First time I heard this was at a party in Sheffield in 1997-8 visiting a friend at the uni. All his friends were together in a large dimly lit room and there was a DJ. It was post-acid house and rave era and people were serious about their drum and bass. The ragga had diversified into atmosheric and jazz and it was multicultural as well, Indian experimental stuff among others. The people were very friendly and had dreadlocks or crazy spiky hair and quirky looking baggy clothes with lots of pockets to hide drugs in. The air was thick with weed smoke and someone passed me a spliff the size of my forearm, which had buds in that crackled sweet juice when you inhaled. Everything looked like it was glitching in slow motion and I could hear the layers clearly separated in the music, surrounding me and washing over me. The DJ dropped this track and I was like holy shite wtf is this!!! Every single little hair on my body stood on end with the endorphin rush that went up through the back of my head and down through my arms and nose. I looked down at myself and realised I was no longer sitting on the floor smoking - I was now on my feet and dancing with everyone else. I'm so glad I was there. I do hope young people today have similar.

@bigchris80

Жыл бұрын

They do bro, just seen this on a drum and bass page, saying this was the roots to what we have today (dnb) so yeah man, I was 17 in 97' just starting the club scene myself. Memories hey👍

@TheButterRoyale

Жыл бұрын

If they're in the midwest and seeking it out, it's there!!!!

@daceruza6722

Жыл бұрын

Oh the mercies, right! I feel the same way when I head this tune

@marcussmith7694

Жыл бұрын

Austin metro, soap bar shotties, weed blunts. Ronnie size beating out of house speakers rigged up in the metro.. We live in the deepness of the country lanes and we got fucked on every drug and the times of freedom! We talk of the youth of today not realising, feeling the emotional release we had back in the day but they will reflect, reminisce and long for their time and music. No doubt they will comment on the generation growing beneath their time and view as our generation do today..

@lunasrojas_

Жыл бұрын

We do ✨

Late 90s is the future.

@ipiap

7 жыл бұрын

Minus the somewhat dated television set. No wonder that woman wanted to get rid of it. She must all of a sudden have felt the need for something futuristic, heavily inspired by the music.

@stylepartner5123

7 жыл бұрын

Tricky, Roni, Photek, Aphex etc will always be next gen.

@MCBaldyP

7 жыл бұрын

erm...most raves are illegal pmsl!! Always have been and always will be.

@melb2097

7 жыл бұрын

Axl Rose ate my Buick Beatles revolution

@modularcarpet

7 жыл бұрын

Well, technically it is the past, but I get your point and agree. Although not D&B, my favourite group Eat Static were great in the 90s.

That bassline, forever burned into my head as are the nights in Fabric bouncing to Roni and all the legends from back in the day..

Still the best bass groove after 25 years. God bless 90`s MTV that introduced so many new genres to the masses.

@paulfletcher3998

Жыл бұрын

I was lucky enough to see Reprazent play a live set at a festival near Bristol years ago. They were amazing. Best band I've ever seen live. The crowd went crazy.

@johnfloyd4166

Жыл бұрын

good times

@LMB222

Жыл бұрын

TMC, not MTV. Not just "a detail".

@soulsessionsradio4234

8 ай бұрын

ya dun knw

New Forms was a life defining album. An instant classic.

@richardmollberg3096

2 жыл бұрын

Agree, the whole concept was original. Together with Daft Punks ”Homework” and Kruder & Dorfmeister ”K&D Sessions” and many more...

@matthewzakszewski2105

Жыл бұрын

Thought about giving it a listen.

@Katy-sh3ru

Жыл бұрын

@@richardmollberg3096 Endtroducing - DJ Shadow

@bodhid

Жыл бұрын

Late-90's was the electronic music equivalent of the late-60's into the 70's rock golden era; just the perfect confluence of culture, talent and art. We're still in the shadow of that era, nothing since it has had the same impact.

