You might listen to some of the Jazz In The House series on Slip 'n Slide,
there are some good pieces on them. House is like most things, ya gotta be
selective! The Nuphonic releases have some pretty good stuff on them as
well, there is good stuff out there, the challenge, if you choose to accept
it, is to find it without having to buy a whole buncha drek first. This
email will not self-destruct in five minutes. The point is loving music,
which you obviously do, we all do on this line, and sharing our ideas and
finds with each other. I have come across some fine stuff from postings here
and I hope to hear of more. Right on..........
leslie/The Power of Sound
----- Original Message -----
From: R. Scott <framboise@mindspring.com>
To: Leslie Shill <icehouse@redshift.com>; Bethany A. Johnson
<bethany@rawkawn.com>
Cc: <acid-jazz@ucsd.edu>
Sent: Monday, May 15, 2000 9:10 PM
Subject: Re: the lasting charm of house
> I don't doubt it. I just wanted to add my 2 cents and play devil's
advocate
> a bit. I don't pretend to be "up" on a lot of dance/electronic beat music.
I
> really try to find something in every genre of music but the House I've
> heard just leaves me cold. That's all.
>
> peace,
> R. Scott
> framboise@mindspring.com
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Leslie Shill" <icehouse@redshift.com>
> To: "Bethany A. Johnson" <bethany@rawkawn.com>
> Cc: <acid-jazz@ucsd.edu>
> Sent: Monday, May 15, 2000 8:01 PM
> Subject: Re: the lasting charm of house
>
>
> > Sure, there is some house that sucks, but there is also a lot that is
> > worthwhile. It's like any musical form, some is awful but some is da
bomb!
> > We've all heard the limp-wristed house popularised over the years by
> > advertisements and the like but, without house, where would a lot of
> today's
> > electronica be? To me, full-on trance is the lowest common denominator
in
> > electronic dance music but some of it is good and some folks swear by
it,
> > it's a matter of taste I suppose. I'm glad that R.Scott got stuff off of
> his
> > chest and feels better for it but, listen, oh R. Scott, there's some
> mighty
> > fine house out there and there is a lot with jazzy influences that is
> > wonderful. Yeah, it does require a little work to find but so does
> anything
> > worthwhile.
> >
> > leslie/The Power of Sound
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: Bethany A. Johnson <bethany@rawkawn.com>
> > To: R. Scott <deebull@mindspring.com>
> > Cc: A/J List <acid-jazz@ucsd.edu>
> > Sent: Monday, May 15, 2000 6:28 PM
> > Subject: Re: the lasting charm of house
> >
> >
> > > Well, if you're going to make such a sweeping statement maybe you
should
> > > expound a bit. Does all house suck? Why does house suck? What about
> > > jazzy house? Does that suck too?
> > >
> > > just curious,
> > > B.
> > >
> > > "R. Scott" wrote:
> > > >
> > > > I for one think House music sucks!!!
> > > >
> > > > There I said it...
> > > >
> > > > peace,
> > > > R. Scott
> > > > framboise@mindspring.com
> > > >
> > > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > > From: "Marco Baroni" <baroni@humnet.ucla.edu>
> > > > To: <acid-jazz@ucsd.edu>
> > > > Sent: Monday, May 15, 2000 3:06 PM
> > > > Subject: the lasting charm of house
> > > >
> > > > > In the rare moments in which I am not enjoying Mellow Mellow, I
have
> > been
> > > > > listening to some old house music -- Mr. Fingers, Inner City, Joe
> > Smooth.
> > > > I
> > > > > was surprised by how well early house music stood the test of
time.
> > > > Better,
> > > > > I would say, than later, more ambitious kinds of electronic/dance
> > music
> > > > > (techno, drum'n'bass, downtempo...) Does anybody else agree with
> this
> > > > > intuition? If you do, do you have a theory about it? Is it because
> > house
> > > > > music (via the disco connection?) is closer to the eternal
soul/funk
> > > > roots?
> > > > > Or is it something about the four-on-the-floor beat? Or is it just
> an
> > > > > impression due to the fact that house is trendy again thanks to
> labels
> > > > like
> > > > > Nuphonic?
> > > > >
> > > > > Regards,
> > > > >
> > > > > Marco
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > >
> > > --
> > > Bethany A. Johnson
> > > http://www.rawkawn.com/bethany/
> > >
> >
>
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