"just kisses" comes from one of my favourite total science releases which also houses the brilliant a-side "sweet potato". it's from the period in time where they dabbed into mid-tempo material compared to their usual drum & bass, which in this case means broken beat and housier material. it was a side of greenhaigh & smith that i didn't know existed until someone pointed out that it wasn't a new occurance.
back in '97 they produced a very off-kilter broken beat version of aquasky's "opaque" and it would probably in the same timeframe as when the new broken beat or future jazz movement kicked around with ig culture, 4hero and domu being at the forefront. never the less it was probably a sharing of ideas as you can easily trace the beginning from the jazz fusion movement in the seventies. in most respects it was jungle at a lower tempo but with deeper house and funk driven roots and a smidge of techno and hiphop.
with this track it's a shuffle with a very round bass and garage like chords and stab repetitions. there is so much going on up and down below as the bass booms really well that the drums are drowned through most of the track. that is a big exaggeration as i do hear the groove and the contrarhythms at the busiest parts of the track, but the drums isn't the complete focus like in "sweet potato".
great track though and definitely to dig out when playing that uk funky and future garage as it would fit like a glove in the midst of all that.
listen here (youtube)
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