Greatest moment EVAH: the Urban Takeover remix of 88.6's
"Wishing On A Star". Most Urban Takeover stuff pre-98 is pretty
good actually.
His album is enjoyable in small doses (*especially* the
unadulterated cheese of "Spice (Even Spicer)") but eventually the
over-use of the basic formula - simple 2-step beat + samples +
groovy, woozy bassline - makes the whole thing a bit tedious,
resembling the forced jollity of second-rate big beat.
― Tim, Friday, 8 February 2002 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)
His Luniz remix was the token frat boy jungle track over here. It got
really irritating...
― Honda, Friday, 8 February 2002 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)
I kind of miss jump-up. Critical wisdom at the time was "oh its a
dead end" but for gods sake people are still making identikit
techstep records judging by what I hear any time I wanter into a
dance section and drum and bass is playing.
Aphrodite search: "Drop Top Caddy"/"Bad Ass" - all his virtues in one
compact 12" package. Some of the stuff on the album is also grand -
"Woman That Rolls" for instance - but like Tim says it got to be a
bit of a grind all in one go.
― Tom, Saturday, 9 February 2002 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)
But Tom people *do* still make jump-up. It's just very hard and a
bit dark, or Latin-flavoured. Most dancefloor jungle at the
moment is some sort of jump-up hybrid, be it Aphrodite meets
Optical or Aphrodite meets LTJ Bukem. In my opinion ninety
percent of what's played out resembles jump-up circa '97 as
much as techstep circa '97, if not more.
― Tim, Saturday, 9 February 2002 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)
"drop top caddy" and "bad ass" are the only aphrodite songs that ever
stick with me. he's one of those artists that i start naming other
peoples songs thinking (hoping?) they might be his ("here come the
drumz"...no that's doc scott; "bambaataa"...no that's shy
fx; "muthafucka"...no that's dillinja; etc. etc.) i have a feeling
that on the dancefloor the easy roller opening/spastic melodic
bassline for the rinse-out formula he perfected (the apex of which
being "super sharp shooter"?) was a killer. but unfortunately by 97
i had stopped raving, and have been to about 4 jungle nights since.
― jess, Saturday, 9 February 2002 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)
Some wicked older tracks:
Raw Motion
The Bomber
We Enter
You Take Me Up
Brilliant tunes.
― Alan Bauchop, Saturday, 9 February 2002 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)
three years pass...
new mix Overdrive
1. Top Buzz – Living In Darkness (Phantasy & Shodan 2004 Remix)
2. Accidental Heroes – Precinct 13
3. Aphrodite – Stalker (Benny Page Remix)
4. Rascal & Klone – Europa
5. Stevie Hyper – Can’t Stop (Aphrodite Remix)
6. The Force – Invasion
7. Special K – Growler
8. Aphrodite – Move ‘n’ Rhythm
9. Distorted Minds – We Can’t Stop
10. Distorted Minds – Ruff Neck Style
11. S.M.O.K.E. – Cyclops
12. Aphrodite & Beverley Knight – Sometimes (Original Vocal Mix)
13. Aphrodite – Beefcake
14. Benny Page – Neck Breaker
15. Aphrodite – Boomtime
16. Dope Ammo (Drunken Masters) – Roots & Culture
17. Afrika Bambaataa – Soul Makossa (Aphrodite Remix)
18. Sketch & Code Featuring Kim Nile – Evolution
19. Aphrodite – London Massive (Raw Dub Mix)
20. Aphrodite & Mickey Finn – Bad Ass (Special K & Mickey Finn Remix)
anyone listening to this?
― W i l l (common_person), Friday, 16 September 2005 21:24 (twenty-one years ago)
i was so smoking crack up there. "the bomber"! "we enta"! etc etc.
― strng hlkngtn (dubplatestyle), Friday, 16 September 2005 21:29 (twenty-one years ago)
his remix of "rap scholar" (think it's title "rap skala") is THE track. also, apparently undigitized anywhere on the planet, wtf.
― Lukas (lukas), Friday, 16 September 2005 21:33 (twenty-one years ago)
four years pass...
haha i was just coming, again, to ask if anybody could help me find that Rap Scholar remix. it is the pure essence of jump-up, people.
― ok star grumbles (lukas), Thursday, 15 October 2009 15:48 (sixteen years ago)