Best Drum And Bass Tracks - April 2024

Love Is Here To Stay

• ASIN: B07FYWW1VZ
• ASIN: B07FYWW1VZ
• Manufacturer: Verve Label Group

Dystopia [Explicit]

• ASIN: B015U2LLIW
• ASIN: B015U2LLIW
• Manufacturer: AG Records (Megadeth) 2017

Harmony of Difference

• ASIN: B0749RW4MB
• ASIN: B0749RW4MB
• Manufacturer: Young Turks Recordings

How Did We Get So Dark?

• ASIN: B06Y5GF1XP
• ASIN: B06Y5GF1XP
• Manufacturer: Warner Bros.

The Fall (Amazon Exclusive)

• ASIN: B002U9JEVA
• ASIN: B002U9JEVA
• Manufacturer: Blue Note Records

Incarnate [Explicit]

• ASIN: B01AZG3OM4
• ASIN: B01AZG3OM4
• Manufacturer: Roadrunner Records

Vapor Trails (Remixed)

• ASIN: B00F99EMRE
• ASIN: B00F99EMRE
• Manufacturer: Rhino Atlantic

Apex

• ASIN: B06XVKNMNH
• ASIN: B06XVKNMNH
• Manufacturer: Napalm Records

Turn Out the Lights

• ASIN: B074FVH5MG
• ASIN: B074FVH5MG
• Manufacturer: Matador

Psychotic Symphony [Explicit]

• ASIN: B074KVYG9P
• ASIN: B074KVYG9P
• Manufacturer: InsideOutMusic

Fallen

• ASIN: B010GLWJXI
• ASIN: B010GLWJXI
• Manufacturer: Frontiers Records

God Damn Evil

• ASIN: B079HZ9RV2
• ASIN: B079HZ9RV2
• Manufacturer: Frontiers Music s.r.l

Never Alone

• ASIN: B01EU2UY1S
• ASIN: B01EU2UY1S
• Manufacturer: Another Century

The OOZ

• ASIN: B07595LQDC
• ASIN: B07595LQDC
• Manufacturer: True Panther

Bringin' It

• ASIN: B073WQJSQD
• ASIN: B073WQJSQD
• Manufacturer: Mack Avenue Records

Personnel: Marilyn Manson (vocals, guitar, saxophone, Mellotron, synthesizer, bass, drums, loops); John (guitar, strings, piano); Tim Skold (guitar, accordion, keyboards, synthesizer, bass, programming); MW Gacy (keyboards, synthesizer, loops); Ginger Fish (drums).Producers: Marilyn Manson, Tim Skold, Ben Grosse.Recorded at Doppelherz, The Mix Room, Burbank, California and Ocean Way Studios, Los Angeles, California."Mobscene" was nominated for the 2004 Grammy Award for Best Metal Performance.Marilyn Manson proudly wears his musical influences on his band's fifth studio album, where the perpetually androgynous singer and company continue their crusade of industrial rock outrage, making nods to forerunners while never losing that which is quintessentially Manson. "mOBSCENE," reeks of ANGEL DUST-era Faith No More. "Para Noir" offers a romantic agenda in grand Manson style, with little chance for radio edit status. "Better Of Two Evils" and "Your Fist And Not Your Mouth" rally with undeniable choruses while "This Is The New Shit" nails a Korn-inflected groove. The set's down-tempo title track is built around a haunting piano line, and "(s)AINT" deftly captures the Powerman 5000 style. The album track most likely to get extensive re-mixing is the incredibly catchy "Ka-boom Ka-boom." THE GOLDEN AGE OF GROTESQUE drops yet another bomb on convention, and Marilyn Manson clearly planned it that way.

