- Audio CD (Jan 14 1997)
- Number of Discs: 1
- Format: Import, Best of
- Label: Discovery
- ASIN: B000003MX8
- Other Editions: Audio CD
- Average Customer Review: 2.9 out of 5 stars See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
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Track Listings
| 1. Something Always Happens |
| 2. Ode To Don Jose |
| 3. Art Of Love |
| 4. Yebo |
| 5. Opus 4 |
| 6. Island |
| 7. Camilla The Old Old Story |
| 8. Kiss |
| 9. Eye Of A Needle |
| 10. Peter Gunn |
| 11. Crusoe |
Product Description
From Amazon.com
This is the electronica equivalent of a tribute album: Instead of gathering bands together to cover the songs of an influential group, here we have a bunch of more or less well-known DJs (including members of Goldie's Metalheadz crew) remixing and reconstructing actual recorded works in their own image, namely with drum and bass (a.k.a. jungle) beats. In this case, the object of affection is Art of Noise, a clear forerunner to the current boom in sampled and spliced dance music.
The Drum and Bass Collection is the latest in a series of Art of Noise remix compilations, following 1990's The Ambient Collection and 1991's more techno- and rave-oriented release, The Fon Mixes. Considering that Drum and Bass is, thus, the third new Art of Noise record since the group disbanded eight years ago, perhaps the only tribute here is to the infinite possibilities for recycling old songs in this high-tech age. Then again, there's little here to suggest these tracks have anything to do with Art of Noise. For instance, in the hands of the London duo Flyright, Art of Noise's hit "Peter Gunn" (itself a drastic remake of the '50s television theme) loses all traces of the original's most distinguishing feature, Duane Eddy's twang guitar lead line. Similarly, Lightfoot's reworking of "Yebo," Art of Noise's 1989 collaboration with South African singing group Mahlathini and the Mahotella Queens retains only two syllables of the original vocal part.
The question, then, is: If the rhythms are altered and the melodies disappear, what makes this an Art of Noise record? The answer: nothing. But, then, in the strange world of techno, all matters of source material and songwriting are bound to remain fuzzy. Do yourself a favor: Keep all inquiries to yourself and just concentrate on those crazy beats. --Roni Sarig
Album Details
11 Tracks, Mixes by Doc Scott, Aquasky, Lemon D and DJ Majik. Includes Kiss, Art of Love, Peter Gunn, Island and More.
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3.0 out of 5 stars
Absolute disappointment!,
By Vlad (russianwriter.net) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The Drum and Bass Collection (Audio CD)
If you decided to check this one out for the "Art of Noise" name on it? Ruuuun away from it. I actually had to throw it away, this is how upset I was. Imagine buying new CD by J.M.Jarre to find "Metallica" on it. If you want the best remix album by "Art of Noise"? Go to "Ambient Collection"."russianwriter.net"
3.0 out of 5 stars
A good drum & bass album,
By Singletrack Blazer (Huntersville, NC USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The Drum and Bass Collection (Audio CD)
This is a good album for drum and bass fans. However, if you're buying this strictly because you're an Art of Noise fan, you'll probably be disappointed. You can occasionally make out connections to the Art of Noise songs that are being massively remixxed and that is a special treat for someone like me. Also, at least one of the songs is too repetitive even for me.
5.0 out of 5 stars
It's not the Art of Noise, but what is?,
By Larry M. Coleman (Avon, OH United States) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The Drum and Bass Collection (Audio CD)
At first glance, it seems true that this CD could just as well be called "Plastic Bananas: The Drum and Bass Collection" for all it has to do with AON. However, if you can get past this disappointment, it is an excellent compilation. Though there are few explicit sounds from the AON's catalog, this CD as a whole does as good a job in sketching a landscape in sound as the best discs of the real AON, such as In No Sense? Nonsense! or their newer Seduction of Claude Debussy. In fact, it may be the most imaginative CD of its genre I've ever heard, managing to be evocative while conforming to the rather strict DnB form. AON fans tend to be the kind who don't want to listen to the same trite sound over and over again anyway, and this disc is no less original or interesting than one written by AON themselves. Though I've owned it for years, it's still in the short stack of CDs I play often, which is high praise indeed.
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