DJ Scud and Rich Kid, "Murder Sound"

Finally, more DJ Scud available on CD. On this release he teams up withour favorite newly-skinny ambiguously gay rock star drum'n'bassproducer Matthias Mootz, also known as Panacea, Squaremeter, Kate Mosh,and here, Rich Kid. After Panacea started producing what can only beaffectionately referred to as "soft" drum'n'bass, a far cry from hisoriginal release 'Low Profile Darkness.' All is not lost for the fansof his early sound, however, since it is very much present here on thisalbum.Rich Kid is his distorted-ragga-jungle project, and I have tosay it kicks enormous ass. I suppose some people might not like theragga part of it, but I love it; nothing like angry Jamaicans and fuzzyreggae samples. All of his tracks are excellent, and for thosenew-school Panacea fans, he offers a "Panacea remix" of an oldBloodclaat Gangsta Youth (aka DJ Scud) track. I suppose that warrantsthe huge "PANACEA" on the cover... trying to sucker in fans, anyone? Asfor DJ Scud, his stuff is wonderful as always, but I have to say I'm alittle disappointed on how little of it there is that's actually new.0nly one track is new, the appropriately titled "Stormtrooper." Hisstuff is noisy and balls-out as usual, and his last track (from the'Gun Court' 7" with Shizuo) veers on being sheer noise. Very good stuff(but we've heard it before! Give us MORE!) from the lovable TobyReynolds (how's that for a hardcore name?). A wonderful and worthypurchase, but you might want to think about it if you already own thevinyl that contains the source of most of the tracks here. - 

samples:

• DJ Scud - Badman Time
• Rich Kid - Version
• Bloodclaat Gangsta Youth - Kill or Be Killed (Panacea remix)

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