Re: Zest!

From: Dave Haynes (gvcontact@hotmail.com)
Date: Wed Apr 25 2001 - 01:35:44 CEST

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    Yeah,
    respect to the Zest crew - who cares what fruit fruit they use they're funky
    as ....
    I have to say though, that their tracks, although they've got a really deep
    groove, none are standout tracks. But any 2-step/broken beat set would
    probably be empty without 'em.

    I have to agree with Dirk - the Sequel 12" on Straight Ahead is a corker!
    Definitely worth checking...

    Anymore info on future Zest excursions?

    ----- Original Message -----
    From: Dirk van den Heuvel <dirkv@groovedis.com>
    To: 21st century soul <emote@pacbell.net>; <2-step@ffwd.cx>
    Cc: acid jazz <acid-jazz@ucsd.edu>
    Sent: Tuesday, April 24, 2001 11:40 PM
    Subject: RE: Zest!

    > I did mention that label a week or so ago (in the Get Me Started thread)
    and
    > I do like it though I didn't think the Sequel 12" they had is as good as
    the
    > one released on Staight Ahead (Upsolid). The fruit business is a little
    > annoying in that it's sometimes hard to tell which record is which at a
    > quick glance--damn that kiwi looks like the lime :) Why not cherries and
    > apples? those would be easy to spot.
    >
    > Dirk van den Heuvel
    > President/GM, Groove Distribution
    > "Your Guide To The Underground"
    > http://www.groovedis.com
    >
    >
    >
    >
    > -----Original Message-----
    > From: 21st century soul [mailto:emote@pacbell.net]
    > Sent: Tuesday, April 24, 2001 3:36 PM
    > To: 2-step@ffwd.cx
    > Cc: acid jazz
    > Subject: Zest!
    >
    >
    > this weekend my buddies and i reached fever pitch in our giddy excitement
    > over the new label Zest, run by Hidden Agenda and releasing some of the
    best
    > breakbeat tracks i've heard in ages that sit firmly inbetween 2-step and
    > broken beats. there've been four releases that i know of (each with a
    > different fruit on the label), each rolling out ultra-syncopated beats,
    > large basslines and off-kilter atmospheres and samples. very heady and
    very
    > funky. our conversations about these records have sounded much like
    > secretive drug-deal talk..."yo...i got the lemon and the lime, you got
    > anything else?" "yeah, man, i got the KIWI" "you got the kiwi?! shit! i
    need
    > the kiwi!" and so on. :) anyone else been feeling this business?
    >
    > mikebee
    >
    >
    >



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