Logical Progression

Was it probably way longer than necessary? Yeah. Was it repetitive at times? Also yeah. That being said, it has a mid 2000's internet vibe and it was really good to put on in the background to get into a flow. Cleaned a bunch of my apartment and hardly even noticed the time. I enjoyed it but also I am not listening to the last 40 minutes because it's giving me a headache.

Ouch. Way too long. 1 stars.

Drum and bass is drum and bass. This is definitely top drawer in the genre, but it feels very flat without vocals. The last track is a with-vocals mix of the whole album, which I enjoyed a lot more. That alone would probably be 3 stars, but this one is definitely 2.

Good Drum and Bass

I'm not gonna lie, this sucks ass. 1 star.

Great work music! A little repetitive sure but not the worst thing in the world

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

Not for me but genre defining. Unfortunately that genre is how fast you can beat out a pattern on a snare drum which is not my kink.

Not bad but nothing that grabbed me either.

Some good moments here but it's mostly 1 paced (yeah yeah dnb), and compilations shouldn't be in this list imho

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.

Liked it more than I thought I would. Bomberman Hero vibes.

Favorites were "Night Train" and "Music"

Not a fan

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 listened, but it's very repetitive and was sending me to sleep more than is helpful on the morning drive to work.

Someone listened to far too much Sonic CD music. Track 3 got me excited as I thought it was the theme tune from Lost in Space movie... It wasn't Very repetitive, not my cup of roobios

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!

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

Enjoying the twinkliness of Danny's song. Not my cup of tea but it's good... I was planning on a 3/5 but by the end I couldn't wait to turn it off so it's demoted to 2

I really enjoyed this in the hot sunshine, it went with the weather. I'm aware that the background beat was repetitive throughout but I still enjoyed it.

No definitely not.

Hyperspeed breakbeats, jungle, house, drum 'n bass -these are not genre words in my vocabulary, but apparently they exist. I listened to all 3 1/2 hours of this, so I'm good for life. It reminded me very much of the muzak played in botiques in London. Meh......

this won't be for everyone, as it's very 'simple' if you want to call it that on the surface. underneath however, is a mesmerizing DnB album that can be played today and would still be very welcoming.

LTJ Bukem - Logical Progression This was a compilation of drum and bass music. While this might be a genre and style some folks like, this album wasn't due me. Plus it was hard to find the correct version of this album to listen to. Nothing special in my opinion. 1/5

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.

Just not my thing... alright to put on in the background but the continuous one "song" into the next got old forme quickly.

Fine ambient sound

of course I am biased, but I really like this album. it's not something I'd actively sit down and listen to--most jungle/dnb isn't for me--but nonetheless it makes for excellent background sound for me. it does get samey when you really look at it, but I think that exemplifies my enjoyment, as it allows me to really just zone out of distractions and into work when listening to it though, demon's theme clears the entire rest of the album. that song's a masterpiece of its time

I put on the first disc. Nearly fell asleep. Took notice of the FERRIS BUELLER sample. Nearly fell asleep again. The first disc ended. I'm good.

Way too long, but still some good DnB.

well that sure was drum and bass (it's like a 2.5 but i can't give it a 3)

Brilliant. May be my ultimate album to work to.

A "drum and base" album. Never heard of "Logical Progression" or LTJ Bukem before and it is not on Spotify or Youtube. A true obscurity.

I am not now, nor have I ever been high enough to enjoy this album.

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.

A compilation album? Isn't that kind of cheating? But then, if there are so many artists, how does each track sound so similar?

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

3 sgtars.

It's always going to be tough for me to rank drum and bass albums on this list, but this one was long, and didn't feel in any way spectacular or ground breaking. There was one section with a rap artist that stood out, but once again I am left wanting more from this genre.

So let me get this straight, Mr. Dimery . Compilations are authorized in your list, or are they NOT? If it's the first, then discard that one and place Buzzcocks' *Singles Going Steady* instead. And if it's the second, then just discard that one. The tracks by LTJ Bukem are nice drum'n'bass cuts with quite subtle and lush flourishes. And they aged pretty well considering how that particular electronic genre sounds dated overall in 2023. But minus a couple of exceptions here and there, the tracks produced by all the other artists are just a footnote written in tiny-ass letters in the book of electronic music. And once again, this double record is a compilation, not a proper album. I shouldn't even have to grade this thing. So next, please. Number of albums left to review: 321 Number of albums from the list I find relevant enough to be mandatory listens: 302 Albums from the list I *might* include in mine later on: 167 Albums from the list I won't include in mine (many other records are more important to me): 220 (including this one)

Horribly repetitve

Have a big project for work due in a few days, so this was the perfect background music I needed to zone out and get things done. No real melodies, lyrics, or content at all really, just straight Ableton presets direct to disk.