@johnfloyd4166

10 ай бұрын

True ❤😊

2020 and still holding its ground

@finallyawoken9454

4 жыл бұрын

Yep. I proposed to my girlfriend back in the day with this classic. kzread.info/dash/bejne/n3iTztiknLm3fpc.html Still going strong... just :)

@mar15115

4 жыл бұрын

One of the best of its genre

@paulmchale5970

3 жыл бұрын

@@finallyawoken9454 nnnnnnnnggggg

@ZenRockerPower

3 жыл бұрын

Still an absolute banger

@alexavfclineham7301

3 жыл бұрын

It always will, nothing these days compares

I haven't heard this track for 20 years, and it's still good! BOOM

The 90s were such a melting pot of gorgeous music, and I think early jungle and drum and bass played a massive part in that

@mar15115

4 жыл бұрын

Call me crazy but the 90s was music at its peak. Every genre was at the top of their game

@drifter402

3 жыл бұрын

@@mar15115 it was electronic music certainly. Still things are pretty dope now so it's all good

Massive metalhead, still love this track. Takes me back. Amazing video too, especially for the time.

@apolamperouge6013

2 жыл бұрын

and shot here in Toronto. I feel ya brother, one of the best shows I have ever seen, and ive been to hundreds of concerts

@noaharkadedelgado

6 ай бұрын

You mean the genre or record label?

And once again I'm getting nostalgia from the experiences I've never had.

@gomezpants

3 жыл бұрын

Lol we didn't know what we had

@biguprochester

2 жыл бұрын

Me neither 🤫

@vinstinct

2 жыл бұрын

I believe there is actually a word for that in Japanese or Korean.

@petehoadley741

2 жыл бұрын

It's a belter of a album

@andrewperry7204

2 жыл бұрын

Sorry for ya. Thank god one of the last I saw at the state palace rip to the palace

I saw this video on MTV Amp. It was the first drum and bass song I ever heard. D&B has been my favorite music genre ever since.

@aceofspadeslandscapelesson8219

9 жыл бұрын

Right on man. It was the first vid ide ever seen and one of the first dnb tunes for me too. I was introduced to the scwne by my British cuz in about 94. Love it

@phuturephunk

8 жыл бұрын

Gary W-l-o-t Same, although I remember Inner City Life as my first...also on Amp. Good time to come of age.

@english1midlands

8 жыл бұрын

Gary W-l-o-t That must of blown you away,I remember there was nothing like it in the main stream besides Goldie.I'm guessing your not from England then?I was lucky enough to be out Ravin twice,3 times,lol.a week and heard DnB evolve.I'm not the biggest fan of DnB but I have been listening to a lot of Congo Natty aka Rebel MC,check out his UK All Stars,Massive Tune.

@user-fox4477

8 жыл бұрын

+english1midlands if I had Goldie on main stream I wouldn't be complaining :-) but in Poland at the time was just .... shame hehe

@nachodoggy

8 жыл бұрын

+Gary W-l-o-t this is jungle, not drum and bass

The biggest Drum'n'Bass classic! The most incredible tune ever made in the DB scene... Great memories and feelings listening to it! Full Cycle Crew Rules!

@napad3000

2 жыл бұрын

definitiv!!!!!

@ajmetz82

10 ай бұрын

Can't argue. I recall Bad Ass being pretty big too of course.

@deanosaur808

8 ай бұрын

Only someone that doesn't listen to much Dnb would say that. I've listened to Dnb almost constantly since the early nineties, I'm even listening to Dnb on pirate radio right now.. it's a great tune for sure, but i had to come here to here it again, because most DJs just don't want to hear it ever again 😅 basically, it was played to death, and slightly overrated. Other less commercially successful tunes gets more airtime on pirate radio than this, yet most people here have probably never heard any of them before 🤷 It's almost like he was taking the piss at the time, "rhythm made out of brown paper" sampling wasn't exactly new in the late nineties lol. I won't mention his best tune "timestretch" 😝 again, a title named after a production technique that was already pioneered a year or so earlier, if Goldie is to believed (yes, that guy that relies on others to do all the studio work) 😅

Step to the rhythm made out of brown paper, sounds entering of a different nature, Rhythms get greater, And the rhythms they get greater Love it

@noxiousdow

Жыл бұрын

Sounds that we bring are of a different nature

Big shout from America. What an artist from an amazing musical city Bristol UK. Loving Roni Size and other Bristol artists like Massive Attack, Portishead, Tricky, Smith and Mighty, Kosheen, Krust, Pinch, Allflaws

@LMB222

Жыл бұрын

DJ Krust was on this album.

