Equinox - Acid Rain V.I.P.

Label: Planet Mu
Released: 2006
Style: Drum n Bass, Jungle

"Planet Mu spew forth another batch of the tough stuff, this time an updated Breakage V.I.P version of the drumfunk classic 'acid rain', originally released on inperspective records a few years back. The original is tweaked and beefed into a turbulent display of breakbeat science ripe for experimentation, falling somewhere between the intricate technicality of Paradox and the brute force of Bizzy B's more hardcore works. 'Do you understand me' runs some classic teksteppin' breaks through an array of filters and DSP FX for some disorientating rollidge while 'Forgiving' goes for the dictionary definition of drumfunk with a taut selection of deliciously treated breaks battling for rhythmic supremacy whilst the bum end attempts to exploit any weaknesses in your speakers. A fine selection of forward thinking drum and bass from one its most respected practitioners. Checkkity friggin check." - Boomkat

Tracklisting:

1 Acid Rain V.I.P. (Breakage Final Chapter Mix) (9:00)
2 Breakestra Ting (7:16)
3 Do You Understand Me? (8:48)
4 Forgiving (6:02)

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Amon Tobin - Bricolage

Label: Ninja Tune
Released: 1997
Style: Leftfield, Abstract, Jazz Fusion, Jungle

"Amon Tobin's jazz-jungle fusions as Cujo (for upstart label Ninebar) earned him many props, but that began to change with his debut for Ninja Tune. Blurring the already vague line that separates jungle's rhythmic meditations from those of the hottest jazz (Elvin Jones, say, or Jacko Pastorius, Bricolage manages a difficult hybrid of heart, soul, atmosphere, and brain-bending plunderphonics that loses neither perspective nor direction over the course of the albums. Like his preceding EPs Creatures and Chomp Samba (from which a few of Bricolage's cuts derive), the album mixes fast and slow but maintains a solid focus on innovation without sacrificing a sense of purpose. Somehow, Bricolage manages to be both consistent and consistently engaging, a feat few drum'n'bass LPs seem able to manage." - allmusic

Tracklisting:

1 Stoney Street (5:53)
2 Easy Muffin (5:02)
3 Yasawas (5:24)
4 Creatures (5:21)
5 Chomp Samba (6:07)
6 The New York Editor (4:56)
7 Defocus (5:10)
8 The Nasty (4:35)
9 Bitter & Twisted (5:05)
10 Wires & Snakes (5:27)
11 One Day In My Garden (5:43)
12 Dream Sequence (7:19)
13 One Small Step (6:11)
14 Mission (7:08)

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