Re: nyc shows-liquid soul,bass is base

Jim Westrich (westrich@uic.edu)
Mon, 05 Aug 1996 11:57:54 -0500


Liquid Soul is a Chicago band that has been around for over 2 years (well,
that is when I first saw them). They usually play in Chicago with DJ Jesse
de la Pena who is quite good so it may very well be him on the road. Liquid
Soul is being courted by a number of majors and generally I think there
sound is competent but really without any "real soul" (or "nerf soul" as I
like to call the myriad of good bar bands who like to get funky without
threatening their moneyed audience). I really have not seen Liquid Soul
very often or on their home turfs (they've had regular gigs at the Elbo Room
and Double Door in Chicago) so maybe my comments are overly harsh. I did
see them at a street festival without a DJ a few weeks ago and it was
particularly uninspiring.

99 44/100% pure,

J Wes // Jim Westrich

At 10:37 AM 8/5/96 -0400, DJ Lo-Ki wrote:
>>>Someone 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.
>> Someone else wrote:
>>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.
>>
>>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.
>
>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...
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