Re: Tenor.

Tony Reid (t-bird@salata.com)
26 Feb 97 14:15:14 -0800


> after listening through it a few
> times I can say it really rocks. Or jazzes, if that wouldn't sound so
> stupid.

there's some really cool stuff on there, yeah...

> Cheesy keyboards, bold horns, lazy beats, housy electronics..

cheese usually bugs me, but there's a clever use of it on this record.

> Everything a proper acid jazz freak should need. I dunno, maybe this is
> too much jazz for some beat fans or too simple for straight up jazz
> people or somethin'. But despite all the fuzz, check this baby out. I
> didn't get disappointed.

ke> i liked it as well. i don't have the track listing for it nearby but i
ke> thought a few of the tracks were a bit whack. the seventh track is

yeah, well what do you expect from someone that looks like andy warhol's
lil'
bro? it's getting harder and harder to find completely solid records.

ke> something like i've never heard before. kinda reminds me of the first
ke> time i heard sabres of paradise's Wilmot. kinda breaks down notions of
ke> what noises get used to make a fierce track. good stuff. some loosers
ke> though.

outta space is a particular standout--as far as good stuff. atlantis was
kinda annoying. the nice thing about working in a record store is that i
can
tell you this w/o having to buy the album! i'm going to give it a closer
listen to see if more tracks work for me (as a dj) and then i might pick it
up.

t-bird