D 'n' B

i love electronic music. for some people, it's just a phase... for me, it's love. i don't care how in or out raves are. i don't give a fuck about those candy ravin' teens. it doesn't matter if people think "dance music" isn't really music because there aren't any instruments.

give me a couple of turntables and an emcee and i'm in heaven. i just want to be right next to a speaker with the *thump*thump*thump* of the bass and i'm in ecstasy.

as a kid, i was really into depeche mode which got me into the electronic grooves... and then trip-hop... portishead, of course was my gateway drug... and then i met massive attack. oh, god. massive attack... and risingson is still my favorite song of theirs. ever. (the best use of risingson is in Abre Los Ojos, the original Vanilla Sky, aka the best movie penelope cruz has ever been in.)

but i'd never known a thing about drum 'n' bass until my cousin, dan, introduced me to "drowning" by AK1200. and then my other cousin, joe, introduced me to roni size and the reprazent crew. i've been hooked ever since. (on a sidenote, steve and i were officially introduced at a roni show. how cool is that?)

since then, trance, house, progressive house and other genres have come into my life, but i'll always have a soft spot for my jungle and drum 'n' bass.

on another sidenote, i've been listening to concord dawn and black sun empire. they're no roni size, but they're good. definitely worth a listen if you like drum 'n' bass at all.