my life. Granted, I only dance to dnd and never actually listen to it. So this one was a surprise, for sure. A very welcome one.

Being a huge dance music fan the drum and bass/ jungle genre was always too heavy for me and i just don't like it. This however is less heavy and easier listening

Unsure what to make of the album, I turned to the wikipedia entry and the user reviews... The Independent deemed the album a "spring-heeled, summer's-coming drum'n'bass selection." "Wow, that was a whole lot of nothing." "Sublime mix of the blippy and briskly paced with the atmospheric and dreamy." "This might be the best dnd album I have ever heard in my life. Granted, I only dance to dnd and never actually listen to it. " "This is what the cool spas play. " "This is mayonnaise. " "It truly sounded like I was listening to an album of royalty-free music for media usage." "Omg it’s atmospheric liquid drum and bass! One of my absolute favorite genres of music." Glad to see I'm not the only clueless one... 3 spring/summer, blippy, d'n'd, mayonnaise covered, whole lotta nothings in a spa out of 5

Enjoyable ambient drum and bass electric style

Taustamusana hyvä mutten tätä kuuntelisi, jos haluaisin fiilistellä musiikkia. Siinä ja tässä onko negatiivinen vai neutraali kokemus, eiliseen työpäivään kuitenkin osui sopivalla tavalla joten 3*

Pidemmän päälle alkoi olla itseään toistavaa, mut sopi erittäin hyvin ajeluun ja ajatustyön taustalle.

Like beats for focus but a little more spastic and a little less chill. A fine album but very niche

If anything, this compilation convinced me that Drum'n'Bass is an actual music genre. I am glad they picked an album of the Ambient variety of D'n'B for this list - if I have to listen to something for hours, chill background music is preferable. And this definitely is some of the most atmospheric stuff I've ever heard; it has an almost ASMR quality to it. Still, it's baffling that there would be artists out there working for years to perfect the sound, driving the development of new music tech and software, all for a subgenre that lacks both traditional melody and lyrics and where the goal is make the music as ambient and unobtrusive as possible.

I have to admit, this album was more engaging than the majority of DnB I've heard - which isn't much, admittedly. My main issue with the genre is how repetitive it is. I get it, that's supposed to make it dance-able. But I simply don't enjoy it. This album was very listenable to me as background music, but still not something I'd ever seek out.

I loved Bukem back in the day (Demons Theme!) but jungle wasn't made to be listened out of mixes really - the mix CD here is decent and some of the Bukem tracks are fantastic, but its a bit of a drudge even for a fan

Original, but also if you’ve heard one chill drum and bass track you’ve heard them all

6/10. Feel like if I could see how this album was made I may have a better appreciation? I liked it. The flow was good. But it felt computer generated at times and less artsy to me because of that. The Ferris Bueller quoting in the second song made me laugh.

This was pretty cool. Very background music but quite fun.

Ok

Generic beats that were 100% meant to be enjoyed while under an altered state of consciousness. I enjoyed it as background noise. I guess I would listen to this if I were forced to do homework or creative writing? 2.5

Reasonable sounding drum & bass collection. Not my go-to genre at all but I had no complaints listening to this.

опять на большее рассчитывала, протанцевать выходные, а получилось просто как-то фоновый однообразный шум

Sounds like a videogame soundtrack

I wouldn't go back for a second listen, but i didn't hate it as much as some listeners here.

Can tell it’s cool in the right vibe. Probably influenced lots of stuff I have loved.

Not sure what I listened to, but I think I liked it?

first thought: what is this?! second thought: who is this? third thought: space prog ....rock? what is this genre? fourth thought: its okay for background music if you are in a space-y mood.

Different. Nice.

I've never heard of this album or artist before, and damn, it was a sonofabitch to track this album down (if you're having trouble finding it, disc 1: https://soundcloud.com/dj-jo-public/ltj-presents-logical-progression-cd-a-mixed-by-jopublic-1996-intelligent-dnb disc 2: https://soundcloud.com/dj-jo-public/ltj-bukem-presents-logical-progression-cd-b-mixed-set-original-1996-version-intelligent-dnb ). I was trying to pull this album up last night, and when I finally found it, my wife said, "that's your album tomorrow? I'm so sorry." I told her I don't mind music like this, and she waited a moment before saying "we are very different people." Anyway, I don't have a lot to say about this album, other than I enjoyed listening to it. Granted, I had it playing while I was grinding away on some pretty mindless tasks at work, so it made for a nice soundtrack to my day. I have no idea of the impact or cultural significance of this album, but it was a nice listen, despite its length.

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I'd wondered if there would be any drum and bass on this list.... This is much more chilled than it could've been, makes it listenable on a Wednesday. If it was much heavier it wouldn't have been so listenable. There was a brief time about 17 years ago with the right substances, where I was into DnB, probably still would be with the right substances tbf. Saying that, I didn't mind it at all. It's chilled enough to be background music, without ever really becoming too intrusive. Couldn't pick any tracks out but might be back for background music Expected to give a lower score, but pleasantly surprised

Good background music

Such precise. So logic. Cool stuff, but kind of all sounds the same to me.

Genre: Jungle, drum and bass 1996 It starts with a quote from Ferris Bueller's Day Off. It is definitely an album that you can listen to and enjoy, or play it in the background and hardly notice it is there. Both are perfectly fine. The sounds are fresh and interesting. If you're not into it, then you would find it boring - but still good for an elevator ride or a listen while you study.... Where does one song end and the next begin? Hard to rate any individual tracks on this album. Rating: 3.5

While I enjoyed this and it worked well as I was sitting on a plane, it overall was pretty samey throughout and easily blends into the background, meaning it wasn't too memorable to me.

