{"id":89754,"date":"2012-05-30T13:50:53","date_gmt":"2012-05-30T17:50:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/89754\/dub-dusted\/"},"modified":"2012-05-30T13:50:53","modified_gmt":"2012-05-30T17:50:53","slug":"dub-dusted","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/89754\/dub-dusted\/","title":{"rendered":"DUB &amp; DUSTED"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><font face=\"helvetica\" size=\"3\">DJ Shadow (Josh Davis) paid homage to his musical heroes on his debut album, Endtroducing&#8230;..\u00a0 From James Brown to Grandmaster Flash.\u00a0 He was evidently influenced by many genres of music (soul, jazz, pop, rap, hip-hop, trip-hop, etc).\u00a0 The album is loaded with a wide variety of samples (including Tangerine Dream and Bjork).\u00a0 The samples are blended with real instruments (guitars, drums, etc).\u00a0 On the track Why Hip Hop Sucks In &#8217;96, the answer comes at the end: It&#8217;s the money.\u00a0 DJ Shadow was clearly not a fan of the new styles of hip-hop and gangsta-rap.\u00a0 He fused &#8216;old-skool&#8217; hip-hop with acid-jazz and trip-hop in a unique way.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"DJ Shadow - Midnight In A Perfect World\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/KH5He9TW0mE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><font face=\"helvetica\" size=\"3\">DJ Shadow embraced West Coast rap on his third album (The Outsider).\u00a0 He worked with several rappers, involved in the San Francisco Bay Area &#8216;hyphy&#8217; hip-hop scene.\u00a0 He added some of his own ideas to the mix though.\u00a0 The album inbetween (The Private Press) featured more sample-based tracks &#8211; and a few surprises.\u00a0 For instance, the single You Can&#8217;t Go Home Again sounds nothing like DJ Shadow (see also Mashin&#8217; On The Motorway).\u00a0 The Private Press is more playful, compared with the nineties output (dark and melancholic).\u00a0 The Less You Know, The Better (the fourth album) is more rock-orientated.\u00a0 It is a mixed bag.\u00a0 Josh Davis was also involved with the first UNKLE album (Psyence Fiction).<\/font><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"DJ Shadow Featuring Roots Manuva - GDMFSOB (UNKLE Uncensored Remix )\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/0CpWOo7ODzg?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><font face=\"helvetica\" size=\"3\">I struggled to find Dub Pistols&#8217; debut album (Point Blank).\u00a0 Firstly, I bought Six Million Ways To Live (the second album) &#8211; featuring guest vocalists Horace Andy and Terry Hall.\u00a0 Point Blank is not quite the same.\u00a0 It is a big-beat album (fans of Fatboy Slim may enjoy it).\u00a0 I personally like it.\u00a0 Six Million Ways To Live is a better album though.\u00a0 There is more variety &#8211; and it is more polished.\u00a0 Despite having Terry Hall on board for album number three (Speakers And Tweeters) it&#8217;s not very good at all.\u00a0 Rum And Coke isn&#8217;t much better &#8211; even with guests such as Gregory Isaacs and Justin Robertson.\u00a0 A new album is due to be released in July.\u00a0 I doubt if anyone cares anymore.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Dub Pistols feat. Horace Andy - World Gone Crazy\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/1nDaEnnkr0Y?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><font face=\"helvetica\" size=\"3\">Dubstar was another UK band which showed promise but failed to deliver.\u00a0 The debut single (Stars) is a wonderful pop song &#8211; and Disgraceful (the debut album) is focused and consistent.\u00a0 It basically sounds like a cross between The Smiths and Pet Shop Boys (but with female vocals).\u00a0 Not So Manic Now is a good example (it sounds like a Smiths cover version).\u00a0 The follow-up album (Goodbye) has its moments.\u00a0 It isn&#8217;t particularly impressive though.\u00a0 The final offering (Make It Better) is weak.\u00a0 If you have all three albums, there is no point buying the singles collection (there&#8217;s no point buying it at all actually).\u00a0 There are no exclusive tracks on it.\u00a0 It serves as an overview of a short and lacklustre music career.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Dubstar - Stars\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ddlIPv-DAeM?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><font face=\"helvetica\" size=\"3\">There is not much eighties music in my collection.\u00a0 I think the nineties was a far better decade (especially for the evolution of electronic music).\u00a0 I don&#8217;t have any Duran Duran albums, but I do have Decade (the first singles collection, covering the best ten years).\u00a0 Duran Duran had a good run throughout the eighties.\u00a0 There has only been one good album in the last twenty years (1993&#8217;s self-titled album, generally referred to as &#8216;the wedding album&#8217;).\u00a0 Duran Duran Duran, by stark contrast, is drill &#8216;n&#8217; bass breakcore.\u00a0 There have been two albums and several vinyl singles.\u00a0 It is manic dance music, designed for clubs.\u00a0 With titles such as Manrammer and Blow Job Breaks (and pictures of naked men on the cover of Very Pleasure) I&#8217;m sure some Duran Duran fans have been startled whilst looking through the CD racks for Rio.<\/font><\/p>\n<p>http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=t9LoEhqyFNw<\/p>\n<p><font face=\"helvetica\" size=\"3\">Dusted is the side-project of Rollo (from Faithless) &#8211; and, yes, it does feature Dido on a few of the tracks.\u00a0 There is only really one album (When We Were Young).\u00a0 It was originally released in 2000.\u00a0 It was reworked and re-released in 2005 (the title of the revised version is Safe From Harm).\u00a0 It is not dance music.\u00a0 The songs are mellow &#8211; and often pretty boring.\u00a0 Some Dusted songs are quite pleasant but it is mostly unimpressive stuff.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font face=\"helvetica\" size=\"3\">Last but certainly not least, The Best Of The Doors is a compilation I hear fairly often.\u00a0 I don&#8217;t think I&#8217;ve ever heard one of The Doors&#8217; albums, but I like every song on the singles collection.\u00a0 I have the 1985 version (there are several &#8216;best of&#8217; compilations).\u00a0 It is a double CD set.\u00a0 I didn&#8217;t like the idea of the &#8216;remastered and remixed&#8217; version which was released in 2007.\u00a0 Remastering is always a good idea but I&#8217;m not sure remixing is necessary for a band such as The Doors.\u00a0 Jim Morrison would surely not approve.<\/font><\/p>\n<p>http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=DED812HKWyM<\/p>\n<p><strong><font face=\"helvetica\" size=\"4\">Further listening<\/font><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=UAcU5AHS1E8<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"FELIX - Don&amp;apos;t You Want Me (1992).\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/vtNv-pprhQ8?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=wsYa-UmoD1c<\/p>\n<p><strong><font face=\"helvetica\" size=\"3\">Next: Depeche Mode<\/font><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>DJ Shadow (Josh Davis) paid homage to his musical heroes on his debut album, Endtroducing&#8230;..\u00a0 From James Brown to Grandmaster Flash.\u00a0 He was evidently influenced by many genres of music (soul, jazz, pop, rap, hip-hop, trip-hop, etc).\u00a0 The album is loaded with a wide variety of samples (including Tangerine Dream and Bjork).\u00a0 The samples are [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[5256,5257,5258,5259,5260,5261,108,5262],"class_list":["post-89754","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-music","tag-dj-shadow","tag-dub-pistols","tag-dubstar","tag-duran-duran","tag-duran-duran-duran","tag-dusted","tag-music-2","tag-the-doors"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89754","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=89754"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89754\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=89754"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=89754"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=89754"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}