BTW, Stephen, you've got one of the nicest looking personal home pages I've
seen.
peace,
ek
>I've been listening to Remedies non-stop since I picked it up a while
>ago. It still gets constant attention! I can't figure out whether to
>call it turntables accompanied by a live band, or vice versa, but it's
>about as close as you come w/ a single LP to matching the sounds of a
>good AJ club night. I could review it further but the best description
>has to be the promotional info for the single "Repetitive Loop" at
>"http://www.southern.com/PIPE/herbaliser.html". It's a sure bet you'll
>dig this album if you're up on other stuff on Ninja Tune ("the greatest
>recording organisation in the world")...
>
>... Or if you're into a good jazzhop night like we get here in Seattle
>at Strong [Wed night at The Croc]. I apologize to Brian and Kelly for
>ever mentioning that their show is associated with T**ty S**ws because
>it's not!
>
>A couple of one-sentance reviews of other albums I've picked up this
>week: Verve's 2CD collection "Move to Groove" features tracks from
>_original_ jazzfunkateers - Roy Ayers, Jimmy Smith, Kool and the Gang,
>the JB's, etc - which served to inspire the acid jazz revolution. Bomb
>the Bass's "Sandcastles" single also includes Kruder & Dorfmeister +
>Chemical Bros remixes of Bug Powder Dust. Moonshine's "Trip Hop Test
>pt 2", another jumble of conflicting styles which strays but survives
>on the strength of standout tracks like Portishead's early '95 remix of
>Primal Scream.
>
>On a side note I just passed another birthday recently which means I
>owe some shouts out to listmembers who one year ago convinced me to hit
>a Galliano show on my birthday. On the way home I was so pumped that I
>promptly (accidentally) drove my car off a small cliff. My new car is
>much nicer and it's because of y'all. :)
>
>Steve
>
>footnote: Moonshine's web page categorizes each of their releases:
>"dance", "dj mix", "acid jazz", "trip hop", etc. Their categorization
>of Wagon Christ? "Unexplainable"
>----------
>| From: Stephan v.d. Burg <sburg@bart.nl>
>| To: <acid-jazz@ucsd.edu>
>| Subject: The Herbaliser
>| Date: Saturday, October 14, 1995 11:08AM
>|
>| Last Week I bought 'Remedies' by The Herbaliser.
>| It's fat, but who are they and what have they done before??
>| And what's up with Ninja Tune?
>|
>| greetings,...
>| Stephan
>|