Kassel (dobok@infosel.net.mx)
Thu, 28 Oct 1999 17:20:59 -0500
> If you digged' the Sound of the City comp (G. Peterson), check out the
rest
> of em'
> ////////specially Paris Comp by DJ Yellow/French Kiss -
>
> Have a COOKIE' wid it
>
> ----------
> > From: stephanie <nnine@yahoo.com>
> > To: acid-jazz@ucsd.edu
> > Subject: a few recent buys
> > Date: Thursday, October 28, 1999 9:31 AM
> >
> > I don't have these records in front of me, so please
> > excuse minor spelling/wording mistakes. these are
> > some recent favorites:
> >
> > Om Lounge 1 & 2
> > ----------------
> > Yum! All styles represented. a smooth collection that
> > ranges from funky and housy to kinda weird. my
> > impression is that 2 is a little more abstract than 1.
> >
> > Frederick Galliano-Espaces Baroques (sp?)
> > -----------------------------------------
> > very nice classicish jazz...maybe somewhere between
> > eric dolphy and herbie mann? that might be a clumsy
> > comparison, but it's somber jazz with gauzey drum loop
> > washes over top. sounds like a lot of variations on a
> > theme upon 2nd and 3rd listen. lots of different
> > tempos make this very musical pick compatible with a
> > range of dance genres. kind of like cinematic
> > orchestra but 3 feet closer to earth.
> >
> > Oh yeah, cinematic orchestra-ode to the deep sea!
> > -------------------------------------------------
> > I didn't buy the full length but this single is very
> > satisfying! lush lush lush moody jazz orchestrations
> >
> > sounds of the city - London (gilles peterson)
> > --------------------------------------------------
> > Right. Like I need to say more. Pfft. purchase on
> > sight.
> >
> > Nitin sawhney- beyond skin
> > ---------------------------
> > whoah. had to take a step back to take this one in.
> > the liner notes nearly broke me in half, talking about
> > mixed up cultural identities and nuclear testing. the
> > album is just as touching: deeply sensitive and sweet
> > indian influenced stuff. spans a bunch of styles (incl
> > hip hop and r&b, and traditional indian styles) in a
> > fresh way that some people could find annoying but it
> > works for me. after half a listen, favorite tracks are
> > "Nadia" a breathtaking d&b vocal flight which could
> > save your life if you've just had a bad pill or gotten
> > dumped or something. the track before whose name I
> > can't remember is also jungle-compliant, more of that
> > orchestrated jazz stuff.
> > Buy on sight. Even you, elson.
> >
> > J Majik - slow motion
> > ---------------------
> > I'm stuck in a time warp lately, can't seem to stop
> > buying records made in 1997. this is another. don't
> > pass it up just because J looks like a memeber of A-Ha
> > on the cover. typical(ly lovely) sparse, technical,
> > sinister d&b with break beats, not rock beats. His
> > stuff is in the same family as photek. also at least
> > one downtempo track. actually i think there are a few.
> >
> >
> > ok, now some floor fillers
> >
> > mc gq - emcee 001
> > -----------------
> > um, duh, I don't know the title of this, but it's the
> > first release from MC GQ's new emcee label. one side
> > is dull, i forget why, I think it's jsut average
> > jungle darkness, but the other side is like musical s
> > and m. ((*#&(&$@, oh my, dark dark dark, this shit
> > will tear your head off with tornado beats, a big
> > distorted synth line that sounds like it's coming to
> > eat you, and a breakdown that will make your knees
> > buckle.
> >
> > global thang 3, 4, and 5
> > ------------------------
> > no titles on these. I skipped 1 & 2, but all of these
> > are solid picks, marked by snappy, busy beats and
> > infectious basslines.
> >
> > i guess that's it for now.
> >
> > =====
> >
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