Re: ROOT DOWN instrumental????

bdwyer@nersp.nerdc.ufl.edu
Thu, 21 Mar 1996 21:04:20 -0500 (EST)


I'm not sure if this is it, but the Root Down CD I have has three Root=20
Down tracks: a Free Zone mix, LP, and a PP Balloon Mix. (It has 7 other=20
tracks). The notes say the Free Zone mix was engineered in Copenhagen by=20
Lars H. Nissen. All the non-root down tracks were recorded live in=20
Europe, winter 95. It's on Capitol/Grand Royal.

Bil
bdwyer@nersp.nerdc.ufl.edu

On Fri, 22 Mar 1996, Sakarias Wangefjord wrote:

> Hi all!
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> Some time ago I heard an instrumental version of Beastie Boys=B4 ROOT DOW=
N on
> the dancefloor at an AJ-club in Copenhagen. As I'm an AJ-addicted DJ myse=
lf
> I really got to get my hands on this incredibly funky tune. I've tried ha=
rd
> to find it but with no result. Does anybody know about it? Then please
> inform me what label/CD/LP/12" or whatever it's on! The lousy recordstore=
s
> here won't have it, so I'll have to order it - as complete info as possib=
le
> is appreciated!
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> ...also some comments about the TripHop/AcidJazz definition debate...
> I do love TripHop...but was kinda hoping this mailinglist would contain m=
ore
> of the funky/jazzy sphere (anywhere else I'd said Acid Jazz according to =
my
> own definition, where TripHop and Acid aren't included). After all the Ac=
id
> Jazz thing started out with Giles Peterson (the guy behind the labels
> AcidJazz & Talkin=B4 Loud) as a reaction against the Acid dominated club =
scene
> in London in the late 80=B4s. A new and indeed very wide style was define=
d as
> to be danceable music with the roots in jazz. This made a lot of music
> recorded way before the expression AJ was invented to be included as well
> (Rare Groove/Funk/Jazzfunk etc.) and started a new era of jazzy dancefloo=
r
> music.
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> Enough of this (really doesn=B4t wanna be the one to carry this meaningle=
ss
> definition agrument on), BUT...isn't this mailinglist at present
> proportionally more about musicstyles others than "orthodox AJ"...ehr..th=
at
> is dealing with the perifery of AJ rather than the core? Also I don't fin=
d
> discussions about what's AJ or not very pointless (OK, I'm really
> contradicting myself here...but I'll say this only once!). Anybody agree?
> (where are you guys that are into my kind of AJ???)
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> Finally...Are there any scandinavian AJ addicts on the list? I'd like to =
get
> in touch to exchange info about recordstores/hangouts etc.!
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> ...that'll be all...
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> Sakarias Wangefjord
> saswad95@student.umu.se
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