
Various: Mental Illness: Back in the Community
By Ania Glowacz
Whilst Databass takes care of the drum'n'bass underground in Auckland with its DJ Collective, club nights and music releases, Mental Illness offers both the drum'n'bass heads and the left-of-centre local electronic composer an outlet for more experimental forays. This is the second major compilation and offers everything from hip hop, chilled lounge, dubby steppers, blunted beats, electro-tech, tranced twistedness, to a bit of drill'n'bass. The range of artists and styles represented is vast, but by no means disparate or jarring. Essentially the living, breathing definition of 'sampler' in all its true marvelous multifariousness - it's great to hear so much creativity out there. You'd do well to check out the likes of Dialator, Audioslut, Jamie Newman, The Downlow, Dr Lovelazy, Atomick, Further, Em:U and others now or in the near future. The discs are available for peanuts ($10 or less) through In Music or at Play Records in K Road. The underground is alive and well!
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