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History begins here: 18 years after its release, John B’s ground-breaking debut album ‘Visions’ receives a long-overdue remastering and full deluxe reboot.
Aged with authority and authenticity: ‘Visions’ reminds us just how forward-thinking the Beta Records founder has always been. Strictly doing his own thing since he came into the game at 18; John penned ‘Visions’ as two distinct chapters, both parts grasping two of late 90s drum & bass’s most exciting sounds and pulling them into groundbreaking new directions.
Part one, ‘Organic’ saw John swerve the standard sample-smashing of the era to create warm, full bodied natural grooves from real musicians. In a stark twist of contrast, part two ‘Synthetic’ foretold both the techstep phenomenon and his own angular, precision electro edge that were to soundtrack our entrance into the new century. One side au natural, one side machine manufactured: both techniques and approaches still dominant in drum & bass today... ‘Visions’ by name, visionary by nature.
It also comes complete with total remake of his hugely successful Vangelis-inspired ‘Starburst’. Previously constructed on analogue synths, ‘Starburst 2016’ was re-created from the ground up with modern synths and contemporary production. While the scene continues to forage for antiquities, John shows us the other side of the sonic coin once again.
‘Starburst’ isn’t the only track to enjoy an update: every track you hear on the album has been remastered. The production, however, remains timeless: No one knew how well ‘Visions’ would sound 18 years later. No one knew how well it would document drum & bass’s infant years. Still sounding slick and bursting with creative ideas, the album tells the story of both an artist and a genre growing up, fizzing with directions and ambitions.
‘Organic’: A maze of mischievous jazz and funk experimentalism. A sharp sense of youthful melody and off-beat surprises await as we spring through the horn-heavy haze of tracks such as ‘Sax Therapy’, ‘Jazz Session’, the purring keys and slap bass of ‘Slamfunk (Moog Remix)’ and sunset soul of ‘Reflections’. The spacious, Orient-focused penultimate track ‘The Second Judgement’ teases for the darkness of what’s set to follow...
‘Synthetic’: While the first part showcased John’s funkier, soulful musicality, ‘Synthetic’ really established his pedigree as a premiership producer. Forecasting today’s highly technical, synthetic production style you can hear John pushing his machines to their limits, finding new sounds and techniques. The wriggling alien bass of ‘VCF’, the razor-sharp Detroitian electro iciness of ‘Electro Shock’, the iron-fist two-step and sci-fi breakdown of ‘Travelogue’. Not to mention the clear proto techstep dynamics of ‘Sight Beyond’ and ‘Secrets’. Several years ahead of their time, they play a role in one of the most gamechanging chapters in drum & bass.
No surprises, then, that ‘Visions’ found home in the selections of the most influential DJs at the time - Grooverider, Doc Scott, Kemistry & Storm, Goldie, SS. It’s here where John dug deep foundations for his fusionist, futurist signature: an amorphous sense of development and narrative, tightly balanced shades and contrasts, well-chiselled breaks and sharp synthesis.
Every genre has its small selection of pivotal albums that show clear signs of progression, influence and documentation and brand new benchmarks: ‘Visions’ is an album that lives up to its name in ways John never could have imagined at the time. The future is now...
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Thanks for the comments guys!
Massive!!!! Cheers from Portugal!!!
DUDE. the year was 2000, the album. shades of technology. amazing mix! 24 years later , we are here!
John B 90 Drum n Bass forewer Love! From Estonia !))
One of the first tunes that got me into this music, kool fm, Midland's.
Never looked back.
Timeless tune.
This just sends chills down my spin! I lived on the Visions album for many years and still do. This just brings the quality bang up to date. This to me is where John B belongs.
Long live Visions and Catalyst !!!!!!!!!!
Still my favorite DnB Tune of all time. Remebering buying Visions in Frankfurt at WoM a local CD Store.
Amazing atmospheric tune! Big up John, with love from Siberia.
Thx for sharing Mr b
MR B!! What can I say.... LEGEND! Classic John B vibes!! LOVE IT
With love from Estonia
Fair play the DnB scene in the mid to late 90s must have been such a magical scene to be part of. Visions, Modus Operandi, Timeless, Catalyst, Wormhole and The prototype years just to name a few were all guilty of influencing the scene in some way or another.