This was fine as background music.

Outstanding drum and bass compilation. Sublime mix of the blippy and briskly paced with the atmospheric and dreamy. It could have been a bit shorter, but overall an excellent listen. Album was not available on Spotify and as far as I can tell, the versions on YouTube are incomplete.

It turns out the spotify link isn't the actual album... anyway I found the actual one. Wouldn't want to sit down and listen to it end to end, but it's not bad background music for tidying. Probably better at a rave

I actually enjoyed this a lot more than I expected. It's very much 'hold music' but it's surprisingly satisfying, and worked very well as background music whilst working!

Kinda cool sounding, but it gets really repetitive. Might be ok in the background while doing something else. Some of the pieces sound like rig tones.

Fine ambient sound

Way too long, but still some good DnB.

Listening note: this can be found on youtube, if spotify does not currently have it. This was a very long listen. Not great for active listening but excellent for background listening.

3 sgtars.

Electronic smooth jazz!

Mediocre and a very long album. It's really tiresome, when you have to listen to full album of drum and bass songs, especially if they are written in the same tempo. I felt like I was in Guantanamo during one of the interrogations, torturing me with the songs in the background. But it wasn't that bad, a single song might be actually pretty good to listen, probably any song. Just don't do it with the whole album.

Ror2 soundtrack is better

Someone on one of these (many, many) 1990s UK electronic albums on this list commented that it sounds like PS1 music and I'll never not think that. I'm sure if you've done a bunch of drug and are at a club and it's 1996 and you're just seen an episode of friends or whatever then this is probably incredible. As music to listen to at work, it's more than serviceable. I have a hard time differentiating from track to track. It's wild that this is a compilation of 5+ artists. It's wild that it's even more than 1!

3.4 - People who know and care about drum-and-bass describe this record in superlatives ("landmark", "masterpiece"). The best I can say is that I certainly like it better than some other well-regarded D&B records I've heard (I gave Goldie's "Timeless", for example, a rating of 1.6). I also like how these tracks keep the mind focused. But, around the 90 minute mark, the breakbeats gets very old and very irritating.

not bad while working

I listened to all of the tracks except Logical Progression. The idea of a track over an hour long wasn’t appealing at all. Overall, nice background music, but I didn’t see the importance as a bass and drum album. 3/5.

Just meh boots and cats.

58/100

First time listen, surprisingly OK.

Mellow jazz influenced D'n'B. Cool.

I wanted to really dislike this - wine bar D&B. It may lack the dirtiness of proper buzzing off yer tits from back in the day, but it's decent. The album has a pace from start to finish. You never feel out of breath, or as though you may drift off. That's the DJ journey, innit. Wine bar D&B...

This was fine for background music in that new boutique, but I didn't quite get why it was special (and why there are so many more albums of this genre). I was totally confused by the disconnect between the track listing of the Wikipedia article and the album online, which seemed to link all the artists in their own track. What am I even listening to? Absolutely fine, but never remarkable to me. I got really, really bored.

In almost 800 albums I have never done this but I'm going to rate this one having only listened to half. First, it was hard to find --- the apple music link took me to Logical Progression Level 1, which was not the same as the Logical Progression album described in the Wikipedia page. So I listened to a few tracks from the Level 1 album and then found a YouTube playlist for what I think was the intended album but that was LONG and occasionally interrupted by ads so I feel like I've done due diligence with this one. I did not hate it and in fact found it a reasonably enjoyable soundtrack for much of my day's activities and I'l keep the YouTube tab open in my browser to listen to a bit at a time and finish this one up (since I am a completist). But I'm not going to do that today and I'd like to move on so consider this three-star rating for only Disc 1.

Yeah we needed D&B to be represented on the 1001 and I would be zero help at picking such albums.

Moody, nice textures. Every song sounds similar since they're all 175 BPM, but that's D&B.

Seemed like a precursor to modern DnB, was okay

Too samey? Too long? Probably true. But I also found it to be a breezy listen. Probably because I was doing something else while listening, which I’d say is the best way to listen to it. A strong 3, I would say

It gets better as it goes on, but this is very tasteful wallpaper for 90s hipster shops. There are a few more exciting tracks, but this largely makes 165bpm feel a bit too tasteful for my liking.

Solid spacey study tracks

Fine as sonic wallpaper

Best Song - Destiny

I can’t find this on Amazon Music, but I listened to it quite a lot in 1996/97. I recall particularly enjoying Western. I’ll give it a medium 3 stars.

Jungle, drum and bass, música del espacio.

It was technoish/electronica. It was alright. Apparently there are two albums but the second is more of compilation? I only listened to one album. Better than 2 not really a 3. I will round up.

One vastly prefers the dreamier, loungier bits (e.g., "Chameleon") and Steve Reich-ier cuts (e.g., "Dannys Song"). Too many track over-rely on that skittering, ultra-fast drum track, which hasn't exactly proved itself to be timeless. One prefers a bit more bass in his drum&bass, one guesses. One can't help but remember fondly the compilations of this era (Buddha Bar, Ultra Chill, Cafe Del Mar) and wonder whether this is that much or even a little better. Given the decade of origin, it's no shock that the whole thing is overlong and overdone. Or that it's a compilation, which makes one question whether that's outside the rules for inclusion in this esteemed collection.

This was a grim reminder that, although I love Drum & Bass very much now, it was a bit crap in the early days. The era of "classic" Drum & Bass is littered with this atmospheric, slow, abrasive and unmelodic music. I'm reminded of Goldie and Roni Size, artists I don't particularly like. It's actually quite amazing how far the genre has come from these early days when it wasn't so great. However, this leaves me with this long and quite dull album to review. It's very chilled indeed, to the point of being boring in parts. Drawn out, overblown, too chilled, horrible vocals, very much off its time. It's aged really badly, which is a shame. This should have been a strong 5-star album, but it's a rather weak 3-star one.