@davidtriplett8105

Жыл бұрын

Hundred percent Detroit native raver. Always said I would get to Bristol one day..... been about taking me boys to the bucket list

@Christinalovesturtle

Жыл бұрын

​@davidtriplett8105 Yooooo... for real my 1 bucket list item!! You know!

@markholden7498

Жыл бұрын

Bristol was cutting edge at the time - big shout out 😊

@alinazaranska9135

11 ай бұрын

Their music is still modern

Never gets old.

@Barney-ii1no

7 жыл бұрын

timeless music, most of the stuff in the charts nowadays doesn't last longer than a year

@patocallaghan3648

7 жыл бұрын

True that

@PistolC

7 жыл бұрын

And never will :)

@stu-ui3rf

7 жыл бұрын

True, love the fretless bass plus beats sound, classic, I've met roni, lovely guy.

@cokergx3

6 жыл бұрын

And still making heads bobble and bottoms wiggle.....

still one of the best nearly 20 years later

@mikilos100

6 жыл бұрын

true story

Took my first pill at Glastonbury 1999 dancing to Reprazent. Ahhhh you can't beat those kind of moments!!!! My life changed irrevocably and wonderfully in that field that night :-)

That tune u forget then hear years later dtill same goose bumps

Nothing but respect to Roni Size and Reprazent. True pioneers amongst the DnB massive. Never gets old ever!

wow this brings back memory's of what Toronto looked like bacl in the 90's. Its unbelievable how much cars, clothing, accessories, etc have changed in a little over 14 years

Will never get old.

goose bumps!!! takes me back to my wild , reckless , slightly blurred days of my misspent youth . Love this fuckin tune

@tonyska

9 жыл бұрын

I'm with you there brother, wild times in the 90s!

@spaceedementia

6 жыл бұрын

Tony Ska we can never go back... But glad we were there to have this imprinted on our souls 💙💙💙

@TheEyez187

2 жыл бұрын

If awesome memories is a sign of a misspent youth, then fuck being right!! Right!? edit - that makes sense in my head! >XD

@JOSEVIFuentes

2 жыл бұрын

from spain, valencia, bakalao party & after DnB.

@charlesspurrier155

2 жыл бұрын

@@TheEyez187 A well spent youth

Love this tune. Reminds me of my days living up Holloway Road going to house parties and clubs.

@steffcantt24

4 жыл бұрын

2years in London fully lived.. 96/98.. I was working in a restaurant and served food to Goldie.. 😅 What a unique times!

Rolling into 2022 and this still in my play list. May everyone have a happy and safe new year and R.I.P Betty White...

@jonikovermars

Жыл бұрын

2023 hello

@crisdnomad4498

Жыл бұрын

@@jonikovermars pp😊pick a 😊

@MrSpliffy3

4 ай бұрын

2024 in da house yo​@@jonikovermars

2023 and still one of the my all time favorites

@Alga-team

10 ай бұрын

Tottally agree

@markhowards420

9 ай бұрын

🤘👍✌️😁

@romeoivan5269

Ай бұрын

2024

@romeoivan5269

Ай бұрын

Listen to kosheen - drum n bass reborn

Still bangin after all this time. Timeless, after Goldie...

@The_Angry_BeEconomist

3 жыл бұрын

Wormhole is also timeless, if you will

I'm not sure I ever appreciated that this video was shot in Toronto. Big up the hometown tdot crew 👊

@MrDBassett

Жыл бұрын

Big up! All across the city

I just discovered this and i'm from the U.S, holy fuck y'all are on something different overseas! I respect.

