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
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>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
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>:. elson trinidad * los angeles, ca, usa
>:. elson@westworld.com * www.westworld.com/~elson
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