spy hop

Jim Dier (threedueces@hotmail.com)
Thu, 23 Apr 1998 02:48:32 PDT


While movements do have a way of playing themselves out through industry
overhype, there is always jams that come out of them. Subsequently, I
think dissin' *all* the spy sounds coming out is a bit reactionary.
Some inspired joints include...The David Holmes rekkid: 100 proof. The
Propellerheads schlitz: very respectable, Ms. Bassey sounding as good as
ever. Coldcut's "ReBoot the System" off of the Atomic Moog 2000 12":
phat. United Future Organization's "The Planet Plan": fuckin' sick, I
will be playin' this record for a long time, as the DJ Die remix. I'm
sure others have some favorites (I would be interesting in picking
s'more good joints up...).

After all the shit that's been sampled to death, why not mine John Barry
or Lalo Schiffrin for inspiration? And the supposed "'70s retro
obsession that plagued Acid Jazz music"? Yes, there is some wack ass
funk bands that couldn't touch Pretty Purdie's pinky, but that is where
much of acid jazz has it roots. Are you dissin' the Brand New Heavies
first rekkid? Early JTQ? Some of these people throw down...

I'm into new soundz--but especially those that reinterpret old ones and
put them in a new light. Trends get tiring but many of them are based
on good ideas. And there's always a few jams...so don't let the wack
ones turn you off from getting them. In the meantime, we can all safely
celebrate the death of the Macarena!

I propose a ban on proposing bans. {8-)

Jim Dier aka $mall ¢hange

stylee@wfmu.org
threedueces@hotmail.com

>
>I was just thinking about something along these lines. It seems that
Trip
>Hop, in its most visible sense, has turned into a kind of novelty, with
>this "fragile torchy diva meets 60s spy soundtrack set to beats" kind
of
>thing. I don't know whether it's the labels to blame (the easy culprit)
or
>the artists themselves (P-head's Geoff Barrow is yet another Trip-Hop
>musician who longs to do a film score...) this spy fetish thing is
>ridiculous, and it's on par with the whole '70s retro obsession that
>plagued Acid Jazz music. I propose that any futher Trip-Hop release
with
>any James Bond, John Barry or even simply a "spy" reference be banned.
:)
>
>Elson
>
>
> - 30 -
>
>:. elson trinidad * los angeles, ca, usa
>:. elson@westworld.com * www.westworld.com/~elson
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