I think we can all agree that 2+ hours of drum and bass is a little too long. Luckily the music is pretty good while it lasts. It’s airy, cold, drumm and bassy. I could have done with perhaps half of it to be brutally honest - but I enjoyed it way more than I initially thought I would.

This album is a pain in the ass to figure out what exactly it is. Youtube has different than wikipedia and is different than spotify, which it isn't on.. except all the songs seem to be if you search for them... anyway it's pretty fine music. nothing special and nothing I haven't heard before. makes for good background music. I guess historically interesting?

A perfect representation of where modern electronic music came from—for reference only.

Although it’s not my flavor, I can find a lot of value in this record, and drum and bass music in general, for those looking to study or rave.

Jemig, de langste plaat die erbij zit volgens mij! Ik kan dit erg waarderen, maar het had wat minder gemogen.

Colección de canciones con mucha percusión. Abuso de baterías. Estilo un tanto bailable. Demasiado monótono en algunos momentos

My usual mystification with the appeal of drum and bass. Even the genre name is like, what were you expecting? The repetition, the goofy effects sounds and samples (Ferris Bueller? Really?). Perusal of the internet informs me that my reaction is typical of the "uninitiated". At this point I don't think my initiation is likely.

Nothings dates like dance music!

interesting sound, bass/drum. Seemed overall pretty solid.

Another electronic music album, which is always welcome given how very little I listen to this style of music outside this project. Being exposed to this genre here is helping to open up my ears to what's happening in the songs put together by electronic music artists. I happen to like this album particularly well. My ear was interested in the melodies, harmonies, and rhythms -- some of the drumming is fantastic (e.g., 'Above & Beyond' and 'Jazz Lick' to name two) so I found myself hanging in there with it. Good stuff!

So. Long. So. Similar.

"Album" 17 Disclosure - The original album is not available for streaming on Spotify. Luckily some user created a playlist of most of the first disc, but not the second, live-mix. This album is a product of its time, and a great representation of drum and bass music. It's more atmospheric than hardcore or hardstep, so there are really nice melodies throughout. If you do not like dance music, this is not for you, as the break beats, while switching up often, will get repetitive and obnoxious. I really enjoyed it, but I'm not going to say it is more than what it is - music to be enjoyed in a dance or club setting. There were definitely some guilty pleasure moments when I heard some of the old-school vocal samples and even some whale calls. Another generous 3*

I almost don’t want to admit this but… I don’t hate it? I’ve been playing Neon White lately (a must play imo, check it out) which has a lot of D&B on its OST, and I didn’t realize how much of an impression it made on me until now. Not something I would casually listen to, but I get it. It’s vibey. Can also appreciate that it’s a defining album for the genre.

Grundsätzlich netter Sound, aber VIEL. ZU. LANG.

New to me. Unsubtle would be a kind description. I had just about enough endurance to get to the end, but I won’t be listening again. Watford lad though as I found out, so defo scrapes into the bottom of the two stars. Tom.

I just found this quite dull. Perfect background music as it provoked no real emotion at all.

I'm sure this was groundbreaking in 1996 when it came out, but it just didn't grab me.

Probably fine to put on in the background while you're working, but does that make this good music?

Ik vind drum'n bass nog wel eens geinig, maar dit is allemaal wel heel langdradig. Het mag van mij wel wat meer dynamischer. Nu is alleen de beat snel, maar de muziek niet.

(The link to Spotify doesn't seem to be right). I get the interest here but am a much bigger fan of more modern electronica. The "drum and bass" is just missing something for me to keep interest past the first song or two

I've never really known all the different subgenres of electronic music, so it was good to learn about the origins of Jungle from this album (and wikipedia. I can hear the influences on several other DJs and groups like Juno Reactor. But at the end of the day, this just isn't for me: after a few tracks, the beats blend together. I think id enjoy it more in a club and/or with more drugs

this is like when you try out a synthesizer for the first time, and you hold down some of the keys and smash out some amateur tunes. seems like these guys never quite moved past that stage.

Sounds like loading music in a matchmaking lobby

I'll be honest; I didn't make it to the end of the album. Yeah; I checked the youtube too, but it was pretty much the same. I mean, probably I wouldn't mind it as background in a bar, with some people, but surely nothing I would choose to listen to. 3/10

Why, oh why is this on the original list? I've heard it so many times in the past few years and still... there is not one song that I think is worth listening to or adding to a playlist. It is so 'mid' that it doesn't even deserve a mid score.... 2.5/5

Not my kind of music. Sounds too artificial/industrial. I did NOT listen to over 3 hours of this.

Nei takk.

album lowkey works well when I am drowning in tasks for my job and trying to get shit done. Other than that not a fan!

Spent too much time trying to find the actual album and not giving a rat's ass, based on what I was finding, if I ever did. Moving on.

Some very interesting soundscapes. Unfortunately I couldn't hear any of it over the damn drums. The drums were very prominent throughout and were often not doing anything extra or interesting. Just repetitive and loud. It kept me from sitting with and enjoying the rest of the music

A compilation, very strange. But that's not the only reason I'm so conflicted. I like electronic music and sounds, but this drum and bass thing isn't really my cup of tea. The album is too repetitive, predictable, and boring in many parts, and that's over two hours long. I didn't listen to everything, but I think I heard most of it. I didn't hear anything groundbreaking. For me, it doesn't belong on any "best or must-listen" list. Two stars, definitely no more.

