New Forms

Roni Size/Reprazent, “New Forms” (Mercury, 1997)
Two-Cd extravaganza from the pioneering jungle auteur, a set representing (reprazenting?) EDM’s early peak of mass-hipster prestige (under the more portentous youthquake-brand “electronica”). Well, the darn thing is actually really good. The speed-twitching breakbeats and sheets of insect-like synth-flutter-swarms whiz through the minimalist frame in a way that often evokes the jazz-like elegance that was intended.
Try disc 1: 1, 2, 8
4/7/19