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Aphrodite (Aphrodite)
from V2

Disk 1: - Interlude - Cross Channel - Spice - BM Funkster - Aphro Intermood - Rinsing Quince - Style From The Dark Side - UFO (Are We Alone) - Listen To The Rhythm - Music's Hypnotising - Woman That Rolls - Summer Breeze - King Of The Beats - Stalker - Cool Flight

Aphrodite from V2

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Customer Rating: Average Rating: 4 out of 5
Binding/Format: Audio CD
Release Date: 18/10/1999

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Music Pod Price: £21.95

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PRODUCT REVIEW

As part of the Urban Takeover collective, Aphrodite has produced some brilliant funky drum and bass remixes of the Jungle Brothers, Luniz, Moloko and Audioweb, and on his own he's been belting out top-notch jungle since the genre's inception in the early 1990s. His debut album is gloriously predictable--and that's a good thing. While other high-profile junglists turn to coffee-table jazz on their LPs, Aphrodite sticks to what he does best: dark and funky jungle. So instead of head-nodding jazz noodling, we get dark, bowel-shaking funky basslines, old school hardcore samples and rip-roaring breaks, all chopped together with a venomous urgency more suited to the dancefloor than your front room. While Aphrodite won't win any awards for innovation or woo a new generation of fans, it will delight his followers and any lovers of jump-up drum & bass. --Matt Anniss



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Phenomenal (Aphrodite) CD Rating stars Sent: 30 March 2010
Always loved this CD - although it's years old, it's DnB at it's best & always a must for any Drum n Bass loving person


Good, but dated. Rating stars Sent: 27 March 2006
Gavin King/Aphrodite's full length debut is a good listen, but there's not enough innovation to make it last as an album, or even variation to make you listan to the whole thing over and over again.

Outstanding tracks such as Rincing Quince and Spice are the benchmarks, but rather than actually building on his own good material King has a tendency to repeat it. Odd tracks do still get put on the decks every now and again but all in all an album you're far better off with New Forms or even Timeless, which predate this by some margin yet seem to have stood the test of time better.


whats up with the track listing? Rating stars Sent: 10 December 2002
The only reason i originally wanted to purchase this CD was because I thought the track 'dub moods (the greateset trick)'was on it. However when I received the CD I was shocked when I realised that the the track listing on the this site is completely different to that on the actual CD! Despite this initial flaw in my purchase, I listened with an open mind. I wasn't dissapointed. This album has some quality tunes on it and I find it quite chilled out at times in comparison to the drum and bass I usually listen to. Its got a nice almost funky feel to it and the tracks blend nicely into each other. However, I still prefer darker more intense drum & bass. So in my opinion it's nothing speacial, yet not bad at all!


This album is 1 of the best drum n base albums around Rating stars Sent: 06 March 2002
It is quite differant to the drum n base that you would here in the clubs as it is more chilled out than usal but it is great if you just want to chill its full of tippy samples and bubley base lines and not to hectic if you just want to listen to some good drum n base however if you are a hardcore jungleist and want something to dance to this is not for you but its good to listen to 5 stars BUY BUY BUY


King of the Beats Rating stars Sent: 29 May 2001
This recording is simply brilliant. An excellant intro track leads you into the slightly mediocre Cross Channel but from there on it it gets better and better, leading you through the pure genius that is Badest Mutha Funkster, Rincing Quince, Style From the Dark Side '99, King of The Beats and Woman that Rolls. They're just all ace. Aphrodite has a really distinct style that you could argue gets samey, but some great MC'ing samples interludes keep the whole CD fresh. Anyone who likes Drum and Bass will like it.




Associated music album categories: Dance & Electronic & Drum & Bass - Jungle Dance Music, Pop


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