It's difficult to rate this album fairly because it's a compilation, hence "LTJ Bukem Presents Logical Progression". Bukem appears on only four tracks. I know nothing about drum and bass or jungle. It's not my thing. I wouldn't know if this title is a good intro to the genres. Recommending a double album to a new listener is a big ask. Overall: 3/10

Okayish for background music but this music will just never be for me. And two hours of it is about 3x as much as I ever want.

I cant really rate it because the version on apple music is.. not the correct one wtf. But its not like I wanna listen to a 2 houres beep boop album. I most likely wouldnt like this album. Slap it a 2 , next.

I don't need this. 1.7.

Maso

Not my thing

Good at the start then got unfortunately repetitive despite being a compilation album.

Another electronic album that had high hopes that just fell flat

Had to listen to this on YouTube and the ads every 10 minutes added some spice and gave me some concept of time

it feels like you're running to reach a deadline that is not reachable. Also listen to this on yoututbe for the real 2 CD Album https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZZK_0dgj43s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iYqDVqYSTxs

Another electronica album with cool grooves and what not. Not my favorite genre as I just find myself bored, but the music is good if this is your thing.

2,5

Not a fan of DnB as stated before, but still don't quite see what this album does differently as opposed to the other DnB albums we've had on the list. It's a bit more chill and downtempo, so if that's your thing I guess this is for you. But otherwise quite unimpressed. Plus, it's a staggering 2 hours long. Maybe this was a super early DnB album, what do I know.

So this is a compilation album by many different artists and together they made a 90 min long Drum N Base album. So is it good? It’s a 90 min Drum N Base album, I think that’s all you need to know. It’s monotonus and not much is going on. I did find the track PFM– Western (Conrad Remix) a good track. Reminded me of the Faithless hit Insomnia. Maybe a weak 3 but due to it’s length and I think it’s questionable if a compilation album should be on this list, it will get a 2 star.

In fairness to them, it is pretty good background music while working. But what the hell is up with Dimery's loose rules about compilations and soundtracks? How is this two-hour techno bullshit with sampled quotes straight out of a high school yearbook included when the Saturday Night Fever soundtrack (which I'm not a huge fan of, but it was still hugely important) isn't?!

Didn't make it to The Matrix soundtrack 2/5

I mean, it’s drum and bass so if you like it you’ll like it. It’s just a bit “tinny” I feel, all very similar. Like a geography lesson.

Not my cup of tea to listen to in general. Might be good in certain circumstances.

Never listened. Expectations: None - Verdict: Alright - This was a a difficult one to find the correct version of. The opening track doesn't get me particularly excited and it is a long album. It's alright but I prefer a more languid, groovier take on electronic music.

Elevator Drum and Bass. If only there was need for elevator Drum and Bass.

I'm intrigued to get an album from the 1990s I've never heard of – I had a major music magazine habit during that decade, so normally even if I've never listened to the artist before, I at least recognised the name (looking at you, Barry Adamson and Drive Like Jehu). This one though passed me by on all levels, and I can kind of see why. It's not unpleasant but it didn't make much of an impression. It's also waaay too long.

Oh my! 3 hours of music here. Not a chance I will finish. I could maybe see some songs as the background music for Tetris or video games. The drums were the best part. It just wasn't for me.

I can see what motivates people to listen to trance and D&B but I need a bit more melody and structure in my EDM. So this one doesn't hit as hard. Jazz lick and reflections was really cool but not enough to drive this home as an amazing album. I'm sure it's great, but in my naivete D&B/Trance is lost on me.

This was sooooo repetitive at parts, idk. I think that's a quibble with the genre more than any individual artist though. Also, I thought compilation albums were banned from the list? It got better in the second half though I guess. I found myself wishing the song would end just so I could get a breath of fresh air from the incessant beat.

Had a tough time finding this. Not available on the 2 primary streaming services I use. Then I looked on Apple Music and, for some reason, there it was. Started listening and was puzzled. All instrumental. Kinda ‘new agey’ and definitely not good. I don’t know why, but I decided to check the Wikipedia page. I don’t usually do this if I’ve never heard an album; I’d rather not be biased by other opinions or info before I hear it. But I did, and the track names didn’t match. Whatever that is on Apple Music, it’s not this. There is a two-part version on YouTube that has track names that match the Wikipedia entry. All of this to say, drum & bass is fine, but I don’t need this much of it at any one time.

The Good: We get to apply logic… The Bad: Seems that we don’t understand the progression though… The Ugly: The blood pouring out of my scalp as I am still scratching to figure out why the fuck I had to listen to this… Let it be said, there are moments for music like this… those moments involve a certain age, consumption of certain substances, presence of certain people. I checked non of the above boxes when I was listening to this… on top, fucking album is impossible to find via the streaming services, which should tell you something… Worse, 2 of them fucking albums. 2* for wasting my time twice!

Rätt meh elektro

Eh

Felt like in a fashionable store in the mall. While I am sure this is groundbreaking, it sounds like my friend after he got his first music programming software. Drum & Bass asks the question "How many ways can we reinterpret the Amen Break.

I appreciate a bit of variety on the list but this was so repetitive and didn’t really work outside of a club context. D and B is not my favourite genre as it tends to be very formulaic. The progressive mix at the could have been flagged up as I was relistening to half the album before I realised!

All sounded the same

*sigh*.

Felt like a 4 hour album instead of 2.. Got pretty boring towards the end.

Feels a little too early ‘90’s

There was no progression? Just over and over and over?

