MACEO/COOL BREEZE and MORE
Luke McKeehan (Luke_McKeehan@mindlink.bc.ca)
Fri, 15 Sep 95 11:57 PDT
Hey,
Busy, busy. Life is not the same without fingers on the list.
Regarding Maceo's latest tour, we had him play at Mo' Funk in Vancouver on a
special Tuesday show and he played for 3 1/2 hours with only a ten minute
break before his encore. This was the best show of his I'd ever seen and I
hope he drops the same thing on everyone else. The best part of the evening
for me was that we held the concert (because of scheduling conflicts) on a
Tuesday, which is a hard house/rave night at the same club where we hold MO'
FUNK on Wednesdays. At about 12:30 all the 'tweakers' started showing up --
around half-way through the show -- and many were a bit choked when they saw
Maceo on stage. Flash forward -- at 1:00 the entire front row of the
dancefloor was packed with six-inch-sneaker-sporting-sunglasses-at-night-
space-jacket-wearing ravers! These were not ravers in transition, these were
ravers! It was cool to see them getting off on the funk. Harkening back the
infamous 'trip-hop' debate, it all goes back to the "good music is good"
mentality.
Many of you may have this now, but I really think it deserves some
more attention..."Cool Breeze - Can't Deal With This Remixes". This is the
shit. Because I play the only jungle night in Vancouver a lot of people from
the jazz community ask me about good jazzy jungle. I have yet to hear
production this good in both jungle and trip-hop/beats. The two flowing
trippy mixes have solid production, fat beats, and haunting vocals. The "kid
loops" jungle mix is very strong and actually shows up the Alex Reese Remix
on the flip side. A year ago I thought "The Beast" was the ultimate work in
both areas, but this is definately better. I played this track right after
the new Attica Blues and it blew it away. It's nice to see some great work,
and I give full props to DORADO for putting this shit out. After seeing
D-Note marketing themselves as "Jazzy Jungle" and putting out Jungle that
Roni Size, Goldie, Alex Reese and DJ Rap wouldn't touch if you payed them,
this EP is a breath of fresh air.
Finally, Sharkskin has hit the streats with their first 12" and it
sounds nice and fat. Smooth production by Nasir (Seattle). The 12" is
available through Cargo, but if you buy CD's only we have licensed "LAZY
SUNDAZE" for Mo' FUnk Records first compilation available later this fall on CD.
Thanks for reading.
Luke McKeehan
MO' FUNK PRODUCTIONS