Re: [cratediggers] Moog-o-rama

Ashwin Tumne (ashwin@visgen.com)
Wed, 22 Jul 1998 11:29:15 -0400 (GMT-0400)

> track called Turn off the Lights. The breakbeat in it is ill, don't
> sleep on this one. I just found it 4 months ago, I've been playing it at
> all my gigs! ALSO check out Shadows on Lonnie Liston Smith's Expansions
> LP (Classic) for some serious prototype early drum & bass, but for full
> effect you have to minus 8, and play at 45. That's where Roni Size got
> "It's a jazz thing" from! Diggin' in the crates is the BEST. I've found
> ILL drum & bass loops from 5th dimension , Leon Thomas, Dennis Coffey,
> and even Jimmy McGriff's The Worm. Let me know all your finds, I'm very
> interested!!
>

My current phase of diggin' has also been that sort of jungle rare-groove.
Some tracks I've found thus far:

Gil Scott-Heron - "Free Will"
Jamey Abersold - "Long Metered Jazz-Rock"
The Winstons - "Amen Brother" (the breakbeat on this one is a killer -
instantly recognizable by headz)
The Incredible Bongo Band - "Apache" (another classic hip-hop and D & B break).
M. Nageswara Rao - I forget the title but it's an old south Indian classical record
off the NoneSuch label (Explorer Series) back in the 60s - the most
badass rhythms I've ever heard on wax.
Rastus - "Black Cat" (a cover of Brian Auger - a slept on junglish break)
Buddy Rich and Alla Rakha - "Rich a la Rakha" (LP) - off the World Pacific label.
It's a fusion of jazz drumming and Indian classical tabla.
Things can be done with two copies of this record.

I'm also interested in other peoples digs. Do post.

shanti,

ashwin

ashwin@visgen.com