Eric Maag (emaag@erols.com)
Sat, 04 Dec 1999 04:50:28 +0000
Kassel wrote:
> Control will never shake the Cypress Tag off waittaminnit.. Cypress Hill is
> not Mexican, not in the least ,,,though they are the breaking
> point in Mexico's hip-hop scene, it does lack originality .........on the
> other hand Plastilina and Titan can be looked at as the inovative/creative
> musical proposals for a country that it's musical scene is comercially
> controled by major labels/tv networks.
Long live Televisa and Arista
>
> Titan's first album may not have a great production behind it ,,,but It
> definately stands on the creative side......
No, it is still an aglmoretaion of what can be called december 1997.
>
> You would want to check out Rosso's (Plastilina Mosh)new project Panorama
> with a female vocalist.......nice smooth-trip/hop act, only to be released
> in the States......
Ever checked out Seceintanueve from Satelbronx?
>
> There are some new Drum n' Bass acts, one sure to be worth looking at is
> Nortech out of TJ (Bostich guys I think),,it's DnB meets Tambora (folk
> northwestern music),,,,,
Hey what's up?
-mosquitron
>
>
> -----Mensaje original-----
> De: aspeitia axel arturo barcelo <abarcelo@indiana.edu>
> Para: Erik Gaderlund <erikg@macconnect.com>
> CC: acid-jazz@ucsd.edu <acid-jazz@ucsd.edu>
> Fecha: Viernes, 03 de Diciembre de 1999 05:11 p.m.
> Asunto: Re: downtempo in movies
>
> >I have followed the Mexican rap/hip-hop scene for more than fifteen years
> >and I am still to hear anything truly original. There is a lot of good
> >stuff being made there, but it is hard not to call it 'derivative'.
> >Control Machete may use a lot of mexican folk music in their samples, but
> >they still cannot shake the 'Cypress Hill clone' tag off easily.
> >Similarly, Platilina Mosh sound too goofily similar to Dust Bros. meets
> >the Beastie Boys. And these are actually the best hip-hop bands in
> >Mexico. Calo started doing some amazing top thanks to awesome elctro-house
> >beats provided by Alex Syntek back in the 80s (Alex Syntek is now trying
> >to do Acid Jazz, but very unsuccesfully).
> > Talking about 'Empero Norton Records', they are finally making
> >available in America the second release by what may well be the only
> >electronic/Acid-Jazz band in Mexico: TITAN. I have seen them live and they
> >are amazing, but I have never been too impressed by their recordings.
> >
> >
> >On Fri, 3 Dec 1999, Erik Gaderlund wrote:
> >
> >> But, the 'underground' US stuff is more appreciated in Europe. Luckly
> here
> >> Silicon Valley we have lots of College radio stations that play the more
> >> forward thinking stuff, and I do hear the occasional cool Spanish rap on
> >> the Spanish language programs on said stations.
> >>
> >> erik g
> >>
> >> n.p. still can get Basement Jaxx 'Red Alert' out of my head "And the
> music..."
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >
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