DJ Bailey – Intelligent Drum And Bass (1996)

March 6, 2022

This is a fantastic collection of tunes from the 90s, which YouTube insisted on forcing down my gullet. Honestly, this thing has been in my recommended for what seems like a year or so. Now that I’ve heard it, I want to go out and get a copy of the actual cassette.

This is some chilled out shit. It doesn’t quite fall into “house” territory, but the drum and bass beats are more a laid back affair, in leui of your more acceptable stomping and or stonking beats and bass. I initially thought Bailey was the sole contributor but this plays more like a DJ set than an album, with cuts from all sorts of artists across the scene at the time.

Honestly, it’s really nice. Plus, I heard an actual cassette rip, with all the analogue imperfections. Lovely! Takes you back to a time and a place. This is clearly a sought after piece of nostalgia for a lot of folk, judging by the Discogs wantlist and comments section.