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Personelle* - Rebound - 20-Feb-08 01:46 PM
If you're seeking this 12" just for the Nookie remix you're probably better off just tracking down the Promised Land 3 LP. The pressing on this 12" isn't any better than the LP version and the other two versions are only listenable at best. If the Nookie cut had gotten a full side on this or if there had been an acapella then it would be a must buy for any lover of deep drum and bass. But that isn't the case. With the Promised Land 3 LP you'll end up with many more fantastic exclusives from a bygone era of beautiful mystic drum and bass to go along with this amazing Nookie remix.

Alaska (2) / Paradox - Rare Earth / I Get A Kick Back - 01-Feb-08 09:20 AM
This is an absolutely perfect 12" from Dev Paradox.

On the Rare Earth side Dev dons his deeper Alaska pseudonym for a beautiful cosmic shuffler. Structurally this is the more straightforward and DJ friendly of the two tracks so there's more room to focus on the beauty of the textures and the ethereal key lead. Despite the subtlety you can tell full effort went into the drums. The programming of the fills is characteristically top notch for the master of sampled funk breaks.

I Get a Kick Back is the more unorthodox half of the 12" with Paradox taking this side to the darker and dirtier side of funk. The Kick Back break has so much swing on the tail of the bars that it comes off as sounding almost experimental when compared with most contemporary drum and bass. Therein is the beauty, though. Take it out of the context of drum and bass and you have a something that still stands firmly on its own. It's a brilliant homage to the classic funk it was sampled from.

Nookie - Look Outside The Circle - 02-Nov-07 12:14 PM
This yet another case of an absolutely blinding tune d tune limited by an MC yapping all over it. Five Alive gives a decent performance but doesn't really add anything to the track. If anything he holds the whole package back as I find myself tuning him out every time I put this on. If this had been an instrumental it would have been a perfect set starter that I could use to play out. The buildup is beautiful. When it gets going the groove is funky and oozing with vibe. But with the vocal it's limited to use as an occasional head-nodder when it pops up in my iPod.

Various - High Karate - 26-Jul-07 08:47 AM
The pressing on this LP is very low and thin. Gains need to be pushed almost all the way up to play along with most +6DB dance vinyl. In the age of Serato and Final Scratch I would recommend buying the CD version and playing the far better mastered CD tracks. Quality wise though, this LP features some FANTASTIC rare music from Nookie that you can't find anywhere else (other than the CD version of this). But if you're a hardcore Nookie fan that can't live without the vinyl then you MUST own this. This is not a release for casual collectors or half-assed d fans.

Sunday Brunch - Midsummer - 08-Aug-05 10:09 AM
A bit slow tempo wise for mixing in to the average house set, the A-Side is a bona fide classic with the Seba/Forme half of Sunday Brunch dominating the production on Midsummer Night. A little known fact is that this track was initially offered to LTJ Bukem for the Earth series. In a not so uncommon mental lapse, Bukem and Good Looking passed on the opportunity and the gem surfaced on Svek. Seba himself performs the quote in the introduction, while Seba's sister sings the main chorus. His sister also makes a brief appearance on Seba's "Valley of the Moomins" released on Good Looking.

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