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THE BATTALION
Tuesday, S
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Hardcore for the
Headstrong
Omar Santana
CD Courtesy of Moonshine
Records
“Hardcore” is one of the most
overused words in music today.
Everyone from punk rockers to rap
pers to bubble-gum pop singers
have described their work with this
term, but, for Omar Santana, it is
not a misnomer.
Listening to this CD. one can
only wonder what seeing him live
would be like — the music is some
where around 180 beats per minute
and extremely percussive. With
songs called “NoiseHavoc,”
“Necronomicon” and “Out of Con
trol” and a list of producers whose
names sound like the devil’s frat
brothers, the jacket alone makes
this mixed CD look like true hard
core. One listen is likely to blow the
untrained ear away.
Much of the CD is Santana’s
original work, which largely con
sists of what he calls “hard hop."
While to his ears, this music is
lightweight hardcore, it is extreme
ly fast, extremely loud and very
hard-pounding. The highs and vo
cals in the songs usually consist of
electronic bleeps at very high pitch
es, which create a dissonant, violent
sound. This mixed CD is like listen
ing to a car wreck. But. like a car
accident, everyone stops to look.
Hardcore’s appeal is undent
It is nearly guaranteed thauiriv
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more than one person will be Ik
ing to it. This musical styleisi
to appeal to a narrow stratumof
people, but those people w
this CD. The mixing is like the: ^ AP
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especially happy hardcore—: s jx wee!
CD should be a hit. With trad and dela
such renowned hardcore prod. “This
as Da Predator, Scrumbleheac the red
Thundergods, it is someoftkihf ana S ei
and the hardest music, hardo c i | m P^ s '
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acks on the block should be: m
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stores buying this right nou.R:, p
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— Jason Ber two laps
Urban Jungle
Aphrodite
Egil Records
Aphrodite proves with
his latest release that he is
not an innovative DJ; he
is a great track selector.
This album contains fa
mous tracks such as
“Brown Paper Bag” by
Roni Size and “Dub
Moods” by Aphrodite. At
any drum ‘n’ bass club in
the country, these tracks
would be guaranteed to
move the crowd. One of
the more notable tracks is
“Man of Steal” by Vinyl
Syndicate, which samples
the Superman theme and
then drops into a dark jun
gle pounder.
Much of this album’s
appeal comes from
Aphrodite’s compiling
numerous drum ‘n’ bass
remixes of famous hip-
hop tracks like “Gangsta
Gangsta” by NWA, “1 Got
Five on It" by Da Luniz
and “Me or the Papes” by
Jeru the Damaja. Much of
the criticism of electronic
music in general, and
drum ‘n’ bass in particu
lar, is that it is too me
chanical. The basis for
this criticism is often the
lack of vocals and bass-
driven melodies, but this
is no problem on Urban
Jungle, owing to the com
bination of the aforemen
tioned hip-hop remixes
and hip-hop-drum ‘n’ bass
hybrids like “Brown Pa
per Bag;” “Rock the
Funky Beat," which sam
ples a Public Enemy
song; and the classic Jun
gle Brothers tune “Jungle
Brother.” These songs
come together to create a
hard-edged drum ‘n’ bass
mixed CD with a gener
ous amount of classic vo
cal tracks for non-purists.
Those who prefer a
mix of drum ‘n’ bass
styles or more under
ground tracks will be dis
appointed with this re
lease. Aphrodite seems to
have taken a more sales-
oriented attitude into this
production. While the CD
sounds good, those with
an eye on the motivations
behind such works w ill
inevitably take a dim
view of this CD.
Still, it is greatnuH
for people with a
hard-edged sounds* Weil
cannot stomach One .
Santana or death me: Ui
Hip-hop enthusiasts NEW
would do well tocrA [_ee was
out this CD; it may' filing th.
them a different side ment ca
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Monday
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advantage of on-campus interviewing, resume referrals and more.
Register on-line or come by Koldus 209 for more information.
TAMU Career Center 845-5139
209 Koldus http://careercenter.tamu.edu
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