Dave Allen (Dave@world-dom.com)
Thu, 15 Oct 1998 12:05:33 -0700
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On Tuesday 6th October we were very proud to release the debut cd 'Tuned
in, Turned on' from 60 Channels, aka The Angel. The cd comes hot on the
heels of her recently released collaboration with More Rockers under the
moniker Jaz Klash, entitled Thru the Haze. The following review sums
everything up very nicely!
REVIEW: Jaz Klash, _Thru The Haze_ / 60 Channels, _Tuned
In... Turned On (World Domination)
- Simon West
Los Angeles-based artist/producer/remixer/composer The Angel is
nothing if not prolific, popping up as remix producer for artists from
Frente to The Pharcyde, solo and collaborative tracks on the Gridlock'd
and Playing God soundtracks, and now two full length releases within a
month of each other, as 60 Channels and part of Jaz Klash.
Recorded back in 1996 and released in the US in September 1998,
_Thru The Haze_ is a collaboration between Bristol-based duo More
Rockers and The Angel, as Jaz Klash. More Rockers (Rob Smith and Peter
D) are veterans of the Bristol scene - Smith is one half of respected
drum and bass team Smith & Mighty. The end result of this collaboration
is _Thru The Haze_, in which More Rockers' drum & bass and dub style
combines with The Angel's hip hop and jazz leanings to brilliant effect,
on one of the albums of the year.
Live musicians, including jazz veterans Jacky Terrasson and
Brian Auger, combine with the breakbeats of drum and bass, hip hop
beats and jazz melodies, and the occasional vocal from The Angel or
guest vocalist Cockni O'Dire, creating a record that's a cohesive
fusion of these diverse genres, rather than a load of samples banged
on top of a couple of jungle loops. Smoky, laid back and cool, _Thru
The Haze_ is genuinely new music. Get it if you like jazz, get it if
you like drum and bass, hip hop, whatever.
The 60 Channels project is similarly progressive, combining
trip hop, hip hop, jazz, funk, soul and drum and bass. It's a more vocal
affair - The Angel provides lead vox on most of the tracks, with guest
appearances by Cockni O'Dire, Asian Dub Foundation's Navigator, Frente's
Angie Hart and Japanese vocalist Monday Michiru. Real instrumentation is
used here again to good effect, particularly Louis Russell's guitar. An
Angel project proper rather than a collaboration, _Tuned In... Turned
On_ , like _Thru The Haze_, showcases her unique style and talent to
similar effect. Styles and beats flow in and out of the tracks, but
again, there's a cohesiveness here that sets 60 Channels above the
crowd. Standouts include the single, "Ride With The Flow", the ominous
guitar riff, blowing horns and sultry vocal of "No Come Down", and the
funk of "Laid Back & Eazy".
Conclusion? Buy both. _Thru The Haze_ is jazz/breakbeat fusion
at its finest, with a jazz sensibility missing from many of its peers,
while _Tuned In... Turned On_ is more progressive still - the atmosphere
of trip hop, the pulse of drum and bass, the heat of funk, the attitude
of hip hop and the cool of jazz. An astonishing talent.
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