Before I really new the difference between genres I remember buying DJ mag in '97' (I think) and putting on the cassette that came with it in my friends mark 1 mars red golf and hearing a segment of Secrets, I was absolutely blown away by it, then I turned the cassette over to hear mute 98, well that was it for me it was DnB all the way all the time. Needless to say I purchased The Prototype Years as soon as it hit the shelves. Then the following year it was Visions, what a stunning album as was the follow up Catalyst. Those and Modus are 4 albums that I can honestly say still have shelf life to this day. I still listen to them on a regular basis, unlike the modern DnB of which there is some amazing tunes out there but I seem to get bored of them quite quickly.
If anybody has yet to hear any of the albums I have mentioned, do yourselves a favour and buy them you will not be disappointed.
Absolute pioneering artists!!
wicked bizness John, keep cookin
nice video and music
I must say that I've been waiting for a remaster of this specific tune for quite some time and it is as good as I expected it to be. ❤️ Needless to say, went to the Beta store and bought the LP. 🤘
great recreation! the original was really something back then, wow.
what a PRO
SUCH AN AMAZING MASTERPIECE!!!
Very atmospheric sound...! Amazing.!! Russia, Kazan waiting and love you!
john B really don't know what to say, but I tip my hat to you, this track is another masterpiece !! Your Trance n Bass CD completely changed my style, hearing combinations of two of my favourite genres [trance and dnb] mashed into one was a game changer, and for that I thank you. Any chance that Pathway ft Jenifer Loren [epic mix] will ever get a release or remake [not that it needs it] as that is by far my favourite dnb track to date.
ah thank you!
Brilliant!
10 лет спустя звучит шикарно!!!! 10 years later it sounds awesome !!!!
А что должно было измениться
Love this - the video & the track - Amazing x
Amazing,thanks👍👏
wow love this so much.
thanks John, looking forward to it :)
Mr. John B. U Rock some spots :)
John B vs. Jean Michel Jarre :)
THIS IS MUSIC THIS !! LOVE THIS
Def my fav track by you which I first heard on DB's Shades of Technology mix then the Visions double CD. I will be seeing you Sat Mar. 18th in New Haven CT, USA as my friends from Amen are having you down. Would mean a lot if you could sign the original Star Burst (Club Mix) I have on vinyl along with Hydrolysis and The Sky's The Limit . Excited to hear you drop some new tunes. Lava and Colossus are FIRE!! :D
ThanK you so much John B. I have been waiting for that for years!
Epic
Tune is allkking mix breo
Tune 👍
Excited to hear it for sure! :D
tuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuune...tenth reload coming up..so emotional yet hard...jon b comes again with the mindfood \\m//
Excellent!!! Intelligently handled re-lick. I still got the original vinyl from '98. Absolutely caned it in every set for about 9 months! What was the flipside called though? There's a squelchy bass stab in it that I would actually violate my rule about never sampling other producers for!
GLAD YOU ARE BACK! BIG UP FROM BRAZIL!!
John B: COLLL MUZIC Laik)))
Amazing :3
Waiting for you at Pirate Station ;)
Now Subbed ... Quite surprised I wasn't already tbh. PS. also a big fan of starburst, an absolute corker.
Nice build up!!
nice :)
They should have blasted this during the James Webb launch. Smoking Hawking's ashes. That drop. Booshhhhhhh
Vibes alive...
Hail to the King ! :)
massiv!
boa , da hora
Hello i am from russia and i love john b)))
ЗДОРОВО...)ОТЛИЧНЫЙ КЛИП...)))
No more saxophone?
Johnny B, since you made a remix of "Hey Mickey" and seem to be influenced by 80's music, have you ever considered doing "You Spin Me Right Round" (by Dead or Alive)? I think you could do it right if you or anyone else hasn't already! If it's been done, it's cuz I'm out of touch with reality btw!
Revisions to Visions :D
Hey John is there an up to date version of planet 10 planned??
+Ryan Bowkett alas no sorry! but would be great i agree
I love this but prefer the original.
This isn't «очень популярная песня». К сожалению.
Blade Runner anyone?
Awesome track.
+Jailhouse Bradley thanks. yes was very influenced by vangelis and Jarre when i made the original :-)
John B Yes, the vibe is strong with this one.
first!
original is still better but good stuff!
the earth is flat...
but good song
+Star Kid nice troll mate