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Dunno, Grime seems to me to be dominated by personality and ego, rap-style, with interchangeable rhythms, as in Dancehall. So to me it sounds more like a UK meeting point between Dancehall and US Rap. Sure, its sonic palette is obviously influenced by from Rave, but I see personality-driven...

Whatever he may have ascribed to it initially, for me, Grime stands apart by its intense concentration on the vocal content. Further, while people may (obviously) dance to it, it doesn't strike me as motivated first and foremost by a desire to make people dance.

Have you ever checked any old Basment Records..? Plenty of it sounded very clean and quite polished, esp. the more 4-2-the-floor stuff... eg. Kev Bird and Wax Doctor :D

well... I think you night be surprised at how often 'scenes' develop out of conscious initiatives by a bunch of like-minded people whoo get together and do their thing cos they don't like what's on offer out there... when you're part of the origins of any scene, you see exactly who's an...

ez all Copies of my new album 'Long Time Burning' (CD) are now available to order here: http://www.thefear.ie/ The album will also be available as a digital download in the New Year - more news on that later. Have a Junglistic good Christmas! “If you're only going to buy one drum 'n' bass...

yeah, his theory doesn't really stand up on that point... or at least, time has proven that such a theory certainly needs a qualifier... maybe something like *does not always apply in cases where careerist conservatism meets cocaine + tinnitus :D

... don't get me started on dnb tempos! hehe :)

I disagree. IMO, most people (music makers included) tend to conform to the technology - and to the commonly applied usages of it that are current at the time. For better or worse. In my experience, I'd attest that writing breakbeat rhythms in that old 4Hero stye (where you can hear the full...

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Just saw Burial bigging up Black Secret Technology in a recent interview (think it was the one with Kode 9).. sounds like he feels the same way about avoiding the grid effect :D