Mark Turner (mturner@netcom.com)
Fri, 22 Oct 1999 08:58:06 -0700 (PDT)
>
> Actually NuBreakz raises a question for me..out of the acid jazz/future
> jazz/whatever fans out there how many of you are into the whole post
> Chemical Bros nu skool breaks sound? I'm talking about labels like TCR,
> Finger Lickin, Kingsize, Marble Bar, Bolshi, Botchit & Scarper, etc. It
> doesn't get mentioned here and I'm just wondering if that's because 1)people
> heard it and don't like it, 2)people never get to hear and don't know it.
> It's the big new genre for us but it's VERY underground. Some places (like
> Chicago unfortunately) you can't find the records anywhere (unless you come
> to our warehouse).
I'm not a big fan of nubreakz. I like a little more melody with my
beats. Some of it is OK, if it's funky enough or there's a clever
use of sample material. But in general I see it as an evolution of
the "big beat" sound (Chems, Propellerheads, etc.), which I never
liked much either. YMMV.
-- 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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