The original "Trans Fatty Acid" isn't anywhere near as good as the remix (which would be my other choice I think) - the one time Lamb (in their early career) slipped into trip hop by numbers.
My instinctive choices here strongly support the conclusion that I most like K&D in faux-d&b mode. When they shift down a gear tempo-wise I still like them but not quite as intensely.
― Tim F, Friday, 2 March 2012 01:05 (twelve years ago) link
You'd expect the bossa vibe on their d&b numbers to make everything a bit too tasteful but instead it's often thrilling.
― Tim F, Friday, 2 March 2012 01:07 (twelve years ago) link
what i always liked about their jazz master remix was the suggestion that it could fall apart into ambiance at any second, it's a very spacious mix
― the late great, Friday, 2 March 2012 01:11 (twelve years ago) link
both discs have an amazing flow which is rare for remix compilations.
― jed_, Friday, 2 March 2012 01:15 (twelve years ago) link
i was going to say, they are masters of dynamics
― the late great, Friday, 2 March 2012 01:17 (twelve years ago) link
The real poll: Disc 1 or Disc 2
― valleys of your mind (mh), Friday, 2 March 2012 01:59 (twelve years ago) link
1) bug powder dub
2) rollin' on chrome
3) sofa rockers
such a great album
― Totes le Héros (contenderizer), Friday, 2 March 2012 02:05 (twelve years ago) link
disc one by a country mile
― the late great, Friday, 2 March 2012 02:37 (twelve years ago) link
disc 2 is more subtle, but disc 1 was always my fave
― valleys of your mind (mh), Friday, 2 March 2012 02:44 (twelve years ago) link
side G ftw
― Totes le Héros (contenderizer), Friday, 2 March 2012 05:06 (twelve years ago) link
bug powder dust n mugwump jism & the wild boys runnin round interzone trippin
― ho don't kno I'm bout that skrillex (Pillbox), Friday, 2 March 2012 05:31 (twelve years ago) link
dunno which version to pick tho tbh
― ho don't kno I'm bout that skrillex (Pillbox), Friday, 2 March 2012 05:33 (twelve years ago) link
always cringed so hard at the bug powder dust lyrics, but they're delivered so well, i couldn't help but sing along. had the whole thing memorized at one point, or at least my interpretation of them, but now i only remember bits and pieces ("on a soul safari with my beatnik peers" ouch).
― Totes le Héros (contenderizer), Friday, 2 March 2012 05:52 (twelve years ago) link
i like the Burroughs references, but the u are right - all about the delivery. I mostly like the low end on that track, though.
― ho don't kno I'm bout that skrillex (Pillbox), Friday, 2 March 2012 05:55 (twelve years ago) link
yeah, morricone surf guitar is great, too
― Totes le Héros (contenderizer), Friday, 2 March 2012 05:59 (twelve years ago) link
actual lyrics, apparently: "I gotta get a typewriter that's sexier" (great!)
what i heard: "I gotta get a tight bite of that sex (ee-uh)"
if my ears hadn't been writing the lyrics, i'd probably have cringed a good deal less
so tell your mother and your sister and your sister's friends...
― Totes le Héros (contenderizer), Friday, 2 March 2012 06:03 (twelve years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.
― System, Thursday, 8 March 2012 00:01 (twelve years ago) link
I haven't listened to this in years, but their "1st of the month" is the most stoned thing ever. It's between that, "east west", or "bug powder dust"
― riding on a cloud (blank), Thursday, 8 March 2012 02:10 (twelve years ago) link
"mama Oliver" by east west, i mean.
Or not, n/m
― riding on a cloud (blank), Thursday, 8 March 2012 02:11 (twelve years ago) link
David Holmes - Gone is a really beautiful thing too.
yah i totally love this
― peebutt fartbottom (Lamp), Thursday, 8 March 2012 02:13 (twelve years ago) link
Love so many of these. Voting Bug Powder Dub just ahead of Useless. They both feel like benchmark remixes to me.
― Suede - the fabric, not the band (DL), Thursday, 8 March 2012 09:12 (twelve years ago) link
I have to go with Jazz Master
― jed_, Thursday, 8 March 2012 09:39 (twelve years ago) link
Annoyed this morning because I thought I'd copied this to my iPhone but I did not. Being annoyed is so un-K&D Sessions, too.
