Kemistry & Storm, DJ-Kicks - 1h 6m 17s

Tracks & Durations

1. Trauma	3:20
2. Olé	4:27
3. Submerged	2:42
4. The Fuse	4:03
5. Mission Accoplished	3:07
6. Clear Skyz	3:40
7. Closing In	3:49
8. Everywhere I Go (Remix)	4:27
9. Stash	5:19
10. Hyaena	2:45
11. Uneasy	2:39
12. Pressure	5:01
13. Venom	3:40
14. Space Jam	4:13
15. Static (K7 Mix)	5:40
16. The Code	4:24
17. Tronik Funk	2:52

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Review

When Kemi Olusanya, one half of the jungle DJ duo Kemistry & Storm, died in a car accident on April 25, 1999, she took a big chunk of drum & bass history with her. Along with partner Storm, in '92 Kemistry first convinced Goldie to check out Grooverider and Fabio's legendary hardcore night at Rave, the birthplace of jungle. Goldie launched his Metalheadz label soon after, and Kemistry did a lot of the day-to-day management and helped discover such breakbeat microsurgeons as Photek and Adam F.

Kem & Storm's status as torchbearers--not to mention as superb mixers--meant they had access to dub plates and advance promos before most jungle DJs did. But their insider standing is a little too apparent on DJ Kicks, which finds them hewing closer to the jungle party line than most parties might like. Program your player to infinite loop, and you can start listening any place you want--at track 1, Dom & Roland's impressively gloomy "Trauma"; at track 9, Decoder's impressively gloomy "Stash"; or at track 12, John B's impressively gloomy "Pressure." It really doesn't matter. Wherever you start, wherever you finish, you'll wind up in the same condition: impressed, and, sure enough, slightly gloomy. The tracks compiled here, though expertly woven together, abide by the relentless march so much of the music has become. Every track is excellent in its own right--who can argue with Dillinja, DJ Die, or J Majik?--and in fact no CD offers a better snapshot of big-label jungle circa 1998. But the surprise, innovation, and good times you'll find on some of the music's second-tier labels aren't here. That doesn't make DJ Kicks bad--in its own monochromatic way it's quite bracing--but it does make it an unsatisfactory swan song for one of jungle's great figures. --Jeff Salamon Kemistry and Storm, London's internationally celebrated DJ duo lead the ongoing reinvention of rhythm that is drum 'n' bass. Every week, somewhere in the clubs and dancehalls of the planet, cosmopolitan youth are dancing to their set, shadowboxing with the breaks, rolling with the bass pressure, living life at the low end. Outside, it's unsteady, unsure, but in here, in the mix, you feel safe and you feel dangerous. Since the Metalheadz Sunday Sessions, way back in London late 95, Storm and Kemistry have been fascinated by the gravity of the sounds, the dynamics of drum 'n' bass. Emotionally, the temperature is anxious, compressed. K7. 2002.Drum and Bass- Popular Female DJ Team Pick Out Tracks from Goldie, Dom and Roland, Digital, DJ Die, Jonny L. And Many More...

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