New Forms

New Forms
Studio album by Roni Size / Reprazent
Released October 28, 1997
Genre Drum and bass
Jazzstep
Length 139:54 (CD)
57:17 (4x vinyl)
54:20 (5x vinyl)
Label Talkin' Loud
Producer Roni Size
Roni Size / Reprazent chronology
Music Box
(1995)		 New Forms
(1997)		 In The Mode
(2000)
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic [1]
Pitchfork Media (7.7/10)[2]
Rolling Stone [3]

New Forms is the debut album by the drum and bass act Roni Size / Reprazent and was released in 1997. The double-disc set was the winner of the Mercury Music Prize in 1997,[4] and often cited as their magnum opus. In the UK, the first disc was released by itself, while two different vinyl versions exist. The most common pressing is a 4LP version, and the other pressing is a 5LP set that consists of the second disc of the CD version, replacing "Intro" and "Electricks" with "Heroes" and "Digital" appended to the end. Each song takes up one side of vinyl each.[5]

A companion remix album, Replica, was released. It includes "Western", the UK b-side of the "Brown Paper Bag" single.

The album went on to be re-recorded as New Forms² in 2008.

Contents

Track listing

All tracks written by Roni Size, except where noted.

CD pressing

Disc one
  1. "Railing" (Size, Dominic Smith) – 2:05
  2. "Brown Paper Bag" – 9:03
  3. "New Forms" (Size, Bahamadia, Suv) – 7:45
  4. "Lets Get It On" – 6:57
  5. "Digital" (Size, Onallee) – 9:05
  6. "Matter of Fact" – 4:05
  7. "Mad Cat" – 4:56
  8. "Heroes" (Size, Onallee) – 6:35
  9. "Share the Fall (full vocal mix)" (Size, Onallee, Die, Krust) – 6:13
  10. "Watching Windows" (Size, Onallee) – 5:33
  11. "Beatbox" (Size, Suv) – 1:09
  12. "Morse Code" – 6:58
  13. "Destination" (Size, Onallee, Ben Watt, Tracey Thorn) – 8:12
Disc two
  1. "Intro" – 0:54
  2. "Hi-Potent" – 6:53
  3. "Trust Me" – 6:26
  4. "Change My Life" – 8:27
  5. "Share the Fall" (Size, Onallee, Die, Krust) – 6:26
  6. "Down" (Size, Die) – 6:51
  7. "Jazz" (Size, Suv) – 6:04
  8. "Hot Stuff" (Size, Krust) – 6:32
  9. "Ballet Dance" (Size, Die) – 6:41
  10. "Electricks" – 6:17 (US bonus track)

4x vinyl pressing

AA1.  "Brown Paper Bag" – 9:10
AB1.  "New Forms" (Size, Bahamadia, Suv) – 7:48
AB2.  "Railing" (Size, Dominic Smith) – 2:05
BA1.  "Lets Get It On" – 7:03
BB1.  "Share the Fall (full vocal mix)" (Size, Onallee, Die, Krust) – 5:48
CA1.  "Matter of Fact" – 4:17
CB1.  "Mad Cat" – 5:00
DA1.  "Morse Code" – 6:42
DA2.  "Beatbox" (Size, Suv) – 1:11
DB1.  "Destination" (Size, Onallee, Ben Watt, Tracey Thorn) – 8:13

5x vinyl pressing

  1. "Hi-Potent"
  2. "Trust Me"
  3. "Change My Life"
  4. "Share The Fall" (Size, Onallee, Die, Krust)
  5. "Down" (Size, Die)
  6. "Jazz" (Size, Suv)
  7. "Hot Stuff" (Size, Krust)
  8. "Ballet Dance" (Size, Die)
  9. "Heroes (Album Version)" (Size, Onallee)
  10. "Digital" (Size, Onallee)

New Forms²

New Forms²
Studio album by Roni Size/Reprazent
Released October 28, 1997
Genre Drum and bass
Jazzstep
Length 72:10
Label Talkin' Loud
Producer Roni Size
Professional reviews

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Roni Size/Reprazent chronology
Return to V
(2005)		 New Forms²
(2008)

New Forms² is a 2008 remake of the original New Forms album. Roni Size has described it as having a "new coat of armour added to the original tracks".[6] The album contains four new songs: "Heart to Heart", "Less is More", "Don't Hold Back" and "Encore", while omitting several of the songs from the original pressing. The majority of the record features edited versions of previous tracks, with segues throughout. The most drastic cuts occur to "Brown Paper Bag" and "Let's Get It On", which are reduced by over five minutes each; the latter becoming a simple ambient interlude.

Track listing

  1. "Railings" – 2:05
  2. "Brown Paper Bag" – 3:46
  3. "New Forms" – 4:47
  4. "Let's Get It On" – 1:41
  5. "Trust Me" - 5:03
  6. "Digital" – 6:35
  7. "Matter of Fact" – 3:57
  8. "Heroes" - 4:14
  9. "Share the Fall" – 6:09
  10. "Heart to Heart" - 4:51
  11. "Less is More" - 6:15
  12. "Down" - 5:12
  13. "Hi Potent" - 5:08
  14. "Don't Hold Back" – 2:57
  15. "Beatbox" – 1:07
  16. "Encore" – 4:31
  17. "Destination" – 3:51

References

  1. ^ Allmusic review
  2. ^ Pitchfork Media review
  3. ^ Rolling Stone review
  4. ^ "BBC - Music - Roni Size". http://www.bbc.co.uk/music/artist/5n54/. 
  5. ^ "Roni Size / Reprazent - New Forms (5x12", Album) at Discogs". http://www.discogs.com/Roni-Size-Reprazent-New-Forms/release/68733. 
  6. ^ http://www.bandweblogs.com/blog/2008/03/25/roni-sizereprazent-new-forms-2-release-dont-hold-back-single/