Threads like this are what Sundays are for. I guess we are nearing the end of the decade, so why not.
Heres tunes that define the decade in my memory. This is off the top of my head - I havent given it too much thought,
Also ran out of steam - may come back and add some later!
Elephant Man - BadMan Forward Badman Pull up! (Global Riddim)
All-time fav bashment track! So glad I stumbled over this... One I come back to when I need a pick me up. Put a smile on my face many a time.
Beres Hammond - There For You
Was doing van driving for a few years earlier in the decade and this was the anthem on the radio i most associate with that time. lovers rock style - have to have some love songs in your life! Got married soon after hearing this :-D
Vibes FM
Not really a big album buyer (especially new stuff) so radio is important for me, and Vibes FM (Yeh yeh!) was a big part of the decade for me, especially with driving job. Mr Mighty on Wednesday mornings and Senator B on a Sunday two highlights.
http://www.vibesfm.net/
Sun People - Alpha Omega (Nubian Mindz Remix)
-Absolutely killer new-school, i guess broken beat, track. 4 Hero had their own radio show (On Kiss? Man haven't listened to Kiss in years...)pushing the broken beat stuff, and this track is the best I've heard in the genre so far. Ground breaking and ahead of its time.
http://mikusmusik.blogspot.com/2009/09/sun-moon-stars.html
Rockets on the Battlefield - Kool Kieth
Technically from 1999. Sue me. Aluminium kneecaps release raps!
Jazzanova album "In Between"
Was first masterpiece record of the millenium for me. Start to finish love it (not true - i have to skip the Ursula Rocker poetry cut!)
Here's the opening track - a masterclass in using a sampler:
Another album
Bjork - Medulla
Bjorks great, and incredible live, but Ive never really gotten into her albums as the backing tracks dont really do it for me. THis album on the otherhand is something special. Not for everyday, but on the right day its a revelation. All sounds are created with the voice (no other instruments). This one is my favourite:
...though i think the video takes away from the images the music makes in your mind...dont watch the vid please!
Alpha & Omega - Trample the Eagle, the Dragon, and the Bear 2005
Dub albums can be a hit and miss affair, but this one is solid to the last. Featuring a host of the great and the good on vocals.
Vibronics - Dub Italizer (2000)
A great early in the decade digital dub album - their best i think
Rinse FM
AS I said, not really into albums, and Rinse got me into dubstep, and even made me not hate funky house! Top pirate radio station - very professional set up. Alexander Nut's show is a gem too.
http://rinsefm.blogspot.com/
Top DnB people of the decade:
Twisted Invididual
Consistently great throughout the decade with some really innovative tracks. Especially like his early stuff. Swan Cake is a future classic. On second thoughts the future is here and its already a classic! Time flies...
Marcus Intalex & ST Files
Thank god for these guys - making the kind of DnB I would if I could. Especially love their more technoish output. Red 7 is the one for me:
...oh, and Dreamworld:
Dillinja
The DnB monster - top of the DnB tree for me. So many tunes in the last ten years its a joke - he sweats basslines. Too hard to pick a track, but why not "Why?" - the track that kicked it all off for him in this decade:
Set the formula for DnB to come... no-one gets drums to sound like him.
(Form youtube comments: "Heavy, and a bit depressing. Old but nice." :-D )
=the launch of dillinjas valve soundsystem at Mass fkd my eardrums for life, and to be honest i cant really take too much loud music anymore as a result=
On another tip... a couple of real favourite tracks...
Loco Dice. The man is huge on the continent, but less widely known in the UK I think (unless your into this kind of thing). Moroccan ex-hip hop producer, living in Germany making great Minimal house - Minimal House is pretty boring , but he hits all the transcendental buttons dance music ought to, and used to, have. These two cuts are the ones for me :
Seeing Through Shadows:
and this one:
Minia Brasiliera (808 State lives on...)
Mikuś - Dub Mirror (2009)
last and least - a big part of the decade for me, after years of practising in the shadows, was my first little release on a netlabel. Two more release ready to drop very soon!
http://mikusmusik.blogspot.com/2009/08/mikus-dub-mirror-2009.html
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Was fun to reflect back!
Its nice to have personal lists like this, rather than just rearranging the usual suspects... looking forward to going through a few of these lists (when more people put some up) and having a sniff around...
