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Staying true to the legendary Solid Steel radio show that it shares its name with, this first in a new series of mix CDs leaves no musical stone unturned. Compiled and mixed by DJ Food and DK--who both record for Ninja Tune, the hip-hop-ish label owned by Solid Steel originators Jonathan More and Matt Black, aka Coldcut--a dirty groove and epic sense of drama are the only criteria for the fantastically chaotic track listing. Given that it's a Ninja Tune release, a sense of hip-hop is never far away. X-Ecutioners and Blackalicious are the straight rap inclusions, and the chilling horns from the soundtrack of classic 70s heist mov
Staying true to the legendary Solid Steel radio show that it shares its name with, this first in a new series of mix CDs leaves no musical stone unturned. Compiled and mixed by DJ Food and DK--who both record for Ninja Tune, the hip-hop-ish label owned by Solid Steel originators Jonathan More and Matt Black, aka Coldcut--a dirty groove and epic sense of drama are the only criteria for the fantastically chaotic track listing. Given that it's a Ninja Tune release, a sense of hip-hop is never far away. X-Ecutioners and Blackalicious are the straight rap inclusions, and the chilling horns from the soundtrack of classic 70s heist movie Taking Of Pelham 123 are prime old skool hip-hop source material, while everything else including jazz-fusion (Herbie Hancock), dancehall dub (Mr Scruff/DJ Vadim) numerous spoken word samples and new wave reggae ("The Beat") is glued together with a myriad break beats and turntable gymnastics. What distinguishes this from the mass of cleverly segueing mix albums, is that Food and DK don't just join the start of one tune to the back of another, they compound tracks to make something new. Commodores "Assembly Line" and Solid Steel's own "Break School" would be worthy inclusions on any compilation; together, they're a spectacular break beat-soul anthem. --Dan Gennoe
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Manufacturer: Ninja Tune
Release date: 8 October 2001
Number of discs: 1
EAN: 5021392234120
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