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By the year 2000, with drum'n'bass on the wane for several years, breakbeat producers were forced to tighten their belts and really give listeners something new to break away from the crowd. Unfortunately, Phunk Roc, the third album released by Future Loop Foundation, doesn't really separate itself at all. Barrott and Michael Dog constructed a tight, streamlined album -- halfway between jazzy drum'n'bass, jump-up, and the more psychedelic leanings of previous Planet Dog material -- but there's little to grasp on to and few ideas that haven't been heard on countless jungle albums previously. Give them credit for tailoring the entire album as a continuous work (and for mixing things up with the languorous down-tempo track "Coming Down"), but for the most part Phunk Roc just cruises on by without making much of a statement. ~ John Bush
Editor: Kevin Paul.
Arrangers: Mark Barrott; Michael Dog.
Future Loop Foundation: Mark Barrot.
Additional personnel: Michael Dog.
CMJ (8/00, p.60) - "...[Mark Barrott's] most progressive release yet....mixing up the styles with Puckish abandon on a disc that squeezes the tracks seamlessly in the style of a DJ mix..." Future Loop Foundation Phunk Roc Songs | 1. | Conditions for Living |
| 2. | Daddy Radical |
| 3. | Clusterfunk |
| 4. | Espionage |
| 5. | Coming Down |
| 6. | Gimme Some Blow |
| 7. | Jumper |
| 8. | Santos del Futuro |
| 9. | Live at the Apollo |
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