Mark Turner (mturner@netcom.com)
Fri, 19 Feb 1999 14:06:07 -0800 (PST)
>
> I find it ironic that you two consider Les Nubians to be too
> commercial (whatever that means). During the interview, they
> leveled a similar criticism toward MC Solaar's more recent
> works. "Too pop," they said although they really liked his
> earlier works. Anyway, being able to say something like that
> would imply to me that they do not consider themselves to be
> 'commercial'.
>
> I really don't like this criticism no matter who says it. It
> doesn't tell me in musical terms what was wrong. Just what
> does it mean to sound 'commercial'?
I think the album is over-produced. When you spend too much time
tweaking things in the studio, you often wind up with an album
this is so "plastic" that it's missing all the good qualities you
would no doubt hear in a live performance. Some bands that are
usually over-produced: Brand New Heavies, James Taylor Quartet,
Incognito. Some that are not: Greyboy Allstars, Galactic, 00-Soul.
I haven't heard Solaar's recent output, so I can't comment on it,
but PROSE COMBAT is one hell of a good album. IMHO.
> ( for the record )
>
> I don't have the album w/ me, but I bought it for my little
> cousin for Christmas (nevermind that I'm not Christian ;-).
> I listened to it a lot at her place before I had to come
> back to work. I liked the CD (especially "Makeda"), and I
> know I'm not the only one.
Fair enough. I was only responding to a request for opinions. :-)
-- Mark Turner | "Jazzadelica" with Rocky Rococo on KFJC mturner@netcom.com | Sundays 10pm-2am, 89.7 FM, Los Altos Hills, CA
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