Erik Gaderlund (erikg@macconnect.com)
Thu, 2 Dec 1999 14:54:38 -0800
What about Shadow's "Midnight in a Perfect World" or "In-Flux", "What Does
Your Soul Look Like? I-IV", in fact all of "Endtroducing...", and Krush if
from Japan, Cam from France, so there isn't a total monopoly. And, have
to say Esthero has a bit too much rock guitar, and those annoying rappers
on 'Breath from Another', then maybe. But, the fact that the US doesn't
have a monopoly, like most everything else, can be a good thing.
erik g
>
>Okay someone has gotten close for American trip hop. Thievery Corp is up
>there (quality if not popularity wise) with Massive and Portishead..though
>then again Thievery Corp has never written any classic "songs" in the vein
>of "Sour Times" or "Protection" or "Unfinished Sympathy" or "Safe From Harm"
>..okay I'm sticking to my guns..there's no American artists doing trip hop
>in the league of Massive Attack or Portishead (but Esthero come
>close--though they'd be considered Canadian right?).
>
>Dirk van den Heuvel (dirkv@groovedis.com)
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>-----Original Message-----
>From: DJ Fish [mailto:fish@yesmate.com]
>Sent: Thursday, December 02, 1999 4:05 PM
>To: Acid-Jazz Mailing List; Dirk van den Heuvel
>Subject: american artists (was RE: downtempo in movies)
>
>
>dirk was on about:
>> What
>> American trip hop artist compares with Portishead and Massive Attack? I
>> can't think of any. DJ Shadow comes close maybe.
>
>not sure about this, but the majority of the samples come from old american
>records, so don't feel too left out. michael kandel (tranquility bass)
>deserves a mention. how about tony d? (okay so he releases on manchester's
>grand central but he's from new jersey innit?)... and then there's king
>britt, thievery corp. hey wtf am i doing sticking up for american music
>anyway? ;)
>
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