@erdingtonsfinest937

6 жыл бұрын

midnight marauder you're all over the classic tunes on KZread, hope you're enjoying!

@AnagramFoilBalloonFan

6 жыл бұрын

well in the past yes... but ppl here in Denmark have horrible taste in music too much American pop music and rock/metal... early 00's I was listing to German Radio and they played this song and many other classics...

@petermikolay

6 жыл бұрын

rock/metal can b sweet, just choose w taste..! ;)

@trybal007

6 жыл бұрын

BratzSamuel2005 Looking in the wrong places.

@trialstar

6 жыл бұрын

I wish I could show you some more, midnightmarauder!

Still sounding fresh in 2019

@rinserepeat6388

4 жыл бұрын

2020 no different...

@patrickbyrne5070

4 жыл бұрын

Drum and bass has come back in force .. and for a Mandem I cannot tell you how happy it makes me. Imagine them bro’s that did original Amen break got royalties from this aswell lol

@jollyroger4761

2 жыл бұрын

2021 the same 💥

Put this on in the car the other night, got goosebumps. I still remember seeing this video for the first time when it came out and it was the coolest thing I had ever seen. The music "dusty yet mechanical", the video matches it perfectly. This track survives the test of time.

After hearing probably thousands of DnB albums still New Forms by Roni Size is my favorite, an absolute masterpiece in DnB (my #1 in my personal top ten dnb list) and in electronic music history. I have made people that don't like DnB have a listen at this album ,including this song, and they all have enjoyed it. It's 2021 and these songs feel like they are brand new, no matter if you want to party hard, chill or just drive around listening to something, this whole album will make you have a good time. I still have the CD and from time to time I pop it in my laptop or in my car, what a great feeling.

@michaelt9245

3 жыл бұрын

whats your top 10 ?

This used to be my jam! It's been *years* since I've listened to this lol. Awesome!

this is the radio version. the full version on the album is like 9 minutes long

@jr.sw23

3 жыл бұрын

Every music video I've seen is the radio version, is there an original mix with a music video for any songs?

@Machismo1983

3 жыл бұрын

@@jr.sw23 Aphex Twin "windowlicker" off the top of my head

@thebilecollector

3 жыл бұрын

@@Machismo1983 that is still a shortened version with a section taken out before the ending part though the majority of the song is there

@McGeeeeesees

2 жыл бұрын

Ahhhh radio version. By far the best and most balanced version. Hard to find

@epistolize

Жыл бұрын

At l*ast a tu*n& a 1/2! BigUps

I was so mesmerized when this one came on the telly when I was like 13yrs old. 90s had the best music and clips! :D

@veliborvojinovic4434

3 жыл бұрын

Same here , only at that time I was 17 d[☆_☆]b trippy times 🎧🎶🚀

Dam this brings back memories of the good days 😪

this one never gets old.

@mattyreynolds4243

8 жыл бұрын

+Branka Jovanović

1997... damn.

Saw Roni Size at Electric , Brixton , London last night..he dropped this one at 5am...absolutely incredible...

@paulmcfc5891

6 жыл бұрын

Brent Holloway because at 5 am he was off his nut.....

@carlsheath8918

6 жыл бұрын

doomplatoon jealous mate

@smokez5931

5 жыл бұрын

Born n bred in Briccy

@tombutcher3021

3 жыл бұрын

@@ambiance461 pills!!!

@yan5200

3 жыл бұрын

@@ambiance461 OC is obviously reminiscing...

Toronto!

@jeffreybemma7162

9 жыл бұрын

Dharni Whitby

@hojdog

8 жыл бұрын

Jeffrey Bemma Blandford

@rebeccacastleton8312

6 жыл бұрын

killem with the bass

@bishbish9111

6 жыл бұрын

Krosno Odrzańskie.

@andrewsouthward7946

6 жыл бұрын

Manchester England

Takes me back to movement on a Thursday night, sweat dripping g off those low ceilings, folks loving life, the best drum and base night out…

This blow up my mind in late 1997. Then I bought the 2-disc CD.

