{"id":90542,"date":"2012-06-10T14:50:07","date_gmt":"2012-06-10T18:50:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/90542\/bomb-bass-burial\/"},"modified":"2012-06-10T14:50:07","modified_gmt":"2012-06-10T18:50:07","slug":"bomb-bass-burial","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/90542\/bomb-bass-burial\/","title":{"rendered":"BOMB THE BASS &amp; BURIAL"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><font face=\"helvetica\" size=\"3\">Tim Simenon had his finger on the pulse in 1988.\u00a0 He and Pascal Gabriel had loads of fun, putting together a sample-heavy dance album &#8211; inspired by hip-hop and acid house.\u00a0 The first Bomb The Bass single (Beat Dis) became an instant dance classic, upon its release.\u00a0 Subsequent singles from Into The Dragon were also popular.\u00a0 Tim Simenon was hired to remix various tracks; most notably for Depeche Mode.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font face=\"helvetica\" size=\"3\">Unknown Territory is a darker album &#8211; still loaded with samples.\u00a0 It was the transition between the first album and Tim Simenon&#8217;s masterpiece (Clear).\u00a0 Then he produced Depeche Mode&#8217;s Ultra.\u00a0 He re-emerged over a decade later, with Future Chaos.\u00a0 He worked with several vocalists, including Paul Conboy and Mark Lanegan.\u00a0 Just eighteen months after that, Back To Light was released (but not before releasing four singles in as many months).\u00a0 It has a similar style (effervescent disco-tinged songs, with a dark undercurrent).\u00a0 These last two albums sound completely different, compared with the early material.\u00a0 They demonstrate Tim Simenon&#8217;s versatility &#8211; and the fact that he is a great producer.<\/font><\/p>\n<p>http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=hI6P0n4mJao<\/p>\n<p><font face=\"helvetica\" size=\"3\">I&#8217;ve always liked David Bowie, but I only have Best Of Bowie.\u00a0 Even though it is a double-disc collection and contains most of Bowie&#8217;s hit singles, it is not quite adequate.\u00a0 It covers a period of thirty three years, and no fewer than twenty five albums were released altogether.\u00a0 There are thirty nine songs on Best Of Bowie, but a lot of singles had to be omitted.\u00a0 A four-disc box-set is needed.\u00a0 Bowie has only released one album, since Best Of Bowie.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"David Bowie - Life On Mars (HD music video)\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ZYbwdWbl2z0?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\">Broadcast was a Birmingham-based independent band.\u00a0 Warp Records usually signs electronic acts.\u00a0 There are electronic elements in Broadcast&#8217;s music, but also a lot of &#8216;proper&#8217; instruments (including real drums).\u00a0 It is moody neo-psychedelia &#8211; inspired partly by the US band The United States Of America (and early Pink Floyd, no doubt).\u00a0 In turn, Goldfrapp may have been influenced by Broadcast (Felt Mountain is not dissimilar to some of Broadcast&#8217;s music).\u00a0 The first two albums (Work And Non Work and The Noise Made By People) contain the band&#8217;s best songs (and the compilation The Future Crayon mainly covers the period 1998 and 2001).\u00a0 Haha Sound and Tender Buttons are not particularly good albums, in my opinion.<\/font><\/p>\n<p>http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=fxrr0o23j_8<\/p>\n<p><font face=\"helvetica\" size=\"3\">Buck 65 (Richard Terfry) is a Canadian rapper and turntablist, with a unique style.\u00a0 Each song vividly tells a story &#8211; and each story provides the listener with details of rough living and debauchery (complete with various interesting and unsavoury characters).\u00a0 It is thoroughly absorbing stuff.\u00a0 The music itself (underground hip-hop) is dark and gritty and complements the lyrics perfectly.\u00a0 The tracks are often built around samples &#8211; especially on the early albums.\u00a0 The Language Arts series (1996 to 2002) contains Buck 65&#8217;s best work.\u00a0 Talkin&#8217; Honky Blues is similar.\u00a0 The next album (Secret House Against The World) was an odd departure from the usual style &#8211; and not in a good way (rap doesn&#8217;t gel too well with country music).\u00a0 Situation was a return to the original sound (although perhaps with less authenticity).\u00a0 Buck 65&#8217;s last album (20 Odd Years) isn&#8217;t particularly appealing.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Buck 65 - Wicked and Weird\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/9wyyVh3uc5Y?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\">From hip-hop to dubstep: Burial (William Bevan) is one of the genre&#8217;s best producers.\u00a0 There are several Burial remixes (including Thom Yorke and Bloc Party tracks).\u00a0 There are two albums (Burial and Untrue).\u00a0 Best heard through headphones, the atmospheres are intriguing.\u00a0 The rhythms are a bit &#8216;samey&#8217; though.\u00a0 I&#8217;ve normally had enough by the end of each album.\u00a0 The production is excellent.\u00a0 I find Burial&#8217;s &#8216;dubby&#8217; music relaxing &#8211; even though there are heavy disjointed rhythms on most of the tracks.\u00a0 Burial is rumoured to be remixing Massive Attack&#8217;s last album (Heligoland).\u00a0 No release date has been set though.<\/font><\/p>\n<p>http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=IlEkvbRmfrA<\/p>\n<p><strong><font face=\"helvetica\" size=\"4\">Further listening<\/font><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"AND IT RAINED ALL NIGHT BURIAL REMIX\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/hnrsXNBSwGA?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><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Placebo feat. David Bowie - Without you I&amp;apos;m nothing\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/iyQJiPC_Nfc?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=XfG8O_Fq_vg<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tim Simenon had his finger on the pulse in 1988.\u00a0 He and Pascal Gabriel had loads of fun, putting together a sample-heavy dance album &#8211; inspired by hip-hop and acid house.\u00a0 The first Bomb The Bass single (Beat Dis) became an instant dance classic, upon its release.\u00a0 Subsequent singles from Into The Dragon were also [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[5392,5395,5396,5393,5394,108],"class_list":["post-90542","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-music","tag-bomb-the-bass","tag-broadcast","tag-buck-65","tag-burial","tag-david-bowie","tag-music-2"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90542","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=90542"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90542\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=90542"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=90542"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=90542"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}