aspeitia axel arturo barcelo (abarcelo@indiana.edu)
Tue, 7 Dec 1999 00:46:48 -0500 (EST)
It is really interesting how downtempo is attracting so much attention
from indie rockers, at least here in the USA. Kids who are into the
whole Chicago post-rock scene are not only devouring the whole WARP!
records catalog and getting a steady diet of German electronica (To Rococo
Rot, Funkstorung, Pole, Mouse on Mars, etc.) but also picking up on Kid
Loco mostly because of his remixes of people like Mogwai, the High Llamas
and the Pastels. Matador Records is releasing hip-hop bands the Arsonists
and Non Phixion plus Khan Oral's (Turco Loco) 1-800-Khan which is all
downtempo. Up records (a division of Sub Pop) is also erasing the
boundaries between post-rock electronica and what this lists calls Acid
Jazz with bands like Modest Mouse and Violent Green (who look live like a
Punk band but sound on records like a downtempo electronica band). Even
Darla Records, who used to be the kiddie-pop band per excellence have
dozens of releases of what they call 'Drum and Bliss' i.e. DnB with a
kiddie-pop sensibility.
On Mon, 6 Dec 1999, christopherotto wrote:
> has anyone heard icq yet? i picked up one of their records the other week
> and haven't really made my mind up yet. the texture of it is really
> interesting though i find the beats a little difficult to deal with.. i
> don't thin it would happen due to pretention on the indierock side, but i
> feel like the music wthat would come out if transam,icq,karate,etc. were
> produced by swingsett or optical would be most incredible. anyone else have
> any thoughts on this sound?
>
> christopherotto
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Brock @ Motormouthmedia <bmotor@pacbell.net>
> To: B. Graff <b.graff@mailcity.com>; <acid-jazz@ucsd.edu>
> Sent: Sunday, December 05, 1999 9:45 PM
> Subject: Re: comments...
>
>
> > I was under the impression that his son (can't recall the name) is the
> label
> > manager. Have heard that more than once, think that's the deal...Brock
> >
> > ----------
> > >From: "B. Graff" <b.graff@mailcity.com>
> > >To: acid-jazz@ucsd.edu
> > >Subject: Re: comments...
> > >Date: Tue, Dec 7, 1999, 5:39 AM
> > >
> >
> > >
> > > I'm not sure if someone confirmed this or not, but it's true that Rupert
> > > Murdoch, through one of his companies, basically owns or has a heavy
> hand
> > > in Rawkus. They are independently distributed (or are they going
> through
> > > Priority now?) but Murdoch gave them the money to start the label. It's
> in
> > > a cover story from Stress Magazine a while back, the one with the promo
> > > flexidisc of some Rawkus artists.
> > >
> > > Anthony
> > >
> > >
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