Pioneer EDM. 5/5

Two hours of nothing. An absolute nonentity of a record. Rating: 1.5/5 Playlist track: Demons Theme Date listened: 06/01/24

Not found on Tidal... What I heard from LTJ Bukem was not for my ears

I actually enjoyed it a lot, good background music

Oh my god!

Electronic smooth jazz!

Surprised to find this here, but enjoyed it. Less so as something to just listen to, but as an accompaniment to working, it was fine

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

Pas aimé du tout.

3/10. In addition to being over 2 hours of the same shit, this is a compilation album. Not only are compilation albums not supposed to be on this list, because this one has been around for over a quarter of a century, there's been plenty of time for the copyright to get all fucked and make it impossible to find all of the songs on one platform. And like, the actual music is fine, it's drum and bass, not really my thing, but kinda cool if I don't have to listen to it for hours on end. And is it just me, or do a ton of these songs have the same basic drum beat? Is that the point? Ah well, at least I know that there can't be any drum and bass left on the list because it took me until after the final album on the list generated to track down all of the tracks for this.

Why make a drum and bass album over 2 hours? 2/10

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.

I’m not even convinced this is multiple different songs, much less a compilation of multiple artists. It all sounds exactly the same, and it never ends…

Ambient drum and bass

Stilish '90s vibes

I wasn't sure I liked it for the first few tracks but then I put it in the background while I was working on my vector database and found it to be pitch perfect for AI development work.

Ritmos electrónicos y poco más.

Anybody up for 3 and a half hours of ringtones from 2005? Yikes

Fun

Ror2 soundtrack is better

Not listening to techno.

No, I do not need 3 hours of drum and bass even if it does sound like the menu screen of every cool early 2000s racing video game

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!

Hated it. Got half a song in and it was awful to try and work to.

More of a compilation album than an LTJ Bukem album

This album was putting me to sleep with its repetitive beats. After 45 minutes I was dismayed to discover I was only 5 tracks in.

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

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.

Tried, but couldn’t complete this album. This genre doesn’t interest me.

3 hours of the same song performed by many people...

not bad while working

Come on, now. It wouldn't kill you to make this list 1000 albums long.

There are two things this reminds me of. First, the initial flowering of internet radio stations in the UK in the late 2000s. Ninety percent of them sounded like Logical Progression, occasionally punctuated by some callow Home Counties youth mumbling some knackers about proper tunes. The other thing Logical Progression sounds like - every damn track of it - is the menu music of a PS2 game with a name like Cyb3rBitch or somesuch. Either way, this isn't a great listening experience.

My biggest issue with drum and bass is the lack of guitar and vocals. Other than that this was fantastic.

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

For being on the computer and taking care of some light work, this album was okay to have on as background noise. That really is meant as an endorsement of this album, however. I can't really figure out why I really like Moby "Play", but I see this is a meandering mess; but I do. Maybe it's this album's lack of structure or anything cohesive in the tracks: who really knows? Choosing a drum beat, a bass line, and throwing in some vocal/sound effect samples, and then repeating it all for 6-8 minutes isn't really a good formula for anything. If I were the type to drop acid or do Molly, then this album would be amazing. But I'm not, and it isn't.

Psy-trance in some ways. Just good background vibe music.

First time listen, surprisingly OK.

Drum and bass. I'm going to be hitting skip. Lots. Yep. As awful as any of that genre.

And it has the loon sample from E-MU Emulator II

I really don’t have anything negative to say about this album, it just was complete background noise. I was doing busy work while listening and I didn’t even realize I had finished the album which was 3 hours. I mean it wasn’t bad, there’s just literally nothing to say about it.

<clicks on link to album in Apple Music...> me: "What in the everliving hell...!?! **THIS IS A 3.5 HOUR COMPILATION OF DRUM AND BASS?!***" .... and I don't hate it...? In all seriousness - I can put this on at literally any point for a ~10-15 minute period and hear the same thing. I suppose that's almost the point, which ... this works really great for studying or working. I'm working now in fact. Just make it 40 minutes. Tops. There's no need for anything longer - I can set it on repeat and get the same effect. I have no idea what to "rate" this album - it doesn't work like anything else. If I want to listen to music....I don't really want to listen to this at all. If I want background ambience and to not be distracted by intricate melodies or structure, this is kind of perfect. I should probably give it a 3 since I could see myself playing it in the right conditions...on the other hand I just can't give it middle of the road because I don't know if I can distinguish this from any random youtube highlight video of 3 hours of e.g. Space Station footage or some of my weekend Ableton experimentation. 5/10 2 stars

Mellow jazz influenced D'n'B. Cool.

