Klute (Dance) - Breakbeat Science: Exercise.03

Artist:

Klute

UPC:

802043001323

Description:

This is a continuous in-the-mix CD compiled and mixed by Klute. Audio Mixer: Klute. Few genres of dance music are quite as formally hidebound as drum`n`bass, a style that is defined by its stuttering, warp-speed breakbeats, minor keys, and usually chilly, robotic flavor. Depart too far from those conventions and the junglist massive tend to start losing interest quickly; stick too close to them and no one else wants to listen for more than a minute or two. Because the fact is that while drum`n`bass really is some of the most exciting dance music there is, at its most formally correct it`s only interesting for three or four minutes, tops -- then it just gets tiresome. The best DJs are those who can both follow the rules and maintain a non-dancing listener`s interest over the course of a whole album; luckily, Tom Withers (aka Klute) is one of those. On the third installment in the Breakbeat Science label`s excellent Exercise series, Klute brings together an impressive roster of junglists for a marathon 72-minute DJ mix, recorded live in the studio. The mood is pretty constant, of course, but the textural ebb and flow offer plenty of variety; highlight tracks include Calibre`s "What We Give" (which incorporates an eerie sample from the Congos` "Feast of the Passover" along with some tasteful disco strings) and Concord Dawn`s "Take Me Away," one of only a few actual songs on the record and a lovely one. Highly recommended. ~ Rick Anderson

Track Listing:

DISC 1

1. Positive/Negative
2. Air Raid
3. Passport - (Klute Remix, Klute remix)
4. What We Give
5. Galaxian
6. Roots
7. Sands, The
8. Take Me Away
9. Mean Streats - (Klute Remix)
10. Rock - (Klute Remix)
11. Snake Pit
12. Undercover Dub
13. Growl
14. Ranson
15. Soul Good - (Stresslevel & TC1 Remix, TC1 & Stress Level remix)
16. Big Boss

Album Information

Release Date:

03/23/2004

Type:

Performer

Genre:

R&B

Subgenre:

Dance

Label:

Breakbeat Science Recordings

Producer:

Longman; Silent Witness; C. McCann; Dominick Martin; John Tejada; The Break; Artificial Intelligence; Tom Withers; Invincible; Baron

Catalog Number:

13

Original Release Year:

2004

# of Discs:

1

Studio/Live:

Studio

Mono/Stereo:

Stereo

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