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LTJ Bukem - Earth Volume Three

Label:
Catalog#:
EARTHCD003
Format:
CD, Compilation
Country:
UK
Released:
26 Oct 1998
Genre:
Electronic
Style:
Broken Beat, Future Jazz, Downtempo, Hip Hop

Tracklist

1 LTJ Bukem Featuring DRS  -  Constellation 5:58
    Engineer - D. Duncan* , O. Lomax*
  Vocals [Additional] - MC Conrad
  Vocals [Featuring] - DRS
2 Tayla  -  Stargazing 7:43
    Engineer, Mixed By, Producer [Adittional] - D. Duncan*
3 Intense & Molly Duncan  -  Jammin' In My Head 5:55
    Guitar - Tim Consfield
  Saxophone - Molly Duncan
  Trombone - Neil Sidwell
4 Words 2 B Heard Meets Ad-Ill (Planet Invasion)*  -  Con-Quest 5:32
    Drums - Killian Madden
  Engineer, Mixed By - Martian (2)
  Guitar - Chris Campbell (2)
  Scratches - Add-Ill
  Vocals - MC Conrad
  Vocals [Additional] - DRS
5 Bjorn  -  Distorted Reality 5:58
    Engineer, Mixed By - S. Vispi*
6 Longers & Forces Of Nature  -  Natures Way 7:46
    Engineer - T. Reeves*
  Mixed By - G. Church , Life On Mars (3)
7 Blu Mar Ten  -  Ir-On-Ing 2:16
8 Big Bud  -  Distant Space 10:24
9 Artemis  -  First Light 6:17
10 Blame  -  Latitude 6:30
    Engineer - S. Donohue*
  Flute - Gavin Tate
  Guitar - Nic Gray
  Percussion - Mikey Bennett

Credits

Presenter, Compiled By - LTJ Bukem

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Review by Deploy Sep 09, 2008
Here we get a taste of the more downtempo / hip-hop flavor from the veterans at GLR, starting off with the massive Constellations with DRS at the helm. Here is where we get to hear DRS's true approach to Hip-Hop lyricism, and I must say, it's rather quite the trump card over the loved vet MC Conrad. Let's not forget LTJ's uplifting sounds with much funk, deep bassline, and some Japanese flute / ambient element all in one. Critical listen: "I don't care if it's escapism."

Tayla's Stargazing is a fine entry in to the Earth series and I must say one of the best releases from him. Smooth bongo, flutes, and bassline that rolls throughout the track seamlessly.

Intense and Molly Duncan hits next with Jammin' In My Head, an instrumental filler approach by the band and a tribute to the Logical Progression 3. Molly Duncan rips up the sax in his solo as well as Sidwell on the trombone. Definitely for the Jazz enthusiast with a new school feel.

The W2BH collective is featured here with Conrad taking a slab at funky lyrics with Add Ill on the scratches. Conrad's lyrical approach is very different here and much well received, as this is where we get to see his style focus more on musical principles than just lyrics. Great tune.

Bjorn as well as Longers and Forces of Nature provide downtempo slices with heavy beats and spaced out synths...Blu Mar Ten then take the piss out of the GLR documentary with Ir On Ig which is surprisingly a catchy tune regardless how wacky it sounds in the beginning...

Mr. Nice makes his debut with 10:25 of funked out beats and something to look forward to in the future. This track is massive, with everything to bongos, smooth keys and crisp production, the breakdown is cool. This track also introduces Bud's style of re-climaxing tunes near the end when you think they're done. A style he sticks through for a while in GLR...

The closers are Artemis and Blame. Artemis' fascination with funk is clearly heard with First Light almost paying tribute to late 70's style funk with live sounding bass and organ keys. Latitude by Blame is a step down from his massive Jay Walkin', but none of the less a nice and closing track. Once again Blame works with a different key signature instead of the typical 4/4. 5/4 drum and bass feel of a track that has jazz guitar as well as the already-famous Blame rhodes.