Wm. ERROL PACE (wm_errol_pace@hotmail.com)
Wed, 01 Dec 1999 22:33:07 GMT
Stephanie,
I suffer the same afflition for Downtempo and patience was never an issue.
I challenge all those out there who are chatting about the subject of
Downtempo to make recommendations for further listening in this genre. I am
stationed at Charleston Air Force Base Charleston, South Carolina and this
is not the hotbed of Downtempo Trippy Ambient Acid Jazz. My exposure has
been primarily through Instinct Records : This Is Acid Jazz - After Hours
Series and Kazumi Watanabe's tracks of "American Short Hair" and Mobo I off
of His Gramavision release Mobo I. Also I would like to recommend DJ Krush
& Toshinori Kondo's - Ki-OKU on Instinct Records. Track 1 doesn't do it for
me but the other 12 tracks hit the spot in the Downtempo vein and their
redition of Bob Marley's "Sun is Shining" is truly a gem. Give me a holler.
Semper Motociclismo,
Semper Groovin',
Pace'
p.s.: Stephanie's sense of humour in this is a shot in the arm, Thanks.
I wonder if the lack of radio exposure, even
college/independent radio, has to do with idiots like
me who love music but took years to warm up to slower,
sleepier stuff. everything downtempo takes some
patience and subtlety on the part of the listener, and
I certainly lacked that patience for a long time.
Maxinquaye and Dummy were like a frying pan to the
head which is why i took notice and instantly fell in
love, but it has taken a concerted effort, the support
of loved ones, and new ways of listening (not to
mention deeper digging in the wallet to invest in yet
another genre) for little hyperactive me to cozy up to
the likes of what now comprise about 30-50% of my
purchases!
*DUH!!!* My bad. You think a lot of others may
suffer the same affliction, and maybe this has the
cumulative effect of under-exposure and relegation to
mood-building ad and movie backgrounds?? Maybe I
should go on a national speaking tour and try to win
converts. Sing "Amazing Grace" into Radio Shack
microphones at high schools and VFWs and stuff.
--- BAO <tunde@arches.uga.edu> wrote:
> > Too many new movies have downtempo new
> > musics.
> >
> >
> > Not to piss anyone off here but I disagree. For
> me this genre does not
> > suffer at all from over exposure at all in any
> form of media or medium.
>
> I didnt mean too many in a bad way. Too many in a
> good way.
>
>
>
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