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December 11, 2006
Journeyman
Lala dropped off an interesting surprise recently: the 1997 release National Hijinx, an hour or so of intriguging trip hop by Journeyman. Given the release date, I was surprised by how fresh it sounds; it's in the vein of Cinematic Orchestra or DJ Food, with occasional hints of Amon Tobin for good measure. One of the men behind Journeyman, Paul Frankland, was also the genius behind the infamous ambient act Woob, whose praises I have sung on this blog before. All in all, this is a well-textured, intriguing record, and it seems a shame that we don't seem to have heard from Journeyman or Woob since their releases in the '90s.
Journeyman - Rusty Beats
Journeyman - Spy
Journeyman - Sloath
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Posted by Scotto at December 11, 2006 08:00 AM
Comments
In full agreement here, back in the 90's trip hop/beats and bass days there was so much rubbish and this stands out even today for modern releases. Its attention to detail and very well crafted cinematic sounds which are still ruff and ready yet emotional. Rusty made me dig out my photek 12's as well. There was a comp on Ninja called Le Yellow 357 (in bout 95/96, which was a film sound track to a film that was ever made, this is very much in that vain. Cheers for bringing to these to the surface briefly.
Posted by: Ali at December 11, 2006 10:52 AM
Max & Harvey - Sleep / Dialogue is a Paul Frankland work published in February.
http://www.bleep.com/?bleep=ZENDLS156
Posted by: teno at December 11, 2006 03:24 PM