This (long and impossible to track down) coming so close to Prince’s Sign o’ the Times (long and perfect) brought my generator journey to an abrupt halt that lasted for about a month. While this was a superior experience to the last drum and bass album I got on here (MJ Cole’s Sincere) it was truly a baffling experience to try to unravel its mysteries. Namely, if an album is truly a “must listen” you’d think it would be accessible on streaming services without missing songs, or at least have a Wikipedia page where its track list and personnel are recorded in detail. Alas, not even this low low bar has been cleared. Instead, confusingly, there is a similarly titled, similarly covered compilation with an entirely different track list on common services like Spotify or Apple Music. When you finally track down the correct album on YouTube, no less than 20% of its 2 hour run time has been blacked out because presumably the perpetual rights to some samples were not cleared. Why is this an album you have to hear before you die? Who knows, I guess you had to be there.

Sorry, I just did not like this. I only listened to the first CD, but that was enough.

Not sure i was the target audience. 3 hours of drum and bass totally a mood dependent album

Drum 'n' bass seems to pop up at awkward moments. Back when I was in first year in college, there was a big night out during “Rag week”. Rag week began as a sort of charity fundraising initiative I believe, but by the time I had landed in college, it had become an endurance test, where instead of going to lectures and learning, students would go completely nuts, drinking and partying for a full week nonstop. I was having drinks with some friends in their student accommodation. This was an estate of absolutely identical houses and apartments, custom-built to keep noisy students away from other residents. My friends lived with an unknown number of other strangers under the same roof - it was impossible to tell who lived there and who was just dropping by. I’m sure they wondered the same about me. We headed into the college bar to see a Nirvana tribute band. It was too packed to get in, which might have been for the greater good, as the faint sound of a butchered version of “Lithium” drifted out from inside the bar. As we left to go to another bar, I noticed that somebody had climbed up a tree, outside the bar entrance. Their friend was throwing anything he could find at them to try to get them down. That’s the kind of night it was. Much later, as all the bars and clubs closed, we were all trying to make our way back to the student accommodation, where we had some more booze stashed. I somehow ended up separated from everyone else, but managed to hop in a taxi and headed to the house. I was one of the first ones back somehow. I arrived at the house to find one of my friend’s faceless housemates to be the only other person at home. I sat in the kitchen with this stranger, making drunken small-talk as I waited for my friends to arrive. It was awkward. We had nothing in common. He put on some music to fill the awkward silence. It was some drum ‘n’ bass style of music, very similar to the songs on “Logical Progression”. Not my scene at all. But we sat there in silence listening. After an excruciating amount of time, I spotted my friends through the kitchen window getting out of a taxi… and proceeding to enter the house next-door. Yep. I had just spent the last who-knows-how-long sitting listening to drum ‘n’ bass with a complete stranger in a house that I had just wandered into, next-door to my friend’s house. This album was very hard to find. Thankfully it wasn’t the 3 and a half hour playlist that the app links to on Spotify, but I eventually found it on the Internet Archive, and it was still a struggle to get through. I’m not a fan of drum ‘n’ bass. It doesn’t repel me like some genres do, but it’s just not something I actively enjoy or fully “get”. As I listened, I found myself back in that stranger's house, trapped in polite small-talk, with drum ‘n’ bass making an awkward situation even more awkward. Drum ‘n’ bass seems to pop its head up at moments like that. One time on a trip with some friends to London, after a heavy night the night before, we were tired and a little worse for wear. But a brother of one of my friends, who lived there, was keen to show off his local knowledge and bring us to some of the best spots in Shoreditch. We walked all the way from Soho, and by the time we got to the area, the only place still serving was a grimy old pub called The Horse & Groom. After walking all that way, we went in for a weary drink. Everyone else in the pub was having a very different night to us. A DJ was playing a set of drum 'n' bass, sounding quite similar to what I heard on this album. We spotted an old arcade game that was, for some bizarre reason, located right in the middle of the dancefloor. So there we were, knocking elbows with gurning locals who danced aggressively from one leg to another, as we played Sensible Soccer, an old Atari game I used to play as a kid. In the middle of the dancefloor. Drum 'n' bass soundtracking another awkward moment. Did I enjoy this album? No. It took effort to get through. It's not the worst, but definitely not my scene. And it's not music to sit down and listen to. It's music that pops up in weird situations.

I'll be honest. I didnt listen to the whole thing. But from what I heard it was cool and interesting

Techno beats, no words. Good drum lines. I don't think there is enough here to keep me interested but it's not bad. Maybe could be used as background music for something.

I tried, but I couldn't finish this one. It was hard to access - J was able to listen to it on the Internet Archive, but it was glitchy. Beyond that, it's just really long and I couldn't get into it. I liked the energy but it didn't hold my attention.

Why. Why do you give us these speaker test albums. I can hear the highs and lows. I didn’t need an entire album of awful hold music. You can keep your “importance of this album nonsense”. The only reason this receives 2 stars is the obvious production value.

Nightclub in the Amazon Rainforest. Chase scene from a Predator movie. Apocalypse Now at the disco. How does one rate such things.

Good for background music, but not a whole lot more. Very little difference between the songs. The songs themselves don't have much variety, but I suppose that's kind of the point. DNF'd this because it was just too long and every song sounded the same.

Not my style

off the bat it makes me think of an early 2000's transition song for a movie but also giving video game at the same time. it has this vibe that reminds me of other times and places. instrumentals are hit or miss for me especially this type of sound so it's not my favorite but could be fitting in the right setting.

I don't particularly enjoy electronic all that much. I can see its appeal, but to my ears it all sounds very similar to what I've experience from electronica before. Droning beats, overlaying rhythms, synths, electronic drums, pounding bass, occasional ethereal female voice, etc. I can't quite differentiate it from other similar songs I've heard in the past. It may be good for focusing or working, but it's just not working for me.