THE GOLDEN AGE OF GROTESQUE [CLEAN]

• UPC: 3481535
• Rating: 5.0

Personnel: Randy Brecker (trumpet, flugelhorn); Maucha Adnet (vocals); David Sanborn (saxophone); David Bargeron (trombone); David Taylor (bass trombone, tuba); Keith Underwood (alto & bass flutes); Lawrence Feldman (bass flute); Bob Mintzer (bass clarinet); Gil Goldstein (accordion, keyboards); Adam Rogers (acoustic & electric guitars); Bakithi Kumalo (bass); Jonathan Joseph (drums); Cafe (percussion); Richard Sussman (programming).Principally recorded at Power Station, New York, New York. Includes liner notes by Randy Brecker.INTO THE SUN won the 1998 Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Jazz Performance.This disc showcases Randy Brecker's wide-ranging influences and continuing love affair with Brazilian music. Brecker and arranger Gil Goldstein brought together musicians from NY, Miami, Brazil and South Africa to form a unit which manages to maintain a spontaneous feel within some extremely challenging and modern arrangements. "Grey Area" employs the talents of guitarist Adam Rogers to give the track a hard-edged fusion sound reminiscent of early Brecker Brothers music. "The Hottest Man In Town, a recording made by Brecker's father, when the junior Brecker was only two weeks old, predicting Randy's future as an innovative jazz musican.

INTO THE SUN [RANDY BRECKER]

• UPC: 3441664

Personnel: John McCutcheon (vocals, 6 & 12-string acoustic & electric guitars, banjo, hammered dulcimer, fiddle); Mike Cotter, Mary Ann Redmond, Demetra Katson); Pete Kennedy (acoustic & electric guitars, banjo, mandolin); Bob Read (clarinet, soprano saxophone, saxophone); Jon Carroll (accordion, piano, background vocals); John D'earth (trumpet); Doug Elliott (trombone); Michael Aharon (piano, electric piano, organ, synthesizer); JT Brown (bass, background vocals); Robert "Jos" Jospe (drums, percussion); Kevin Davis (congas, percussion); Bob Dawson (percussion).Recorded at Bias Studios, Springfield, Virginia.All tracks have been digitally mastered using HDCD technology.JOHN MCCUTCHEON'S FOUR SEASONS: AUTUMNSONGS was nominated for a 1999 Grammy for Best Musical Album For Children.Nothing's what you expect it to be on AUTUMNSONGS. McCutcheon is known as a first rate folk guitarist, but he underplays both his guitar skills and his folkie side in favor of full band arrangements featuring lots of electric instruments. This is ostensibly a children's album, but if you weren't listening intently to the skew of the lyrics, you'd just think it was a straight-up contemporary singer-songwriter effort. This recording continues McCutcheon's seasonal series, and it does contain songs about Halloween, Thanksgiving and such, but it seems to venture far beyond the theme. AUTUMNSONGS is ultimately a family album rather than just a kids' recording.

FOUR SEASONS: AUTUMNSONGS

• UPC: 3440779

This is an Enhanced CD, which contains both regular audio tracks and multimedia computer files.Personnel includes: Ozzy Osbourne (vocals); Zakk Wylde (guitar); Robert Trujillo (bass); Mike Bordin (drums).Recorded live at Budokan Hall, Tokyo, Japan on February 15, 2002.Fans fretting that Ozzy's reputation has been transformed into that of a distaff Robert Young thanks to the runaway success of the MTV reality show The Osbournes can breathe a sigh of relief upon hearing the fire-breathing performance rendered on LIVE AT BUDOKAN. Fronting a quartet that includes longtime guitarist Zakk Wylde (latest in a long line of hot-shot guitarists dating back to the late Randy Rhodes), Suicidal Tendencies bassist Robert Trujillo, and Faith No More drummer Mike Bordin, the Ozzman is in ferociously fine form.Hop-scotching through his considerable canon with Wylde providing molten riffs throughout, Ozzy delivers scalding versions of classics ranging from "I Don't Know" and "Crazy Train" to an over-the-top reading of "Mr. Crowley" juiced up by John Sinclair's ominous keyboard intro. Ozzy shows his range with the prog-metal psychedelia of "No More Tears," the heartfelt emoting that defines the smash power ballad "Mama I'm Coming Home," and the soaring semi-autobiography "Road To Nowhere." Although the only Sabbath number included in this set is the overplayed "Paranoid," the rest of LIVE AT BUDOKAN crackles with the kind of energy that you're not going to find on a re-run of Father Knows Best.