Repetitive meaningless nothingness

Ok, first of all I am morally opposed to the idea of a compilation album being on this list. Second of all, this album was basically impossible to track down. There’s a “Logical Progression” album available on Spotify that does not contain any of the tracks listed on Wikipedia. It’s mostly available on Youtube but still missing some tracks, though you can find the missing tracks individually. So it was a high maintenance album to listen to in order. Oh, it’s also TWO AND A HALF HOURS LONG. So, was it worth it? No. Was it at all good? Kinda. The tracks were all decent as far as the genre goes, though I wouldn’t listen to it again. They all sounded the same to me. If it was significantly shorter and not a compilation album I may have given it a 3, but…. it IS two and a half hours long, and it IS a compilation album. Which is cheating.

Listened to this while playing Aeon's End with my partner against Prince of Gluttons. Lost the first game, won the second. I am a big fan of electronic music. In addition to playing piano, I used to dj for fun for a number of years. DnB has been one of those genres I just don't grok. It feels to frenetic to dance to...it is hard to mix...it wasn't as compositionally interesting to me. This album was probably one of the best DnB albums I've heard. I was bopping throughout without realizing the physical effect it was having on me. Totally great slice of the mid 90s scene, and definitely an album I'd return to again.

Logical Progression by LTJ Buken was a nice slow burn of an album, bubbled nicely under the surface and could easily provide the soundtrack to a late night house/trance club. It was full of soundscapes that could really take you places under the right influence. The way LTJ was able to pull together a nice cohesive compilation, and can see that over the years this has influenced the underground scene. Best: Senses Worst: Jazz Lick Note: I only listened to the first 10 songs as there were the extended mixes of the album for the remainder.

Rating: 5/10

As with all of the dance records on here, this one feels better enjoyed not sober. But I will say, sober, that I could see myself really enjoying it. It's interesting that it's a compilation between a bunch of DJs, simply because it rolls together really well. I could find myself returning to it.

This may have been groundbreaking at the time, but it sounds kike background music to me listening in 2023. Pleasant enough, but nothing to really get your teeth into or grab the attention. I like the idea of the continuous mix version and this seemed a better way to consume this. Although I didn't realise when it came on that it was the whole album AGAIN.

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 is just one of those weird progressive albums that is a bunch of noise.

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

Background music for me but ok

Meh nothing interesting here

This is a compilation of some of the best jungle / DnB of the mid 90s. If you rate this low, then obviously the genre is not for you. Especially the people who say this all sounds the same. Obviously the genre has a lot of similarities, including pleasant spacey atmospheric synths overlaying fast abrasive beats. But beyond that, the songs have completely different styles, so I couldn't call this repetitive at all. According to my friend who studies to DnB all the time, she considered this much more high quality and funkier than what she's used to. The downside is that I found the majority of it to be pretty tame and minimalist. Minimalist is fine and has its place, especially between the tougher tracks on here, but it needs to be executed well. For example, "Above & Beyond" and "Music" are insane lush tracks that blow every other tracks here out of the water. They're so rich and full, reminds me of Aphex Twin. They show the potential the other tracks could offer, and gives the impression that some of the tracks feel quite flat in comparison, as if all they are is a beat layer and a couple synth layers all acting independently of each other. Minimalism just spotlights the flatness of many tracks too brightly. If they were all as immersive and three-dimensional, minimalist or not, I'd consider that a flawless DnB record. As it is, there is quite a bit to be left desired. Nevertheless, they're all really good DnB tracks, but I wouldn't consider them the extent of the genre, even in the mid 90s. Favorites: Solar System, Above & Beyond, Music, Jazz Lick

Tres bon vibe. Super pour la concentration. 4.75

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.

Have we not listened to all this before. I am not really complaining, as I do enjoy this kind of sound, especially while working through my unending pile of grading...but is it that critical for me to listen to all these similar variations on the same electronic theme?

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.

I’m not sure if I listened to the correct version of this or not, since the track listing on the Wikipedia page looks nothing like the track listing on what I listened to. But I think I got the gist. This was enjoyable… good music to work to as it had energy without stress. Really excels as background music to keep you going without becoming too distracting. Seems like it would also be quite useful at a fancy gallery opening or some kind of cool reception. At first was sort of not sure what to rate this, but ultimately I really did like this. There are many occasions I can think of where this might be a perfect soundtrack.