― valleys of your mind (mh), Thursday, 8 March 2012 13:59 (twelve years ago) link
Rollin' on Chrome over Bug Powder Dust
― dmr, Thursday, 8 March 2012 22:02 (twelve years ago) link
Fuck! forgot about these. Criminal mind error
Gonna have to snap out some Fila B now.
C'mon City
― Jessie Fer Ark (Mobbed Up Ping Pong Psychos), Thursday, 8 March 2012 22:17 (twelve years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.
― System, Friday, 9 March 2012 00:01 (twelve years ago) link
Nothing Really Matters
― jed_, Friday, 9 March 2012 00:33 (twelve years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BkT0BNCsLsY
― jed_, Friday, 9 March 2012 00:34 (twelve years ago) link
what else isn't on Sessions?
― jed_, Friday, 9 March 2012 00:37 (twelve years ago) link
Night Nurse
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=viLNPZiImds
― jed_, Friday, 9 March 2012 00:40 (twelve years ago) link
i bought a rockers hi-fi album because of this. was disappointing.
― contenderizer, Friday, 9 March 2012 01:35 (twelve years ago) link
Rockers to Rockers is a great album, Mish Mash was pretty weak in comparison. I assume you bought Mish Mash. Get this one: http://www.discogs.com/Rockers-Hi-Fi-Rockers-To-Rockers/master/39792
― brotherlovesdub, Friday, 9 March 2012 05:23 (twelve years ago) link
yeah, it was mish mash. liked "going under" and the delivery of the line "now i delivah", but that's about it. will check the previous
― contenderizer, Friday, 9 March 2012 05:31 (twelve years ago) link
maybe
― contenderizer, Friday, 9 March 2012 05:36 (twelve years ago) link
right one won
― reggie (qualmsley), Monday, 7 January 2019 21:51 (five years ago) link
It's funny how ten years ago this sounded dated to me in the worst way and now it sounds dated to me in the best way
― longtime caller, first time listener (man alive), Monday, 7 January 2019 22:13 (five years ago) link
I kind of regret selling my OG vinyl copy since the repress has a bunch of different songs, but I did get $300 for it and a couple of the tracks had scratches that caused skipping. The K&D DJ Kicks is one of my favorite artifacts from the 90s though.
― brotherlovesdub, Monday, 7 January 2019 22:18 (five years ago) link
if it's the dark paranoid version on disc 2, I agree
― brimstead, Monday, 7 January 2019 22:23 (five years ago) link
xp to qualmsley
I have always found this sounded funny. Haven't listened in ages to it. There was an air of coolness around them which i could never take seriously.
― Ich bin kein Berliner (alex in mainhattan), Monday, 7 January 2019 22:24 (five years ago) link
Ah I guess that's the dubWould've voted for the bone thugs
― brimstead, Monday, 7 January 2019 22:24 (five years ago) link
Does this sound like opposite world to anyone else? Lamb's original is more akin to the claustrophobic paranoia of Tricky's "Strugglin'" than, say, something off of Dummy (which would be the likelier trip hop template from the time).
― Siouxie Sioux Vide (Leee), Tuesday, 8 January 2019 23:24 (five years ago) link
any time I hear more than a couple Depeche Mode remixes on shuffle I remember the one on this mix and end up listening to the full k&d sessions
― mh, Wednesday, 9 January 2019 01:32 (five years ago) link
the depeche mode mix is boring imo. could just be that i don't like depeche mode.
'gotta jazz' deserved a vote
― macropuente (map), Monday, 28 January 2019 03:27 (five years ago) link
this still hits some serene highs but parts are also kinda beige. i remember feeling the same way when i first bought it.
― macropuente (map), Monday, 28 January 2019 03:30 (five years ago) link
i think i tried playing some of this at a mormon youth dance once?? lol
― macropuente (map), Monday, 28 January 2019 03:33 (five years ago) link
so they're coming to SF ... what are their sets like these days?
― lukas, Wednesday, 12 February 2020 00:21 (four years ago) link
did they ever come to sf?
had 'bug powder dust' come on in the car the other morning on my way to work and it sounded realll good
― Give me a Chad Smith-type feel (map), Friday, 14 August 2020 20:35 (three years ago) link
I remember buying this album at the time (1997?) and really looking forward to it, but for some reason I just couldn't get into it at all.
