Dirk van den Heuvel (dirkv@groovedis.com)
Wed, 6 Oct 1999 12:17:26 -0500
Stephanie,
A few deejay friends of mine (incl Chicago deejays Jesse De La Pena and
Uncle Milty) were talking the other day about the number of downtempo/acid
jazz type deejays that end up spinning mostly house (or disco in some
cases)and how hard it is to find certain downtempo records.
Back when Mark Farina started doing the Mushroom Jazz nights here in Chicago
it was mostly acid jazz/trip hop/funk/etc but it rather quickly started
moving towards more "dance" type sounds like house (jazz house mind you, but
still house). Soon it was basically a house nite despite the acid jazz hype.
I saw an interview with Mark recently and he said one problem with playing
downtempo nights is a lack of records. He just can't sustain a whole night
with the number of downtempo records he gets/finds. So we have two
issues-1)house is more accessible (esp to club owners and promoters) than
playing downtempo or eclectic sets, 2)there is a lack of records to buy at
most stores. BUT the point I want to make is that there is not a lack of
downtempo records made. Since we specialize in downtempo and jazzy beats we
have a good overview of what comes out and there is definitely enough
records every week for Mark to play a whole night of downtempo or
(post?)acid jazz tracks, the question is can he find them? In many cities,
at many stores the answer would be no. The stores don't carry it, or don't
stock many copies so for a lot people or deejays it may APPEAR that there
aren't enough records. But there are.
It sounds like Rainer Truby's set had more to do with the first point, i.e.
it's easier and less risky to rock a party with house tracks and the
promoters and club owners in alot of cases will be happier too, but number
two MIGHT have had some influence as well (maybe he went to all the stores
in NY and saw how little of his type of records are around and got
scared??).
Dirk van den Heuvel (dirkv@groovedis.com)
Groove Distribution
www.groovedis.com
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-----Original Message-----
From: stephanie [mailto:nnine@yahoo.com]
Sent: Wednesday, October 06, 1999 10:46 AM
To: Zach; mm31@pacbell.net
Cc: acid-jazz@ucsd.edu
Subject: RE: Rootdown 99
Just saw Rainer Truby last night in NYC. To tell you
the truth, i mean, he was good, but the track
selection was awfully housy for much of the night
(although I was lvoing the salsa at the end!), and
many transitions were lazy or abrupt. I'm kind of
getting annoyed with all these eclectic djs and
producers getting behind the decks with brains full of
sonic experiments, and then playing house. Mark
Farina, Alex Gopher, now Rainer Truby...If I wanted
that much house I wouldn't be so nuts over their music
in the first place. I'd just buy all...i don't
know...jose nunez or something. am I missing
something?
anyway, enough bitching, it was a very nice show. I
think we spotted David Byrne, and *oh my gosh* Michael
Reinboth (aka "the other guy") from Compost spun
absolutely delightfully, and this was _before_ Argo
started feeding me gin (which would explain my
incoherence, Nat...sorry...but nice to meet you!!).
Phew!! jeez...seemless mixing of rockin' brazillian
beats, even seemless tempo changes. If I'd had more
gumption I would have trainspotted every track! super
soulful and beatful. He was playing 45s, like the
little 7"s with the big hole in the middle. oh my
gosh. so so good. Really challenging, hot tunes. I
wish the whole night had been like that!
Still had a great time though. Rainer Truby was good,
there was just alot of stuff I couldn't get into. Now,
if Zap mama plays house, I'm going to be PISSED!!! ;)
stephanie
(oh, i'll try to jot down some jungle picks in the
next few days...off the top of my head, not
necessarily new stuff but new to me: brass wolf, bill
laswell, and stuff on recordings of substance. also,
that new peshay project "The Quartet" is *very very*
good. I'm also loving the new vadim and Quannum
spectrum. more in-depth commentary later.)
> Speaking of Rootdown99, I really enjoyed Rainer
> Trüby's
> DJ set last saturday here in Los Angeles....
> He started off with a very abstract downtempo tune,
> like that of Compost label stuff, then played a
> mixture
> of house, brazilian funk, dico, fusion for almost
> two hours!
> Wish i could get a playlist....
>
> Those in New York and Chicago
>
> and in toronto at movement this friday the 8th...
>
> zach
>
>
> should definitely check him out!
>
>
> Masaki
>
>
>
> L R wrote:
> >
> > Recently picked up Rootdown 99 (Nuphonic) compiled
> by Rainer Truby. It is
> > really nice, smooth, and jazzy and contains tracks
> by Jazzanova, Blaze,
> > Cujo, MAW, and others. Also has the Jazzanova
> Remix of Ian Pooley's
> > outstanding track "What's Your Number". VEry
> different than the Swag remix
> > which is much more techy.
> >
> > I hightly recommend this one.
> >
> > cheers,
> > Lara
> >
> >
>
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