Elson Trinidad (elson@westworld.com)
Fri, 16 Jul 1999 14:46:23 -0700
Steve Catanzaro wrote:
>
> Hey all, a question; Not to disparage D&B or jungle or anything electronic,
> but I've always seen this type of music as a bit seperate from other types
> of groove music; jazz funk, Headhunter era Herbie Hancock, Sly Stone, Stevie
> Wonder, AWB, some Sade, the Brand New Heavies, Jamiroquai, etc. This is what
> I, (for purposes of this question) might call classic "acid jazz;" the funky
> beats, the Rhodes, wah wah guitar, horns, etc.
I understand what you're taling about. For the most part, a great deal of why it
that was (relatively) popular was because of the whole '70s retro thing...In
turn, things no one wanted to touch back in the '80s became the style,
music-wise and production-wise (like dry vocals and dry drums). Even
painstakingly re-creating "that 70s sound" became an artform for some artists
(Greyboy Allstars, anyone?)
IMHO, it's great, but it can only go so far. The 70s was the 70s, and you can
only make so much out of it without repeating yourself. I'll always love rare
groove, the "classic" acid jazz sound, jazz-funk, etc. But these days I'm more
into drum n bass and such...basically, that's the sound of the future, rather
than the past (strictly my opinion, not a judgement call). I personally think
it's more satisfying to do something no one's done before than something that's
been done (much better) in the past by others...that way, there's no standard or
precedent by which others can judge you against - you become the standard.
Elson
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