JBO: A Perspective (1988-1998)

rez

I have a JBO compilation cd somewhere as it was the only place to get Rez until a 12" of Cowgirl/Rez came out.

i voted for Thrill Me remix even though the mix included is the worst of the 3 Underworld mixes on the 2x12". The ambient instrumental is 12mins of bliss. Perfect compliment to the Sabres slow mix of The Mighty Ming.

It was actually down to Mr. Fingers vs. Peckings with me. Peckings won.

As much as I want the Weatherall take on "Soon" to be the bomb that doesn't make it the bomb. Many good ideas, badly arranged.

"Salome (Zooromancer Remix)" is the finest record ever with Bono's voice on it.

what a crazy comp

Bocca Juniors for me

Soon original = bomb
Soon remix = BUTTERFLY WITH A BOMB

I thought I'd be the only Bocca Juniors voter. Glad I'm not.

Big Mouth is my favorite Underworld song of all time, so that. Who is Philadelphia Slim and how does he play such a cool harmonica solo?

bocca jnrs for me 3

yeah raise is good but where the hell are the FIRE ISLAND tracks?

presumably on some other compilation

I also wanted the Saint Etienne remix to be better - are there any St Etienne remixes that live up to their potential?

Was tempted to vote for One Dove, but went for Mr. Fingers. Who the hell were Lemon Interrupt?

Lemon Interrupt = Underworld, in between being Freur and being Underworld, I thought

No, in between being Underworld and Underworld - ie after the first two albums, the first stuff with Darren Emerson in the group.

what a crazy comp label

Indie-friendly blokish (if great) stuff like Underworld and the Dust (Chemical) Bros, then gay house and garage like Fire Island and Roach Motel. With X-Press 2/Ballistic Bros/Black Science Orchestra doing their thing, then out and out techno like Centuras. It never made any sense to me.

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I've never heard the Fire Island mix, but I used to love Get Your Hands Off of My Man, but I vote Rez, or My Mercury Mouth, or the Saint Etienne mix. Hmmm.

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then gay house and garage like Fire Island and Roach Motel

if you don't know about this, then U DON'T KNOW ME (so why do u judge my life?!?)

I'm confused. I just meant it didn't really seem like Underworld fitted in with the aesthetic.

what is good Fire Island stuff? i liked 'White Powder Dreams'

are there any St Etienne remixes that live up to their potential?

dunno about full potential but i love Monkey Mafia mix of 'Filthy', PFM mix of 'The Sea' and the Broadcast mix of 'Angel'

(i really did think fo' a moment that this "jbo" stood fo' "jody beth 'osen"...)

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what you will...

well, fire island has a pretty slim recorded output, it's just slightly more than a one-off alias for heller & farley ...

best place to start would be "in your bones" and "fire island". if loco dice's "son of raw" remix is an audi tt then these tracks are like the 1955 300sl. infectious chunky tech-house, sloooow and spaced out, w/ bubbling acid lines in the background and organic percussion in the front. like a lot of things going on in 1992 this shit was way ahead of its time.

they also did a couple of very famous uplifting garage / disco tracks in the joey negro mode - "if you should need a friend" (ft marc anthony), "there but for the grace of god" (cover of the track by machine), "shout to the top" (ft loleatta holloway), etc etc

these are also great but when i listen to these it's in more of a studious tim finney mode of appreciating workmanlike scenius, like listening to todd edwards or something, dudes just grinding out flawless quality product without much inspiration.

but that "fire island / in your bones" EP is crazy inspired, up there w/ stuff like "smokebelch" and visnadi racing tracks and "pacific symphony"

i will check out that Ep thanks. i didn't like/see the point of their cover versions (altho i heard their TBFTGOGGI before the original)

you might well argue they work better apart (Farley's old remixes, Heller's later stuff inc 'Big Love' and 'Sputnik' esp.) also

not sure why i said 'later' when that was all ten years ago now, i'm just not aware of anything they've done this decade

This thread inspired me to locate, insert, and press play on an actual, physical compact disc. We're through the looking glass.

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Another vote for Raise - for some reason I've always loved this, tho no-one I know shares my appreciation...

"Everything's Gone Green" is my favourite single of all time so it had to be that. But "Raise" and "My Mercury Mouth" are also extraordinary.

Nobody's committed themselves to One Dove yet, so I will. (Now there's an album that will get you through the dreariest of working weeks.)

Or would have done had they put out the correct mix.

or would have done if they bought the album as opposed to the CD...

i'm intrigued to hear the Simply Red and U2 remixes i must admit

does the correct mix of that One Dove album actually exist in some form, or is it one of those mythical beasts (the La's album that Lee Mavers really wants you to hear, the version of Smile that Brian Wilson labored over) that will probably never see the light of day?

i voted for One Dove.
i still love that album, fucked up mix of not.

".. or not" - i meant of course.

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