LIVE AT BUDOKAN [PA]

• UPC: 3490087

Rage Against The Machine: Zack De La Rocha (vocals); Tom Morello (guitar); Tim Commerford (bass); Brad Wilk (drums).Additional personnel includes: Sen Dog, B-Real (rap vocals).Producers: Rick Rubin, Rage Against The Machine, Brendan O'Brien.Engineers: Jim Scott, David Schiffman, Nick DiDia.Principally recorded at Cello Studios, Hollywood, California and The Village Recorder, Los Angeles, California."Renegades Of Funk" was nominated for the 2002 Grammy Award for Best Hard Rock Performance.Seemingly due to the hasty departure of vocalist Zach De La Rocha, what had originally been intended as a second disc complementing a live set finds its solo release in RENEGADES. Originally born in the lighthearted spirit of cover albums such as Metallica's GARAGE DAYS series, RENEGADES is an assembly of interpretations of protest songs that spans many musical styles.From the funk treatment of the obscure "Pistol Grip Pump" (originally recorded by Volume 10), to the slowed-down, stomping groove of the MC5's "Kick Out the Jams," there is seemingly no song the band can't transform and make their own. Identifying closely with Rage Against The Machine's political ideals are Afrika Bambaataa's "Renegades of Funk," and the previously single-only cover of Bruce Springsteen's "The Ghost of Tom Joad." In what fans might optimistically interpret as a hint of what is to follow, two hidden live tracks round out RENEGADES' 60-plus minute assault.

RENEGADES [LIMITED EDITION] [PA]

• UPC: 3490139

Personnel: Coleman Hawkins (tenor saxophone); Idrees Sulieman (trumpet); J.J. Johnson (trombone); Hank Jones (piano); Barry Galbraith (guitar); Oscar Pettiford (bass); Jo Jones (drums).Recorded at Reeves Sound Studios, New York, New York on March 12 & 15, 1957. Originally released on Riverside (233). Includes liner notes by Orrin Keepnews.Digitally remasterd by Joe Tarantino (1987, Fantasy Studios, Berkeley, California).THE HAWK THAT FLIES HIGH is a swingin' small group session lead by Coleman Hawkins in 1957. This album features the then-young bebop musicians J.J. Johnson (trombone), Idrees Sulieman (trumpet), Barry Galbraith (guitar), Oscar Pettiford (bass), and the great Hank Jones (piano).The rhythm section plays with a quieter, calmer approach to the music best evidenced by the opening track "Chant." However, early hard-bop is heard on tracks such as "Juicy Fruit" and "Blue Lights." Refusing to be pigeon-holed, Hawkins returns to his swing roots with "Sanctity." This is one of Hawk's best efforts from to come out of the 1950s.

THE HAWK FLIES HIGH [CD] [1 DISC]

• UPC: 3447524

Personnel: McCoy Tyner (piano); Gary Bartz (saxophone); Terence Blanchard (trumpet); Christian McBride (bass instrument); Lewis Nash (drums).Recording information: Avatar, New York, New York (11/18/2003 - 11/19/2003).ILLUMINATIONS finds McCoy Tyner, some 40 years after his best-known work (as a member of John Coltrane's legendary early-1960s quartet), still kicking. Tyner's energies as a session leader, composer, and ever-progressive musician haven't flagged since the mid-'60's, when the pianist started heading his own dates. On this 2004 album, as per usual, Tyner has surrounded himself with some of the finest personnel in jazz, including bassist Christian McBride, sax player Gary Bartz, and trumpeter Terence Blanchard.Tyner's music is appealing for its balance of familiar hard-bop vocabulary and intricately wrought structures--it is rhythmic and accessible, yet intellectually engaging. Tyner plays with great vigor, mixing virtuoso classical flourishes with bold chords and dazzlingly complex solos. His compositions here touch on avant-bebop ("The Chase"), Latin groove ("Angelina"), and smooth swing (the title track--on which all the musicians get a chance to stretch out). Blanchard's playing is especially notable, substantiating the melody lines in the chorus and blazing on the solos (as on "New Orleans Stomp," driven by a classic second-line beat). The high quality of music here--in conception and execution--should come as no surprise to long-time fans of Tyner or his sidemen.

Mccoy Tyner - Illuminations (SACD NEW)Label: TelarcFormat: SACDRelease Date: 22 Jun 2004No. of Discs: 1UPC: 089408359965Details1. Illuminations2. Angelina3. New Orleans Stomp4. Come Rain Or Come Shine5. Soulstice6. Blessings7. If I Should Lose You8. The Chase9.

• UPC: 3465201