Re: nyc shows-liquid soul,bass is base
DJ Lo-Ki (lo-ki@pinsky.com)
Mon, 5 Aug 1996 10:37:47 -0400
>Kevin Kiernan wrote:
>>
>> i saw liquid soul last night at a sweet giant step at sob's last night.
>> they're pretty damn good. the horns rocked; they are amazing
>> musicians. and the arrangements were tight.
>>
>
>I was also at that show, and although just about everything you said is
>correct, they were still pretty boring. Their grooves were nice, but they went
>nowhere once they started rolling, the horn section, although talented, did
>nothing but play exactly what one might expect.
>
>I was so unenthralled, that I left half way through. This is not to say
>that they
>were incredibly bad, just that they really need to work on loosening up while
>playing live and letting themselves go.
>
>I have their record, self-released, and it is good, if you are looking for
>some nice
>groove oriented soul it wouldn't be a bad record to pick up.
>
>On a much more positive note, their Dj has an incredible ability to mix his
>beats and cuts into the music seamlessly, in a way that it sounds like a
>part of
>the music rather than just layed out on top like most groups with DJs do.
>
>Just my two cents,
>
>John
I just have to second John's opinion here, I wasn't at the latest show, but
I saw them before and had the same reaction... Very good musicians, but the
songs didn't go anywhere, however the DJ was very good...
Peace,
Lo-Ki
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