I listened to one disc, moving now to the next, and I really don't know what to say... It makes me feel a certain way, I'll try to describe it later this evening, after I finish listening. I don't really know what to say, again. This music has a power to it. Especially on me I guess, because I heard this kind of music around when I was a child. This textures are familiar to me on a instinctual level. But listening to it today It didn't make me feel good. It made me feel uneasy, and in a way lonely. This are lonesome sounds. Technically, I will say that the first disc is better. More interesting and better composed and produced. It flows really good for almost an hour. The second Disc, although 15 minutes shorter, feels much longer. I could do without it. Well, when it comes to numbers. I'll try to sum up everything. It's too long, I won't be coming back to it. But this musical has a power that I can't deny. An ambivalent 2.5 seems right to me, this time. I hope for a lighter album tomorrow.

It was fine for background music. Went on way to long.

ok

Best Song: Demon's Theme. I dug the bird call shoutouts. Worst Song: Horizons. I think my brain was just fatigued by this point. Overall: A really "maximalist" electronic album. It's quite busy, in an almost distracting way, that makes it difficult for me to imagine when I would want to listen to it again. The whole thing just clatters past at the same, unrelenting RPM, full of noise. I begged for even moments of reprieve. Sometimes, less is more.

5/10

Ein eleganter, aber letztlich zu glatter Drum‑and‑Bass‑Entwurf: atmosphärisch, sauber produziert, doch ohne die Wucht oder Kanten, die im Gedächtnis bleiben. Schön schwebend, aber schnell wieder verflogen.

This wasn't on my streaming service and couldn't be arsed to track it down, so the logical progression was to play a Lamb Of God album instead. In any case, I'd read the reviews, and that was enough to justify my actions. Heard before ❌️ Listened this time ❌️ Revisit ❌️ Default ★★☆☆☆ (4/10) Total reviewed : 327 Already owned : 76 Purchased : 15 To buy : 4 Nope : 232

Solid background music that highlights the innovative work done in a genre I respect but don’t get too excited about.

Not even bad but the fact that the original isn't even on Spotify and it's 2 hours long annoyed me a little

An okay album, I liked Reflections the most.

I respect the existence of it, and I could maybe see myself putting it in in the background while I'm doing work or something, but it really doesn't interest me at all.

After listening to the weird, wrong version of this album on Spotify, I was not impressed. That would make for any rash 1 star. The actual album was definitely better, but maybe only because it's half as long. That said, it's still far too long, and the sound is meh overall. I think this album is seriously borderline, and I could go either way between a 1 and a 2.

Not for me, missed the club scene

Good background music I guess, but not overly my thing. Also dislike that it’s a compilation album. Sure, if you put all the best songs from any artist on an album and call it a “must listen”, but it doesn’t work like that… Rating: 4/10 Favorite Song: Solar System

It may well have been seminal but it’s still a drum machine loop for over 1 1/2 hours. Drum n Bass is not bad but it’s clearly not best enjoyed in album format.

Difficult to find, so difficult to rate. It's not on Deezer, but it does seem to be on YouTube. However, the versions I found had blank sections where tracks were removed for copyright reasons. Fair enough to want to be compensated for the music you've created, but then maybe make sure it's on streaming services? Anyway from the parts I did hear it just sounds like all drum and bass/jungle music ever made. Not especially interesting to me, but also totally inoffensive

This was fine to have in the background, but not really anything I am interested in. A bunch of electronic music that never really went anywhere (in my opinion). I felt like I was playing a computer game set in 2099 that was made in 1999.

I’m not into this drum and bass thing

im sure on drugs it's fun... 2.5

Mmh!?

Too long. A little boring

Techno sounds all the same to me. This album was way too long.

I listened to the YouTube version recommended by the top-voted reviewer. Presumably this is the "correct" version (as compared to the album on Spotify), but it isn't timestamped, and not being able to tell which track is which makes for a tough listening experience. This music itself necessarily terrible, but it's so damn repetitive that I wouldn't fault anyone for slapping down a 1-star review and distancing themselves from LTJ Bukem as soon as is convenient. There's extremely little in the way of innovation here, and hardly any lyrics to speak of that might help in distancing this record from the thousands of others recording in the 90s. If LTJ Bukem has any talent, he's trying very hard to hide it. And yet the music is strangely inaccessible at the same time. Lack of melody/hooks is a big factor here. Demons Theme starts off pretty strongly with a sort of hip-hop-influenced space rock beat. Plenty of synths to go around, along with beats that are kind of grating after the first few minutes. Extremely repetitive without any sort of progression. The percussion sometimes changes, I guess. But I'm starving for more variation in the sound. The female vocals in Dannys Song(?) stand out quite a lot, and though they get a little stale throughout the track's 6-minute runtime, at least there is some kind of musical capability demonstrated here. I also like the synths in Peshay(?) (or Coolin Out); without the sterile, machine-esque sound of the electronic percussion at the very beginning of the track, I can almost believe that something good will come of this. Something inventive, perhaps? (Spoiler: no.) 2/5 Key tracks: Demons Theme, Dannys Song

589/1001 2026.04.09 😴😴🌑🌑🌑

There is nothing at all that I will remember about this album’s tracks. It set a decent mood but there is nothing to latch on to as particularly interesting. Also, it could’ve been a tenth of the length and it would’ve had the same effect.

2/5. Not for me, so won't dive too deep into this. It's really tough to listen to this as a non-DnB-fan. It's not bad, but it's so boring to me. I genuinely wonder what's going through the heads of people who listen to this with excitement or rapt attention. It feels and sounds like the background music that an early 2000s game developer kindly included to play in the background as your 9gb sci-fi strategy game installed. Shout out to the literal saint that posted the actual album links in their review. I took one look at the 3h27m runtime of the copy that is currently on Spotify and prayed to Christ that it was a different version. He answered my (and I presume your) prayers this day.

