there's a nice version by dj solo & auro, circa 95 or 96, on mowax. one of
my favorite dnb tracks actually. brings back good memories. i can't wait
until march is over,
aaron dario
----- Original Message -----
From: Dave Haynes <gvcontact@hotmail.com>
To: Acid Jazz List <acid-jazz@ucsd.edu>; Aregood, Michael
<maregood@comcastpc.com>
Sent: Friday, March 09, 2001 10:49 AM
Subject: Summer Madness
> That sample the Ganja Kru has been used by a lot of people. Didn't Rude
Bwoy
> Monty originally do the d'n'b thing with it back in 94/95, then the Ganja
> Kru updated it for the 97 sound. I think De La Soul used it once. Can
anyone
> elaborate on this?
>
>
> >
> >
> > Could anyone identify a track for me? I know so little about this track
> that
> > it is unlikely that anyone will recognise the one I'm talking about, but
> > I'll give it a go.
> >
> > I heard the track first on a cassette of a soul radio show my sister
> > recorded in the mid-eighties. The track itself sounds like it might be
> early
> > eighties or late seventies.
> >
> > All I can do to pinpoint the track is to say that 'Gone are the Days'
(of
> > summer madness) by the Ganja Kru (DJ Hype, Zinc, True Playaz etc.
released
> > in 1997) was based on it. Although it didn't use the break, there are
lots
> > of sounds on the Ganja Kru record that were lifted from the tune I'm
> after.
> > You can actually hear the Ganja Kru record at
> > http://hjem.get2net.dk/indajungle/list/gkru_gonedays.htm. Its very good.
> >
> > Most notably the record I'm after ends with a very distinctive note that
> > rises very quickly in pitch. It is very unusual indeed. It featured at
the
> > start of the Ganja Kru record. I've also heard this sound in the
> background
> > of a tune on the Badu album 'Baduizm' but I don't know if it was sampled
> > from the record I'm after or is just a similar noise.
> >
> > The only other thing I can say is that the track is an instrumental (or
> the
> > version I heard was) and has got a very chill sound. It's basically the
> > groove and a synthesiser playing over the top. The synthesiser sounds a
> > little bit like the ones heard on 'Everybody loves the Sunshine' by Roy
> > Ayers (though only a little bit like it). The tune certainly has that
kind
> > of slow groove.
> >
> > Does it ring any bells? Probably not. But thanks for thinking about it.
> >
> > Carl
> >
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