So when's that Modaji getting released, anyway? Can't wait to get my hands
on that...
How does the Nathan Haines LP compare to yr typical Phil Asher production?
I dig the 12", but am curious as to how the rest of the album holds up.
Cheers
Phil
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Dirk van den Heuvel [mailto:dirkv@groovedis.com]
> Sent: Friday, February 09, 2001 2:36 PM
> To: Aregood, Michael; 'Jason Witherspoon'; acid-jazz@ucsd.edu
> Subject: RE: Neo-tropicália , Blue States
>
>
> I have to admit I wasn't a huge fan of the Les Gammas or
> Dusted albums,
> though I love some of their singles.
>
> And now for something (almost) completely different...
>
> Some things I'm diggin' right now:
> Yonderboi CD (which has a couple nice vocal tracks--in Hungarian!??)
> dZihan & Kamien- Refreaked Remix CD (due out on Six Degrees soon)
> Omar CD (great vocals)
> Nathan Haines CD on Chili Funk (killer jazzy Latin influenced
> house--some
> great vocals and a couple of duds)
> Vienna Scientists III CD
> Modaji CD (awesome album with a lot of soulful house and r&b
> vocals-a lot of
> people are not going to be ready for this)
> the aforementioned Hetz compilation (The Stable) CD--vinyl
> coming soon from
> Groove Dis/Hertz Recordings
> Xploding Plastix --4 track EP coming in 2 weeks from Beat
> Service US/Groove
> Dis --check our website in the next few days for plenty of
> sound samples (or
> go to their site www.xplodingplastix.com or www.beatservice.no )
>
> Dirk van den Heuvel
> President/GM, Groove Distribution
> "Your Guide To The Underground"
> http://www.groovedis.com
>
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Aregood, Michael [mailto:maregood@comcastpc.com]
> Sent: Friday, February 09, 2001 3:30 PM
> To: 'Jason Witherspoon'; Dirk van den Heuvel; acid-jazz@ucsd.edu
> Subject: RE: Neo-tropicália , Blue States
>
>
> Actually i love the vocals Les Gammas track "See the Sun". That track
> wouldn't be so amazing with the intensity of the vocals missing. I
> definitely hear you though. There's another track (a soul
> type track, i
> forget the name) on that record that makes me bolt for the
> stop button every
> time. man, that guy gets annoying...
>
> It comes down to personal preference i suppose. For the
> longest time i could
> only play the instrumental side of that "Amazing" track on
> Main Squeeze
> (Bembe Segue grows on you after a while though). And the
> vocal version of
> that KV5 track "Church Candles"... yuk! I can relate to the
> frustration of
> nodding your head in excitement to the first however many
> measures, then all
> of a sudden... bam! toss it into the back of the crate.
>
> argo
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jason Witherspoon [mailto:arzachel@speakeasy.org]
> Sent: Friday, February 09, 2001 3:40 PM
> To: Dirk van den Heuvel; acid-jazz@ucsd.edu
> Subject: RE: Neo-tropicália , Blue States
>
>
> At 02:21 PM 2/9/01 -0600, Dirk van den Heuvel wrote:
> >Well for the record those "diva/bad lounge-singer" tracks
> are my favorite
> >cuts on the Blue States, Bent, and Hefner albums. I love
> instrumental cuts
> >but an actual song with a vocal and lyric wins almost
> everytime for me.
>
> Okay, okay-- but I defy you to tell me you like all the
> vocals on the Les
> Gammas or the Dusted! Also, I do really like the (limited)
> vocals on Blue
> States, the Hefner's grown on me a fair amount, & the Bent--
> well, I *like*
> "Irritating Noises", but most of the other vocal trax leave
> me pretty cold--
>
> Also, why the heck does everyone consider instrumentals to
> not be "real
> songs"? If it's got a melody over some harmony, it's a song, dammit!
>
>
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