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Goldie is back, after three years, with a new double album, titled Saturnz Return (London Records). This time around he has company at the top of the drum-'n'-bass heap. Another rising young British drum-'n'-bass star, Roni Size, winner of Britain's prestigious Mercury Music Prize, has also released a new double album, New Forms (Talkin' Loud/Mercury). Neither of these ambitious CDs is perfect--their sprawling size and experimental nature invite occasional slip-ups. Nonetheless, both serve up provocative music that stands apart from and above much of what's out there...
...away from their original genres in search of new forms. After helping launch grunge, Nirvana later denounced it. After helping create trip-hop, the musician Tricky moved on to more unsettling sounds. Goldie's Timeless is a smart, soothing album, with sweet-soul soundscapes that sweep the listener away. Saturnz Return pushes further and rocks harder; it seeks not only to embrace drum 'n' bass but to explore punk and classical music as well. The first song, an hourlong track called Mother, is an excessive, intermittently impressive number, complete with a 30-piece orchestra. Another song, the jagged Temper Temper...
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