Erik Gaderlund (erikg@macconnect.com)
Mon, 19 Jul 1999 12:48:32 -0700
christopher said:
>===========================================
>the only thing i don't like about them (well
>dandb/triphop more) is the
>pretension often involved. i think house capture smore
>of the spirit of
>the earlier genres and is more about loving life and
>having a good
>time,
>as does hardstep and hiphop. i think the idea of drum
>and bass being
>more
>experimental is extremely exaggerated - it is not put
>together any
>differently than other genres and i don't think
>sounding futuristic
>makes
>it so, if that makes any sense at all.
>==========================================
>
>I agree with this, and i don't. In dnb I have really
>had enough of this "janky 2-step laziness" as a frend
>of mine puts it, all this very thinly-stratused
>pseudo-minimal, stupid "futurism", like people trying
>to be the best of dom and roland or optical (sublime
>stuuf, that) and just falling totally flat. Thus, I
>could spit upon 90% of the new jungle records i hear.
>It puts a hurt on my soul to listen to that crap,
>*because* jungle has stirred so much passion in me for
>so long.
>
>But OH MY GOSH there is some incredible stuff coming
>out, if you're patient enough to dig!! I'm talking
>about super jazzed out aggressive shit, the new stuff
>Dillinja is doing with crazy out-of-place jazz drums,
>and that sound that captures not the smooth of jazz,
>like that "classic sound", but the anger and
>motivation of jazz. I have been waiting for this for
>years!!!
>
><deletia>
>
>Ok, what the hell is my point? I don't know. But I
>will say that TECHSTEP CAN BITE ME. Amon Tobin can
>marry me. =)
>
>juxtaposed on a monday,
>stephanie99
>
Yes, if you search you can find the innovators--waiting for Lamb's domestic
release next week. Amon, Mr. Scruff, Animals.., the occasional Funki
Porcini, and the other Ninja experimenters are great, but I do like the
Funk influenced stuff, check Adam F's "Jungle Funk" and a new on from
Peshay--didn't catch the name from the DJ.
But, for the other classic sound of Tr*p-H*p, no one was able to capture
Massive Attack, Portishead so I can still listen to them just the same.
Check out the video of P's NYC Live, there are come jams they do, just a
straight-ahead jazz jam with bass and piano, then a clip of the drummer
cranking out a wicked hip-hop beat for an MC to groove over (the best shot
though is some dude mouthing along to 'Glory Box' in the back of the hall.)
But, the reason that I've been on this list for five years or so is that
Acid Jazz covers just about everything and I'm allways learning from you
all.
erik g
n.p. Propellerheads "history repeating" [white label]--switched over from
Marley's "Exodus".
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