LTJ Bukem : Rolling Stone

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Born of sampling technology and break-beat culture, drum and bass is the latest subgenre to emerge from U.K. techno, itself rooted in Detroit house music and running through hardcore and jungle. Typified by hyperfast, syncopated beats, dub bass and swirling sound effects, drum and bass is also...

1996 RS: 2of 5 Stars

Biography

Twelve-inch single releases are dance music's real medium, not albums, so it should not be surprising that LTJ Bukem (a.k.a. Danny Williamson) has released only one "real" album of new material thus far in his career. However, his influence on the genre of drum-and-bass music -- as an artist, label head, producer, remixer, and DJ -- is immeasurable.

Drum and bass, initially termed "jungle,"...

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