fe> WHo is that MC on the first track? well I didnt like him. I also found
fe> far too many tracks with soul divas which were distasteful to my ears.
if you're referring to "new forms" (i have the vinyl and the 1st track is
"brown paper bag"--which is mc-less, i think), the mc is bahamadia
(definitely in the "her" category) of roots & sweetback fame (not to mention
her own stuff). honestly the only thing about the track that bugs me is
that
it's a little too broken up (i.e. too many beatless breakdowns).
fe> Personally, I
fe> prefer the guys that push it a little farther and experiment (ie
fe> squarepusher, photek, third eye foundation, aphex twin...etc)
fe> anyways, just another opinion.
fe> scott
i like the jazz influence in what squarepusher's doing (some of it sounds
like jaco-period weather report thrown in the beat blender) but his beats
are
a little too assaultive for me--the dexter gordon line from the movie "round
midnight" about someone "playing paradiddles on my head" comes to mind.
photek is always worth checking out (i *love* "two sword technique"). i
don't know third eye, and aphex twin is more interesting to read about than
to listen to (opinion, quite obviously). i guess the thing w/roni is, he's
into soul music (generally vocal oriented stuff) and he's just mutated it to
fit his form of expression--jungle.
t-bird
.. the hardest thing in the world is to play like yourself-miles davis