Music Review

Planet V (1999)

EW's GRADE
A-

Details Release Date: Mar 30, 1999; Genre: Electronic

Is drum-and-bass a casualty of the club wars, overtaken by new dance-music forms? Not from the sound of Planet V, a compilation which features two CDs' worth of new beat-burners from such kings of the jungle as Roni Size and Dillinja. What this collection mostly affirms is the stylistic breadth of the genre; from sci-fi symphonics and techno brutalism to organic jazziness, every track is out of this world when it comes to the dance floor. A-
Originally posted Apr 16, 1999 Published in issue #481 Apr 16, 1999 Order article reprints

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