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Alan
Brown of Mistake
Theory,
Blue
Train
and The
Grand Central Band
writes:
The
Tones' style is an eclectic mixture of a number of
dance styles including house, dub and drum'n'bass with
a leaning toward the latter. Some of their music is
tinged with a jazz flavour - not surprising, as these
guys aren't just DJs - they share some impressive
musicianship as well... From the hard-edged tracks
like Not Washed Up and my favourite, Kinda Felt
through to the 'clubby', understated Summertime, and
the jungle/dub Why, this is an impressive debut. If
you are into drum'n'bass especially, give this a spin.
Highly Recommended.
Louis
Counter of Secret
Archives of The Vatican
writes:
The
Elusive Tones of Wonder, with a name like that Secret
Archives of the Vatican just had to check it out. I
downloaded the three tracks on offer here and, as I so
often am, I was pleased I did.
The Elusive Tones manage to produce in three tracks
one great funky piece of breakbeat and two very
distinct styles of jazzy drum and bass. This is not a
band who are going to be putting out the same track
under different names again and again. The tracks are
not only suitable for the dancefloor they also contain
enough variation to be played happily at home.
BillyG
is a great piece of breakbeat with a very
interesting choice of vocal samples (that's as much
as I'm telling you, you'll just have to listen
won't you). The drums are very funky and the
slightly jazzy piano riffs (no house banging here)
lend nicely to the rhythms. When the scratching
starts in earnest towards the end of the track you
have to start dancing.
Methane Jungle "The track takes NY style jazz
guitar and lays it over some laid back, chillin,
drum and bass. The track is really well
orchestrated, the guitars run around one another
really well and the bass completments them really
well. I'd definitely put this as a track for the
top. Great to hear really live, intricate bass and
guitar playing on a jungle track. Towards the end
of the track there's a really dark synth trying to
cut through with just builds the tension between
the two styles without clashing. This track is a
must listen to if you're into interesting and
complex music. It's just a track that deserves some
recognition.
Kinda Felt, interesting name, dark track. From the
opening pads through to the hard breaks its a track
with edge. I'm partial to a bit of hard dark jungle
and when it's done well like this is it's a
pleasure to turn on and chill to it. It takes quite
a while to really get going and never really
launches into the Metalheadz style of annihilation
(touches on it occasionally) that I was waiting for
(maybe Moz could get Bomblenger to do a remix of
it) but it's a track that lends itself to late
night car driving, in a moody kind of way.
Overall I'd
definitely have to recommend everyone I know to check
out some of these tracks, especially Methane
Jungle.
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