Essential DnB albums?

Lately I've been getting into DnB. But I find it pretty hard to find any really good albums.

I own albums like: Dom & Roland - Industry, Breakage - This Too Shall Pass, Calibre - Musique Concrete, Seba & Paradox - Beats Me. etc... which all are amazing.

But it's not enough, so what are some other albums i maybe should check out?

Thanks!

Goldie - Timeless.

Does exactly what it says on the tin.

There are various threads on this if you hunt around

but I would recommend

Source Direct - Exorcise The Demons

Photek - Modus Operandi

roni size/reprazent - new forms

LTJ Bukem - Journey Inwards

a guy called gerald - black secret technology

photek - download all the early 12 inches and play them in order like an album.

ed rush & optical - wormhole

Spring Heel Jack - 68 Million Shades and Busy, Curious, Thirsty (1st one is jazzy, second one has a harder edge, both have great beatwork)

Panacea - Low Profile Darkness (dark, and a little cheesy, but still good)

Icarus - Kamikaze (just plain good)

Solar X - Little Pretty Automatic (well, its really drill and bass, but yeah, get it.)

ltj bukem - producer 01

matrix - sleep walk

grooverider - prototype years, not an album but a mix, very good though.

ed rush & optical - the creeps

boymerang - Balance Of The Force

its weird, source direct's exorcise the demons doesn't really do anything for me at all. but their early vinyl stuff/compilation tracks are some of my fav dnb. current value's first albums are good.

  On 2/23/2010 at 11:12 PM, Stoppit said:

There are various threads on this if you hunt around

 

but I would recommend

 

Source Direct - Exorcise The Demons

Photek - Modus Operandi

wow that's like half the dnb i own right there

plug drum n bass for papa is the second half

  On 2/23/2010 at 11:47 PM, Polymershapes said:

a guy called gerald - black secret technology

yes

Bad Company - Inside the Machine

  On 2/24/2010 at 3:05 AM, thief said:

its weird, source direct's exorcise the demons doesn't really do anything for me at all. but their early vinyl stuff/compilation tracks are some of my fav dnb.

Yeah, I can understand that. Their early stuff was looser and also very good. Overall I prefer Exorcise The Demons - I think the tracks on it have more progression and detail to them. It took me a while to get into the album, but now it's one of my all-time favourites.

  On 2/24/2010 at 4:52 AM, nene multiple assgasms said:

  On 2/23/2010 at 11:47 PM, Polymershapes said:

a guy called gerald - black secret technology

 

yes

HELL YES

As far as DnB mix albums go, I'd also recommend Goldie - INCredible Sound of Drum'n'Bass

There's always Amen Andrews and Soundmurderer & SK-1, but I guess that's jungle...Rephlex jungle.

Agree with Ed Rush and Optical.

  On 2/23/2010 at 11:47 PM, Polymershapes said:

photek - download all the early 12 inches and play them in order like an album.

This is proving more difficult in execution than in theory... if anyone knows where a fellow might be able to find some digital versions (especially the Truper singles), kindly let another fellow know (via pm).

photek - form & function

4Hero - Parallel Universe.

Ambush! - Mash The Place Up (compilation)

Grooverider - Mysteries of Funk

I know some might think it's overrated, but take note that Optical had a huge hand in producing this.

It's pretty much sounds like an album by Optical, but with some added jazzy bits, some vocals etc.

I always rated Miles From Home by Peshay.

Modus Operandi is one of my favourite things ever too, but that's obvious enough not to even need recommendation.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8CardiNFxrU

Cannot wait for this record to drop next month

everything by Noisia (everything that is DnB and hence relevant to the topic, at least)

almost everything by Current Value

  On 2/26/2010 at 8:30 PM, scones to die for said:

 

Grooverider - Mysteries of Funk

 

I know some might think it's overrated, but take note that Optical had a huge hand in producing this.

 

It's pretty much sounds like an album by Optical, but with some added jazzy bits, some vocals etc.

it's really good. if anything i think it's an unerrated album. Optical was on the top of his game at that period.