I didn’t get a lot out of this album, and was pretty tired of listening to it by the end. In small doses this music style is fine, but for several hours? No thank you.

Eh. Not my jam.

Not really my type of music

Too monotonous... and I like breakbeat. And I was a 90s raver! But more of a progressive trance girl ;)

Not Found

It was like I was listening to a soundtrack to some lo-fi racing game from the early 00’s.

Another album that probably sounds better in a different context. 3h:27m seemed intimidating at first but thankfully most of that is just in the last song or two. Still a pretty cool album, albeit a little simple.

the music equivalent of waiting in line

It was fine. I guess.

An extra star for something very different got cancelled out by a star subtraction for every song being so repetitive. You’re going to have seven minute song averages and then give me almost nothing new five minutes in?

*2013. Mostly Instrumental. *This could easily be the soundtrack for a space movie. *Spacey and electronic is not my vibe. RATING - 5/10

Bwa

I’m not sure if I listened to what I was supposed to, but in any case I got irritated by whatever it was pretty quickly. DNF.

Honestly super generic. Nothing about this album excited me.

Eh

Kan egentlig mange ting. Bliver desværre en smule for ensporet til min smag. Prøver at være Berlin uden at være det...

First, this links to logical progression level 1, not logical progression. Level 1 is the followup album, while the original is the one on the list. Not that it matters too much because they sound more the same than different. How does a complication of different artists sound so monotonous? The whole thing sounds like the soundtrack to a ps2 era game about snowboarding. Not for me.

There's such a thing as too much drum n bass, and I reached that limit somewhere during the runtime of this one. It's all a bit samey and the near constant stream of ad libbed hip hop vocals seemingly trying to indoctrinate me into the cult of jungle didn't help. There's some nice sounding stuff here, but even for an EDM initiate this is not my tempo.

Samey

I'll be honest, I really didn't need 3.5hrs of 2003 Toonami spaceship commercial music. I'm sure this was groundbreaking at the time, and after reading up on it, the techniques used for composition were really innovative. But the songs were such a slog to get through. I only enjoyed about 10% total of listening, then I eventually just had to wait for each song to end. I wish there was more build, more flow, and more dynamics when it came to pitch. No favorites off of this one.

It’s not bad it’s just not really my thing.

I don’t understand why this is on the list. It is a club DJ set mix.

Not my type of DJ

This was super boring and buns. And stupid long.

yet again-WHY is this on here?? nothing but repetitive beats played over, and over, and over...... boring elevator music

This is by far the longest album I've ever listened to and after 20 minutes I was already thinking "How much longer is this going to go on?"

Why is a compilation album featuring over a dozen artists on this list? There are literally tons and tons of electronic music compilations, enough for a 1001 Albums list of their own. So why can't "Logical Progression" be on that list instead of the actual 1001 Albums list? Anyway, "Logical Progression" has some ok beats; LTJ Bukem's tracks are the best on the album by far. Its two major problems are being way too long and way too repetitive; I was knackered by the end. 2 stars for "Logical Progression".

Curiously enough, the only thing that went through the mind of the bowl of petunias as it fell was Oh no, not again.

ok but long

why does he sound so familiar, I remember this name - this is such a '2000s sound', but he's my least fave - his sound is too frenetic for me. Nicola Conte, Papik, Dimitri From Paris all his peers and all waaaaay better in my opinion.

To be fair I kinda skipped through this a bit - it was very long and very tedious.

Generally I would say I like drum & bass - although far from an enthusiast - however I wouldn't listen to this except as background music while doing something else (for which it's fine). I found myself checking the length of nearly every track on this one, which isn't a good sign.

3 hours of nonsense from "the prime innovator of jungle" So what is jungle? What is this? This is your brain too much german techno ass sniffing.

First album I didn’t make it all the way through. Not that it was bad but that I didn’t have 3 hours of time to sit and listen. This is either for my next rave party or a long drive in slow traffic.

An eternity

I'm never going to warm to Drum'N'Bass. Highly repetetive and just lazy sounds. Probably great if your brain is fried on molly.

Didn't have a clue how to listen to it. Sounded like a soundtrack to wipeout on one ps1 Some of it was good though

YIKES, NO. Bad Muzak

I definitely don't love it, but I dont absolutely hate it. One listen is plenty though.

Fav- solar system 2/5

After reading that this album and LTJ Bukem were important as far as furthering the atmospheric drum and bass genre, I can understand why this has musical history significance. But once again, I'm here to say that historical significance does not immediately make something a must listen. The ethereal, atmospheric moments of this album were enjoyable enough. But each track tended to lose me once the drums and bass kicked in, which is half the point of the genre. So I'm guessing this ultimately just isn't for me.

Meh

As I have gotten farther into this list it has become apparent to me that electronic music is a real blind spot for me. I was never a raver and the popularity of EDM / Dub , etc came at a time when I was not listening to new music. That makes it hard for me to rate electronic music because I do not have a basis for what is good. There are genres of music that I do not particularly care for like "noise rock" and mostly singer songwriter that I have at least enough familiarity with (in some part due to this list) where I can at least in my opinion distinguish between Sonic Youth (mostly awesome) and Stephen Stills (not my favorite). With all of that being said, this album is mostly mediocre to me. That is mainly because of how repetitive it sounds to me which can be blamed on how incredibly long this albums is. I listened to both "discs" on YouTube and it took more or less 2 hours to get through. There are parts that I did enjoy and I can see how this would be an entirely different experience in a club and how this could make you want to dance, but outside of that setting or that frame of mind this was very tedious to get through.

