Root Down in the Shadow

Hey friends!  I know I have a pretty heavy focus on rock & folk here at Root Down In The Shadow, but from time to time I totally dig me some solid Electronica music.  Back in the late '90's, we'd have Electronica nights with Fatboy Slim, The Chemical Brothers, Deejay Punk-Roc, Propellerheads, The Crystal Method and more!!!   It was the golden age really, drum & bass was live and well with Goldie.  Everyone wanted a Moby or Fatboy Slim remix!   The best albums of many artists dropped at that time.  Many bands have infiltrated our daily lives without us even knowing, such as Chemical Brothers 'Galvanize' on a beer commerical or Massive Attack's 'Teardrop' as the theme music for the widely successful tv show House !! So what does this have to do with Conspirator??  Conspirator's  Unleashed is the best entry I've heard to date since my old electronica days, to get this "old man" turn up his bass and crank the stereo loud. ...

Back in '96, I had a semester abroad in Bristol, England .  Bristol and it's surrounding area was booming with Big Beat and Trip Hop.  The "Bristol Sound" included  Portishead , named after the town across the way, Massive Attack, and Tricky.   Being young (19) and carefree at the time (I rarely had class, and even less was expected of me as a foreign student), made it extremely easy to see this scene in it's prime.  I was frequently being asked by a young french co-ed, named Julie to accompany her to the clubs to partake.  But, I was into this German girl named Annette , and I totally missed it.    ALL OF IT. The sounds, the scene, everything!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I didn't even know what I missed until a few years later.  I did, however, start my journey into Big Beat, Trip Hop and Electronica, a year later.  I had been receiving CMJ New Music Monthly for a few years at this point, and during my junior year of college, I was getting ...