Roni Size/Reprazent "New Forms" (1997)
Roni had grown up in the musical melting pot of Bristol, home of
the trip-hop of Portishead and Massive Attack, but also a lot of dub and reggae. Roni
saw gigs by Massive Attack forerunner The Wild Bunch, learned to DJ
at his local youth club and formed 'Roni Size and Reprazent.
Their debut album here is an interesting mix of high BPM DnB patterns
with dub, soul, jazz bass, and electro tracks. The songs are generally
built on repetitive loops that are given a good 5+ minutes to develop with
vocals featuring on some tracks.
I knew the name Roni Size, didn't think I'd heard any of his music but "Digital" sounds quite familiar, so I may have done after all.
Reprazent only released one other album, but Roni collaborated with
other artists, did remixes and even contributed to the interesting
soundtrack to the film "Spawn" that paired up metal and hard-rock acts
with electronic producers and artists.
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