Just sounded like average 90s trash

Boring, and to be honest, kind of lame.

One thing that I've learned from this project: although I really love drums and I really love bass, I can't stand the genre, drums n bass. Boring AF.

The reviewer who shared the YouTube link to the proper album is the GOAT. Ain't no way I was listening to that 3.5 hour version on Spotify! That said, 2 hours of this was still way too much. Not my thing in the slightest.

This is the definition of background music. I don't mean that critically; it's pleasant enough and nearly trancelike in its overall affect. It gives me the sense of being in a darkly lit, fancy sushi restaurants from the 90s or a first class airport lounge at Heathrow. As a focused listening experience, though, I find the songs both overly long and repetitive and, as a result, not interesting enough to keep my attention for long periods of time. So how do you rate really good background music? I put a ceiling on that at 2, because its not how I like to listen to music.

Well this certainly took me back to my youth. Not as a fan or the artist or genre, but getting infuriated at the endlessly monotonous, basic-ass loops coming out of my roommate's bedroom as he attempted to learn how to use FruityLoops Studio. Apologies, but my ears can't tell the difference.

Three and a half fucking hours of this? Is this even music? Technically, yes, I suppose. But it's also as creative and fun as a saltine cracker.

Ei lempparia

This could easily end up on my Spotify wrapped because it would have autoplayed in my “Aphex Twin Mix” that I have on in the background to work. This music does nothing for me really, I find some of the samples a bit cringe but it’s inoffensive (unless there are offensive bits in there, in which case it didn’t grab my attention above my locking in to data entry enough to notice). Nil pois! (2 stars)

So long. So repetitive. It’s not horrible it’s just background music for a mediocre club.

It's pretty good drum n bass, it's just never been my thing. And when you're listening to music that you don't love go on for over two hours, damn is that tough to get through. My listening experience was a 1, but taking away two whole ratings all for the length of the album feels very harsh, so it gets a generous 2.

This has got to be the least variant albums on the list. I imagine LTJ Bukem himself couldn't identify which song is which. It isn't bad per se, just tiresome.

This was a huge pain in the ass to find. Every streaming service just had weird mixes that weren’t the actual album (or compilation I suppose in this case). I finally found disc 2 on YouTube and once I started listening to it I knew that would be enough. I mean I guess it’s fine if you’re into this sort of thing. I’m really not.

Klinkt als de meest bog standard dnb. Misschien cool 30 jaar geleden, maar vooral erg saai nu.

Ja het is gewoon geluid. Niet per se vervelend geluid. Maar waarom luistert iemand dit en waarom is zou dit bij de 1001 beste albums horen? Press X to doubt.

It’s long and it’s weird. Like a gummy worm.

Who needs to hear a drum and bass compilation before they die? What makes this good? I don’t get it, I don’t like it and there too much of it.

I enjoyed this while listening but am certain I will never revisit it

3 hours of EDM is not for me.

This is for someone, but that someone is not me.

This was far too long, and I didn’t play it all, but it was ok as background music,

So many minutes of easy listening noisy background music.

The problem with compilations when they are all the same style of music is you begin to hear its flaws or clichés. Animals sounds like birds or whales or monkeys. A British rapper with a dated flow but is surprisingly good. An annoying word usually spoken like a child looped throughout the song. Oh and She just wanted to let the world know that she's singing this song. 80 fucking times. All over the same repetitive sounding yet slightly different then the other songs. I'm giving this a 2 because those clichés are interesting not good. Oh and the spacey trippy stuff is kinda cool.

This is an album that I might have purchased on a trip to Europe in the late 90's thinking I loved this and it was something I didn't have access to at all at home in the States. And then I'd get home, and I'd realize I have a double album of something that reminds me of somewhere else, but that I don't really get a whole lot from listening to other than that.

not very interesting to me

Way too atmospheric for me.

I enjoyed the second disc more than the first, but overall this is just not for me.

4/10 I see "Intelligent DnB" dotted over LTJ's recordings and references. Thing is, if you have to tell people something is intelligent to discern from everything else in the genre then it is pretty damning. It is dull, repetitive, boring, uninspiring and soulless. It sits in the background, mainly minding it's own business. Barely music

Interesting background drum and bass style. Not something I would revisit but its not unpleasant to listen and has some nice vibes. 2.5

För långgggg

Long synthesized nonsense

Geluisterd op Youtube als één of andere halve gare want wat op Spotify staat is iets heel anders. Drum & Bass was dit jaar m'n op twee na meest geluisterde genre op Spotify, dus ik ben er zeker niet vies van, maar ik wist eigenlijk al meteen dat dit te oud zou zijn voor me. Voor de echte kenners en liefhebbers is dit natuurlijk de échte dnb en die zullen spugen op alles wat er na 1998 is gemaakt, maar ik heb dat dus niet. Drumbreaks, bliep bloep, zweef zweef en een housevrouwtje die dingen als 'yeahea' zingt. Misschien is dit het geboorte van een genre maar ik kan inmiddels uit eigen ervaring vertellen dat de geboorte niet per se een hoogtepunt hoeft te zijn. Ik ga keihard zijn. Ik vind dit echt oersaai. Een veel te lange zit en ik heb dan ook niet de volle 2 uur uitgezeten. Ik kom niet hoger dan 2 sterren, wat eigenlijk nog hoog is.

Not bad,

Drum and Bass music that is massively elevated by staring the album cover while listening. I don't really know how to rate electronic music since it really isn't my taste, but I think this is a good one? Still, the album is much too long. 2.5/5