Love it! I saw it tonight (20/11/2015) at BBC4 playing life with Jools Holland. What a brilliant reminder of a great music. Got the goose bumps all over my body listening to this lol. 18 years since it was made and still going fucking strong. I love England for this simple reason that they make a lot of excellent music we all grow up with and love (Roni, Dj SS, Goldie, Massive Atack, Portishead, The Streets, Gorillaz, Carl Cox,Giles Peterson, Jamie XX, Blur, Leftfield, Future Sound of London,Dave Clarke, Eats Everything, Art of Noise, Pete Tong,Boards of Canada, James Blake to just name the precious few but still there's so much more, many, many and many more great musicians ☆ My world wouldn't be the same without them ☆

@granolabombz7560

8 жыл бұрын

+KT KJ Halleluyah!

@kusher9935

8 жыл бұрын

+KT KJ BOC are scottish! Uk massive

@Morph-on1vl

6 жыл бұрын

Roni, massive attack and Portishead all from Bristol

@ells101

6 жыл бұрын

Id be very hesitant adding Eats Everything to that list of legends :/... you forgot Basement Jaxx, Cabaret Voltaire, Sugeon and Regis (actually there are loads more, come on england!!)

@Alga-team

6 жыл бұрын

Fox you god damn right!

Wow. 22 years ago. How time flies. I saw him live, along with the entire V records crew, at the Metro in Chicago. It was winter of 98. The Ataris were in full force that night. They rocked that place so hard I thought the stage was going to collapse.

How I wish to get back to 90's hell yeah

Classic is an understatement. Respect!

Track is still so relevant. DnB 4lyfe

This always was , and will forever remain one of the greatest choons EVER. IT IS IMMENSE! AND SO ICONIC.

Haha just playing this now.....remember from 97/98 one nation.......yes

wow- havent heard this since 1999. I remember getting the cd in Oxford street and listening to this on a discman travelling home on the tube. What an exceptionally creative era for British music, that whole mid nineties to early 2000's.

@reopenthecase9291

3 жыл бұрын

🤗

@gfranks5080

3 жыл бұрын

Absolutely!!

ive been to hundreds of concerts, seen all different types of bands. roni size's show for new forms tour still stands top 10 i have ever seen. their energy is just contagious.

Classic. Absolute Classic. M2 Blew my young mind in the mid-90's when this jam hit the airwaves. So chill, so jazzy, but so bad ass.

The cassette I had of this album was so worn out that my walkman ate the thing, choked on it, and died. Such great album.

@jonahmcgarva

5 жыл бұрын

Bratkip exact same thing happened to me. I made a custom 120 minute tape featuring the 2CD New Forms, Reasons for Sharing EP and a few outtakes/b-sides. One of the most played tapes I ever owned.

@noaharkadedelgado

Жыл бұрын

2 unfortunate losses

Nearly forgot just how amazing & influential this track is

I spin DnB but also play bass guitar, every so often i grab my bass and play this iconic bassline, LOVE IT!

This video is shot in Toronto? Woop Woooop!

MEMORIES!

the first vinyl i bought in my life

so fresh so clean!!! the only Roni Size

Roni Size is a legend in Detroit. Even to this day, huge royalty!

@GizmoMaxx

3 ай бұрын

straight out from Bristol 🇬🇧

Roni Size at winter music conference in 1998. I was there

Love that bassline so much

Roni Size. The ground zero of drum and bass

This video was way ahead of its time.

Toronto in the 90s was a massive vibe

@MrColdwilliam

Жыл бұрын

MASSIVE

Holy shit it's Toronto!

Roni ain't wrong, brown paper bags are awesome.

All time classic :-) !

Woah, totally forgot this gem! This whole atmosphere sends me back in time - and I refuse to go back!

The fact that Roni Size chose to set this video in Toronto says a lot about the thriving DnB scene that Toronto used to have.

@nellsun2521

4 жыл бұрын

Really? Well it only existed there 'cos of it's birth on London pirate radio. All the D&B pioneers are from the UK.

