Eighth Dimension (badmood@earthlink.net)
Thu, 9 Dec 1999 21:44:45 -0400
had to say something about this thread ...
> > > dear list: I hated the latest issue of Urb "the
> > > future issue" .The most
> > > Insulted part was the part about R and b music .The
> > > notion that new soul can
> > > be made by including jungle and techno influences.
> > > I imagine black people
> > > thinkig"Is the girl crazy" ?
In an interview with Timbaland in an year-old issue of The Source
(yep , The Source) he was asked what he listens to ... he answered
"Portishead , Goldie , Bjork ... I'd love to work with her ..." A
producer of the stature and prolificness of Timbaland being open to
this music is enough to cross-pollinate a bit of the genre ...
>
>R and B is the music
> > > that consistently has to
> > > marry innovation and mass appeal with formualic
> > > production and
> > > mechanization.
Not entirely sure what's wrong with that ... the best music is that
which is truly experimental , but can be devilishly commercial at the
same time.
> > > this is some place for it. Im also tiredd of hearing
> > > about the detroit crew
> > > of techno inventors. Gee they are in every other
> > > issue > i liked Big fun but
> > > hey it was a while ago.
Carl Craig , Stacey Pullen , Theo Parish , Kenny Dixon Jr ... just
four of many techno-influenced African-Americans in Detroit making
relevant and important music at this very moment ... the scene there
is still very much alive ... as far as the innovators go , yes there
hasn't been much going on with their output but the story of Detroit
and how these men created a lineage that spawned the four names above
and more to come is a great story ... magazines love it , you're
gonna hear about it again and again ... (I think it's a pretty cool
story , too , by the way ) ...
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