― does it look like i'm here (jon123), Friday, 14 August 2020 21:03 (three years ago) link
might want to find 'bug powder dust' online somewhere and roll up your sleeves for that lyrical treat
― Give me a Chad Smith-type feel (map), Friday, 14 August 2020 21:05 (three years ago) link
tbh i think there's something about the rolling filters they use on everything that i don't like - too 'smooth', not enough crunch.
― Give me a Chad Smith-type feel (map), Friday, 14 August 2020 21:06 (three years ago) link
New album titled 1995 will drop in October.
Single sounds suitably cozy:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GxH5piakaHc
― pomentiful (pomenitul), Saturday, 29 August 2020 16:16 (three years ago) link
are any Tosca and/or Peace Orchestra records worth hearing?
― brimstead, Saturday, 29 August 2020 16:30 (three years ago) link
I was quite fond of Opera, Suzuki and Suzuki in Dub at the time; no idea whether they'd hold up today. I don't think I've heard any Peace Orchestra.
― pomentiful (pomenitul), Saturday, 29 August 2020 16:33 (three years ago) link
The Peace Orchestra s/t is grebt
― lukas, Saturday, 29 August 2020 16:49 (three years ago) link
Peace Orchestra is brilliant. Takes a while to hit though.
― Gerneten-flüken cake (jed_), Saturday, 29 August 2020 16:57 (three years ago) link
I'll check it out. I'm due for downtempo throwbacks anyway.
― pomentiful (pomenitul), Saturday, 29 August 2020 16:59 (three years ago) link
would totally believe if you told me that song is a lost gem from 1995 (the year). but not quite. or 96, 98, whenever K&D looong peak was. loved it
co-signing the greatness of the first Peace Orchestra
there's a lot of great stuff to be found on the first 3 Tosca albums. go with Suzuki first, maybe. Fuck Dub is just straight undeniable classic imo (the 12 not the rec w/ the mixes. nevermind, that too)
― gaudio, Saturday, 29 August 2020 17:40 (three years ago) link
Echoing the love for Peace Orchestra. The first Tosca is also very good. Lol al realising it’s been 20+ years after having seen K&D live (which was great in a very of its time way)
― Monte Scampino (Le Bateau Ivre), Saturday, 29 August 2020 18:02 (three years ago) link
Suzuki is one of the few albums of that genre & time I still listen to
― A True White Kid that can Jump (Granny Dainger), Saturday, 29 August 2020 18:17 (three years ago) link
Damn they really haven't released anything since the 90s
(except for a 3-track ep in 2008)
― lukas, Saturday, 29 August 2020 19:21 (three years ago) link
thx for the tips, all
― brimstead, Saturday, 29 August 2020 21:23 (three years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ZWQRaY0Tns
Is the vocal sample on this Nina Simone? If so, where is it from?
― Gerneten-flüken cake (jed_), Saturday, 29 August 2020 21:34 (three years ago) link
"Technically, it's a "lost" album, which they made in 1995, made a few test pressings of and then forgot about. They recently discovered in a box of DATs, did a little polishing, and here we are."
https://www.brooklynvegan.com/kruder-dorfmeister-ready-first-album-since-the-kd-sessions-listen-to-johnson/
mastered by Bernie Grundman (Steely Dan, Michael Jackson, Dr. Dre)
― lukas, Saturday, 29 August 2020 23:38 (three years ago) link
Quite excited about an actual album! Went to see them about a year ago, never seen so many gurning 40 somethings in one room.
― chap, Saturday, 29 August 2020 23:38 (three years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RSoxiYPex4E
― stirmonster, Sunday, 30 August 2020 00:12 (three years ago) link
i love love love K&D but there's a peculiar absence of bass in most of "Johnson"?
― A Short Film About Scampoes (Noodle Vague), Sunday, 30 August 2020 08:21 (three years ago) link
Thanks stirmonster.
― Gerneten-flüken cake (jed_), Sunday, 30 August 2020 13:56 (three years ago) link
Peter Kruder has been producing over the years, mostly fairly unremarkable deep house/minimal but I did like Vespertilio from 2012.
― Siegbran, Thursday, 3 September 2020 12:43 (three years ago) link
Here's a mix I did almost 20 year ago that has stuff like Tosca, Boozoo Bajou and Baby Mammoth on it
― chonky floof (groovypanda), Thursday, 3 September 2020 13:29 (three years ago) link
Cool, thanks.
― pomenitul, Thursday, 3 September 2020 13:38 (three years ago) link