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.

Drum and bass really isn't my jam and I found this to be hellishly boring and repetitive. I'm glad that D&B deservedly died an ignoble and quick death by the 2000s and I was hoping that I would never hear it again, until 1,001 resurrected it again.... FML.

90s ps1/00s ps2 hellscape vibes

Egads this was... nothing. Even with a fresh cup of coffee flowing through me I could hardly keep awake through the first half of this before being forced to throw in the towel. There needs to be a zero stars option for albums such as this.

Noisy, repetitive, unoriginal. There are some real Jungle gems out there. Why choose THIS ONE to rep the genre? Also, compilation albums are cheating. Which makes it even more egregious that this is on the list. If you're going to cheat, at least win.

Seemed like a precursor to modern DnB, was okay

This is the kind of drum & bass I love. Thoughtful, emotive and melancholy almost but still driving and upbeat. So many bangers across this mix.

3hrs of drum and bass, eh? Wow…..uh. Thanks?!

I was bored.

I appreciate what this album is doing, but to me it’s just background music.

Way too long, I did not listen to all of it. I didn't hate it but I don't get it either

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

Hard to find a place to listen to the album unfortunately. Eventually found it on Youtube, but had some of the tracks removed due to copyright. I quite enjoyed it and would definitely listen again if it we easier to find.

3/10

Not something I would normally listen to. Pretty awesome.

Very basic

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

Mega nice

Trouble finding this album on Spotify due to copyright but believe I listened to correct playlist. Interesting sounds but WAY TOO LONG! Can only listen to so much of this! Maybe the original album isn't that way?

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.

I nearly made it through the 3+ hours, but I’m taking a break from working and I think I’m done with this one.

The album under this name on Apple Music is an entirely different tracklist, so I went and made a playlist of everything I could find from the original compilation. I figure I'd better at least give it a fair shot. While it is probably significant for its time... I think AI could legitimately produce hours and hours of DnB under the name of an established DJ and no one would know the difference.

Fyrsta hlustun var ekki að gera sig fyrir mig.

Note - Spotify link goes to a list not consistent with track listing on Wikipedia. Closest thing I could find from Google was a Soundcloud of the tracks "remixed" by DJ Jo Public. Given this format, It's a pretty seamless mix. If you have a short attention span, this may all sound a bit repetitive, but listening to it as a whole was like tripping through space, lots of different ambience and texture. This might make good driving music or something in the background while working. Overall an enjoyable listen.

top notch space music

This sounded like something I would discover on my computer randomly in 1995, not my cup of tea.

Solid spacey study tracks

An hour of recycling beats over and over for an interminable amount of time. Then, they run them all together in a mix for an hour, and *then* do it again, but with lyrics. Tedious.

Huh

This is just noise.

Classic in the genre

Rubbish

Fine as sonic wallpaper

I guess I just dont get it. The genre never really attracted me but I gave it a chance, it just seemed like a cacophony of noise. Did not care for a single track.

I am not the audience for this album

Nice chill vibes but does get a bit samey samey. Fave track: Universal Music

That is a hefty slice of coffee table drum & bass, and I'm here for it, in the abstract, but the inclusion on the list is pretty feckin irritating. If consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds then Robert Dimery evidently enjoys a palatial mind, utterly hobgoblin free! 😠 Anyway - I enjoy these vibes. Gimme some chilled dnb with occasional cetacean sound effects and I'll happily while away 2.5 hours. Fave tracks - I really liked both of the PFM tracks so should probably check out his albums. "Danny's Song" reeeeeeeally sounds like an Aphex Twin tune, right? Or perhaps I've just heard it on a different mix with a lot of Aphex Twin on it? 🤔

Three and a half hours of some of the best jungle and dnb I've heard for a long time.

It's inoffensive enough that I will give it two stars. Maybe someday I will listen to it as ambient music when working. Otherwise I don't see much replay value in this album. As an untrained ear it all sounds the same to me which isn't something I love in a 2 hour+ album Song going on my "1001 Songs" Playlist: Demon's Theme. I think once you've heard the first song you've heard it all on this album. Other Songs Going On My "1001 Albums Savelist" Playlist: None

Unnecessary and way too long

Best Song - Destiny

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

actually really liked it compared to the album Timeless by Goldie that we listened to many 'a months ago and is listed in the description as the 2nd of two defining drum and bass releases of the 90s. I shared with you the only review I read on the global review list. "I know you want to slip your fingers down your knickers as soon as you hear the first note, but please resist temptation and let this musical journey rape you into submission instead. What an outrageous record, that drips its gooey semen into your ears and sits back and watches as you struggle to shake it out. Your ears are brimming with cum and there's nothing you can do about it."