@utd4theleagueutd4theleague17

4 жыл бұрын

we chose Toronto because it looks like new york, but a lot cheaper to get a film permit, common practice. nothing to do with the toronto dnb scene

@MikeMcCarthy1

4 жыл бұрын

@@utd4theleagueutd4theleague17 Gotcha. Still cool that TO was picked, and not MTL or VanCity, where there were stronger house scenes at the time. Thanks for the reply!

@MikeMcCarthy1

4 жыл бұрын

@@nellsun2521 yeah, I know. Rock and Roll wasn't from Liverpool either, but nice to see those four fellas from there nail it in the 60's though, no?

@SidechainStudios

3 жыл бұрын

Canadians were always the first to adopt UK Pirate Radio releases over their U.S brethren

I've just bought the cd single today. Kind of passed me by at the time, but I remember it being on MTV in the UK very regularly around 1997/98.

So many memories

Legendary.

This tune is future proof.

this shit never gets old takes me from a negative to a 100 every time

Still and always will be a Tune.

Classic track. A drum and bass delight. Still spine tingling. Never get tired of this one!!

I see where the Bomfunk MC's got the idea for their video for 'Freestyler' from...

@agyflo286

4 жыл бұрын

the whole song is a tribute to this tune.

@robcowleydnb

4 жыл бұрын

Freestyler was pretty wack to be fair

@bigtwentytwenty

4 жыл бұрын

They were fully cashing in on the genre.

@scooby1235

4 жыл бұрын

the whole choon...

@dudeivealreadydonethis5tim289

3 жыл бұрын

Definitely

A brilliant song, and probably the best music video ever.

Ever since the EP dropped, I keep coming back to this track.

old school stufffff! luv dem!!!

met him recently here in Houston. brought this album cover with me for an autograph. I've had the album since it's been out. glad to see him still out there and shook his hand and spoke a bit.

@ill2daMAX

Жыл бұрын

ATX over here! I score films with beats and I wanted to share one of my DNB creations with you!

@DizzieDaCrazzie88

11 ай бұрын

wow, that's amazing! im going to see bukem in houston next week june/2/23 😁

Love this song

@LivingInTheKaliYogurt

5 жыл бұрын

you have good taste in music. Still not cool with your coups and proxy wars, tho.

@Lemonator140

4 жыл бұрын

LivingInTheKaliYogurt we always play this beat in the offices. You don’t like them? If you See a white van outside, That’s just a delivery dude .

I knew this was the future back in 99. This fashion and asthetic is still top of the line

Discovered this legend in 1999 with Napster and have bought all of his albums ever since. This song was/is epic.

Seen this live at Glastonbury dance tent in 1997. To watch it was an experience. It was the best set still to date 😎

I think The Wachowski brothers were influenced by this video when they made The Matrix. Roni Size was way ahead of the game. Brown Paper bag is a musical masterpiece. 👍🏾

@PHILDEBEAST

2 жыл бұрын

They said it was a collection of things that influenced the idea of the matrix

@thegrinderman1090

Жыл бұрын

Ghost in the Shell was a big influence on The Matrix. Both absolute classics. This video is really cool too.

roni size' biggest tune no doubt

Funky with the Drum & Bass . Respect Mr Size

Still going strong 2019💃💃👊

🔥🔥🔥🔥... Roni Size ... 🔥🔥🔥🔥...

This is real music!!! Absolutely platinum track!!

oldschoool banger. props from Lisbon

2018 n it's as still epic as the day I 1st heard it aged just 14 ...i'm 35 now i get goosebumps... every time

@IAN-cn6ev

13 күн бұрын

Went thru 2 pair ov jamo D110s wiv a aiwa separates setup , if u kno wot I mean 👍

T O R O N T O !!!

This and Splurt are my favorite Roni Size tunes

From the US AND I remember raving at my boys house in the 90's and trollin' to this. Great music from y'all in UK. Been on this style. 👺👽 Love u guys!!!!!!

Fuck Yeah!!! Thank you for putting this up! Good times...

step step step step stepstepstep

Never gets old, a true classic

memory unlocked.. thank you