Mysteries of Funk [Limited Edition] [Import]

Disc: 1

1. Cyberntic Jazz

2. Rainbows of Colour

3. On the Double

4. Time & Space

5. Where's Jack the Ripper

6. Fly With Me

7. C Funk

Disc: 2

1. Starbase

2. Time & Space [Heaven Mix]

3. Rivers of Congo

4. Imagination, Pts. 1 - 2

5. 560°

6. Imagination, Pt. 3

7. Stay With Me

8. Rainbows of Colour [Heavens Breath]

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com
Grooverider isn't hailed as the "don of drum & bass" for nothing. It's an honorable title that he has earned and held since the genre's very foundation in the early 1990s. Mysteries of Funk, surprisingly Groove's first full-length, is a sample of jazzier and more tech-step-oriented strains of drum & bass. Taking slightly forced, Björk-esque vocal arrangements and beautiful guitar licks and arranging them around soft, café-style breakbeats, "Rainbow of Color" emphasizes the jazz-funk solution to Groove's great mystery. "On the Double" takes the fusion of sound even more literally and exercises a more soundtrackish approach with a film chase-scene sound. The mighty Grooverider later flees the café scene with a handful of strictly main-floor tracks like "Where's Jack the Ripper?" and "560." The former takes crunchy bass quacks and pounds against them with a metallic snare drum; the latter takes quirky sub-bass pulses that are quickly recycled into heavy reverb while a simple conga rhythm accents each beat. Groovy. --Daniel Shumate

Product Description
Limited Edition Double CD.

Tracks:

Cyberntic Jazz
Rainbows of Colour
On the Double
Time & Space
Where's Jack the Ripper
Fly With Me
C Funk

Tracks:

Starbase
Time & Space [Heaven Mix]
Rivers of Congo
Imagination, Pts. 1 - 2
560
Imagination, Pt. 3
Stay With Me
Rainbows of Colour [Heavens Breath]

Amazon.com

Grooverider isn't hailed as the "don of drum & bass" for nothing. It's an honorable title that he has earned and held since the genre's very foundation in the early 1990s. Mysteries of Funk, surprisingly Groove's first full-length, is a sample of jazzier and more tech-step-oriented strains of drum & bass. Taking slightly forced, Björk-esque vocal arrangements and beautiful guitar licks and arranging them around soft, café-style breakbeats, "Rainbow of Color" emphasizes the jazz-funk solution to Groove's great mystery. "On the Double" takes the fusion of sound even more literally and exercises a more soundtrackish approach with a film chase-scene sound. The mighty Grooverider later flees the café scene with a handful of strictly main-floor tracks like "Where's Jack the Ripper?" and "560." The former takes crunchy bass quacks and pounds against them with a metallic snare drum; the latter takes quirky sub-bass pulses that are quickly recycled into heavy reverb while a simple conga rhythm accents each beat. Groovy. --Daniel Shumate

Album Details

Limited Edition Double CD.

Customer Reviews:

a true journey.......2007-06-25

I'm not a big DNB fan, but this album is incredible. It is a mood of its own; it has a unified vision. It takes you to the darkest reaches of outer space with the sound of mournful metallic whale calls and random snippets of radio relays from a distant space station - but it stays totally coherent with beats that switch from supple to smashing and then back again. A real piece of art.

My first DNB cd WAY BACK WHEN.......2006-04-10

From when I got it in 99 its been a passion for me to be involved with DNB, 7 years ago, wow, But yeh Super Techy it stays a same a lot but very interesting songs with a couple that have superb breakdowns that made me fall in love. I have followed grooverider and goldie and now tons of artist becuase of this cd, even on the market today, it still is a somewhat strange original cd, and it has very dark spacey origins, with a twist of nice groovey origins. Great cd, my first love.......and for the used price its worth it to hear it in full length...

get this double disc version.......2005-12-17

i bought the single disc version when it came out in '98 or '99 but didn't get it back after a breakup. i saw the double disc and thought i should get this one instead because it had two extra tracks. what i didn't know was the the order of songs was switched and in most cases extended. i am blown away! this is so much better than the single i can't believe it, i would even recommend buying the double if you already own the single. the packaging is great which shows me this is the version grooverider wants you to have. do yourself a favour and buy it.

Drum + Bass pioneer does well..........2004-09-22

I'm not a huge fan of drum and bass, but I am an obsessed music lover, and no matter what the genre a song is in, if its good, I'll listen. I've always heard of Grooverider and seen him on countless U.K. festival flyers, and decided to see what the fuss was all about. On Mysteries of Funk, Grooverider takes a very jazzy and lounge-inspired approach. Dancefloor destroyers "Rivers of Congo" and "Where's Jack the Ripper" roll along next to smoother, jazzier cuts such as "Imagination" the beautiful "Rainbows of Color". Emotive chords and clangy guitars phase in and out along extremely tight drum programming and crisp effects. The mastering is excellent, and the album comes through the speaker very clear and effortlessly. The whole album gives the listener a decent listen, and is essential for any newcomer to the drum and bass / jungle genre, as the excellent price and quality factor keep this album stocked in any decent music shop.

the best in the genre.......2004-04-29

This album is the best example of what drum n' bass should sound like. This is why Grooverider is the best. Fork out the money and get this double disc limited edition. I got mine in France. You will not be dissappointed.