Nope. Elektronik, langweilig.

all vibes

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.

Was a heavy consumer of this type of music in the 90s and it still holds up pretty well. LTJ Bukem was on the high end of production quality and atmospherics, similar to artists like Talvin Singh and Omni Trio. I believe it was called "intelligent" dnb. Due for a comeback given the modern trend towards instrumental mood music.

Not a fan of this one.

Uhhhhh, moker vaag. Niet zo’n fan

Ja, wat moet je hier nou over zeggen. Als dit in een koffietentje zachtjes op de achtergrond zou staan. Dan zou ik het wel kunnen waarderen. Het geeft wel goede vibes

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.

Actual ass 1

This one wasn't on Spotify, so I had to go to Youtube and every video in the playlist was filled with effusive comments praising the genius of the work. I can only conclude that there must be an equivalent of color-blindness for music and since I can't hear green, I don't get it. Because I really don't get it. Best track: The Western

Found the reviewed album on YouTube. High BPM drums. Some sampling. Repetitive. Sparse vocals. Innocuous music. High energy - might be good to run to. Or dance to if you were really high. Otherwise without value imo.

Can only rate based on what I was able to find online - Demon’s Theme was pretty darn good but a lot of the other tracks just blended into each other and got quite samey, nowhere near as exciting as the opener

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.

So that was definitely two hours and twenty minutes of drum and bass.

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?

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

Classic D&B cool beats 🎧

This is what the cool spas play.

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.

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

This is mayonnaise.

Wow, that was a whole lot of nothing.

Wellicht leuk voor een dance-feest ofzo maar niet thuis

Dit was prima om bij te werken, maar dit raakt me verder weinig.

No drum 'n bass please

Drum-and-bass gaat toch best snel vervelen.

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

Strange that the Spotify version was an entirely different collection of songs. Found someone who had mixed the original tracks together on Soundcloud. Pretty standard mid-1990, moody, background, dance music. Not really compelling. An MC might have helped. Far too long.

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.

The compilation is warm DnB, but it's for more than that that I feel warmth toward it. Fun, the decay of a release like this over twenty years, especially of the DJ mix. '96 makes it a mix of my vintage, apparently pressed on CDs regionally variant, labelled inappropriately, etc. etc. etc. This year it sounds against it's twin like their tracks do: Fair to call them the same, fair to call them just different enough.

2 stars

Another album that anyone with zero musical talent could produce, given a few weeks practice with whatever drummachine/synthesizer is used here. Drivel.

Yesterday a torture of +90 minutes of meaningless drum and bass with Goldie's 'Timeless', and today this...? really?

Not sure what was linked was the actual album but if the guy wants to make it hard to listen to his stuff so be it.

Nothings dates like dance music!

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

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*

The book mentions that this music sounded fresh at the time, and became "the preferred soundtrack in hip cafes, hair salons, and fashion stores." This perhaps is insight into why it sounds so weak to me. My first exposure to this may have been at the mall, being reluctantly dragged along running errands with mom when I was 8 or 9. I dont know if that's the case, but the album made me feel underwhelmed and I was glad when it was over.

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

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

Nope.

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

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

Basically sounds like if Missy Elliott worked behind the bar at The Rover's Return.

Not into drum n bass bit it wasn't too bad...

Didn’t know CD Projeck Red released an early draft of Cyber Punk 2077s soundtrack 2/5

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

I 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.

Well folks, looks like we’ve got another #clogger on our hands. This was a tough one for me. It truly sounded like I was listening to an album of royalty-free music for media usage. I acknowledge it was probably an influential compilation for British people to listen to and snap them out of the dark hold of 90s britpop, but it was just so boring and unengaging. Barely any evolution in the tracks, barely any variation in the backbeats and synth styles/tones, barely any interesting structure to differentiate one track from another. Totally snooze. I spent a good amount of time finding the right version of this album to listen to by the way. I ended up going to YouTube. The version of this album on Spotify and Apple Music is an entirely different release from years later with a different track list and featuring different artists, and yet the songs ALL still sound the same and are effectively interchangeable. Very disappointing, did not finish, will not revisit.

I did not do enough molly before listening to this

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

I liked this much more than I thought I would.

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