Roni Size - New Forms (20th Anniversary Remastered Deluxe Edition) (4 CD) (2017)

From the final drum'n'bass pioneer to release a full-length, Roni Size's New Forms could well be the best. Though it's slightly bloated at two full discs, and slightly overhyped due to its winning Britain's Mercury Prize, New Forms was the major statement on drum'n'bass, barring only Goldie's Timeless. Size's prime asset is his unique style – tough, careening breakbeats and metallic time-stretched effects over the organic, elastic sounds of upright bass and other jazzy add-ons. He also has a knack for deft pacing; though many of his productions test the seven-minute mark, he plays around with the beats so much that no track ever grows boring. On the title track, he weaves two sets of female vocals – American rapper Bahamadia and resident Reprazent diva Onallee – into the mix, digitally syncopating Bahamadia's rap into the production with complete precision. The constantly retriggering breakbeat on "Matter of Fact" makes it another highlight, and Size's transition from the atmospheric "Heroes" to a raging breakbeat storm like "Share the Fall" (both are Onallee features) is astonishing. Yes, Size's production clout is much more apparent on the first disc than the second, but New Forms is laced with so much genius it's worth the price of two discs to own all the excellent productions inside. [A four-CD 20th Anniversary Edition of New Forms was released in 2017, featuring the remastered album plus B-sides on the first two discs; remixes from the likes of Photek, Grooverider, and Peter Kruder on the third disc; and a "live hardware mix" of the album on the fourth disc, featuring previously unreleased edits and remixes by artists including Grooverider, Source Direct, and Krust.]

disc 1 - New Forms (Remastered)
01. Railing [feat. Dynamite MC] [2:06]
02. Brown Paper Bag [9:04]
03. New Forms [feat. Bahamadia & Onallee] [7:44]
04. Let's Get it on [6:57]
05. Digital [feat. Onallee] [9:05]
06. Matter of Fact [4:05]
07. Mad Cat [4:56]
08. Heroes [feat. Onallee] [6:35]
09. Share the Fall [feat. Onallee] (full vocal mix) [6:13]
10. Watching Windows [feat. Onallee] [5:33]
11. Beatbox [1:09]
12. Morse Code [6:40]
13. Destination [8:33]

disc 2 - New Forms (Remastered)
01. Intro [0:54]
02. Hi-Potent [6:53]
03. Trust Me [6:26]
04. Change My Life [8:27]
05. Share the Fall [feat. Onallee] [6:26]
06. Down [6:51]
07. Jazz [6:03]
08. Hot Stuff [6:31]
09. Ballet Dance [6:41]
10. Electricks (bonus forms) [6:18]
11. Western (bonus forms) [6:06]
12. Sounds Fresh (bonus forms) [11:29]

disc 3 - Re Forms
01. Brown Paper Bag [feat. Dynamite MC] (Roni Size full vocal remix) [4:44]
02. Heroes [feat. Onallee] (Origin Unknown remix) [7:26]
03. Watching Windows [feat. Onallee] (DJ Die gnarly vocal mix) [7:38]
04. New Forms [feat. Bahamadia & Onallee] (Krust's wide screen version) [8:33]
05. Share the Fall [feat. Onallee] (Grooverider's jeep style mix) [7:33]
06. Brown Paper Bag (Photek remix) [7:22]
07. Down (Bel-Air Project remix) [5:30]
08. Heroes [feat. Onallee] (Kruder's long loose bossa - edit) [6:36]
09. Watching Windows [feat. Onallee] (Roni Size meets Nuyorican Soul) [13:55]
10. Brown Paper Bag [feat. Dynamite MC] (Roni Size sound is the music remix) [8:58]

disc 4 - Live Forms
01. Morse Code (2017 remix) [4:09]
02. Railing [feat. Dynamite MC] (2008 remix) [2:04]
03. Brown Paper Bag (2017 remix) [6:02]
04. New Forms [feat. Bahamadia & Onallee] (2008 remix) [3:03]
05. Let's Get it on (2017 remix) [2:49]
06. Trust Me (2017 remix + 2017 VIP remix) [3:23]
07. Electricks (2017 remix) [3:47]
08. Heroes [feat. Onallee] (Kruder's long loose bossa + 1997 album version + 2008 remix) [6:44]
09. Down (2017 re-edit) [4:20]
10. Western (2017 remix) [3:53]
11. Watching Windows [feat. Onallee] (1997 radio edit + 1997 instrumental + DJ Die gnarly instrumental mix) [4:50]
12. Sounds Fresh (2017 re-edit) [7:01]
13. Digital [feat. Onallee] (2008 remix) [3:55]
14. Hold the Front Page [4:45]
15. Hi-Potent (2017 re-edit) [4:20]
16. Share the Fall [feat. Onallee] (2017 remix + Grooverider's jeep style mix) (Roni Size re-edit) [3:47]
17. Destination (2017 re-edit) [5:13]
18. Share the Fall [feat. Onallee] (full vocal mix) (2017 remix) [4:41]


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