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Here is a review I recently recieved from a music journal writer. Send - Force Fed Funk It is rare that an artist can make an album really work as a whole musical composition, let alone one who uses multiple styles. Force Fed Funk, produced by UK artist Send, does just that, incorporating elements of ambient, techno, downtempo, and most successfully, drum & bass. After the introduction we are treated to what is surely the highlight of the album, a moody drum & bass track called "Sea of Filth," with beautiful melodic synth washes, ominous horn stabs, and rolling breaks, all with a "filthy" feel to them, effectively setting a mood for the rest of the album. Then, following the ambience of "Microscopic Bizniss," comes "A Tight Squeeze," an epic 11 minute downtempo track with intricate break patterns, often borrowing from heavily used jungle breakbeats. Throughout the rest of the album, such tracks as "The Mist Clears," with its instrumental hip-hop, and "Sub World Part 1," a dark drum & bass amen workout, clearly show just how diverse Send's own influences and talents are. Following "Bubble and Squeak," an intricate minimally flavored techno track, "Nebulous Funk" and "Easy Thought" provide some jazzy drum & bass with legitimate jazz elements, as opposed to the usual simplistic jazz samples, providing a lift from the dark journey of the rest of the album. Send is a producer with multiple talents, and should be watched in the near future, as he brings something unique to drum & bass, and electronic music in general, not being afraid to be melodic in a world where darkness has taken over the scene. - Jesse Mann ....DJJessbop@aol.com [This message has been edited by Send (edited June 13, 1999).]
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Here be dem other one! Send - Force Fed Funk There is a real sense of urgency in here, breakbeats combine with dirty bass vibes and quickly shifting orchestral movements. Not a million miles away from an industrial format but with more devotion given to the funk and atmospheres which are used to good effect, Sea of Filth being a case study in this regard. A Tight Squeeze uses a cheesy synth bass sound which winds along combined with a few funky twists. Conventional drum and bass moves in Sub World part 1 are given new twists by using inventive samples about nightmares while swirling atmospheres keep the music in a darker vein. Things picked up for me with Spatial Request which uses a banjo-like theme that is built upon by choppy beats and bass rhythms as well as a slightly ponderous organ. The overall effect is a bizarre counterpointing of melodies and instruments, more than a tip of the hat to Squarepusher I would say, no bad thing though. The pace dips but the funk is amplified in The Mist Clears which uses Up Bustle and Out-styled percussion with twinkling atmospherics and funked drums, a little like an up-dated exotica track with stacks more bass and ideas. A series of variations on drum and bass combined with wacky ideas and tweakings take up the next two tracks before we are lead to bed by the reggae fuelled At The Top, a nice send off which rounds off a something of a tour de force of ideas and sounds. Niiice as the man from Jazz Club used to say, rA cheers rowland
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