I haven't had much to add to the list lately; however, the playlists and gig
listings have been the best thing about the list for a while IMHO.
Spam is spam is spam is bad. That's a whole different animal but to see
what's going on in different areas is interesting and if it's in your area
informative.
What's the big deal?
peace,
R. Scott
framboise@mindspring.com
----- Original Message -----
From: "Kurt Iveson" <kiveson@coombs.anu.edu.au>
To: <acid-jazz@ucsd.edu>
Sent: Friday, October 06, 2000 8:05 PM
Subject: Re: The Acid Jazz JUNK Pile/Theo Parrish
> hi y'all...
>
> Denise wrote:
>
> >I do think playlists are an important part of this (for the most part)
> >underground culture. It's a way to spread the word about music, straight
> >up. What do other people think? Is it time to do a list poll on posting
> >playlists?
> >
>
> I personally love the playlists, keep 'em coming everyone. Like Denise
and
> others have said, they are a great way to find out about new releases, and
> I also like seeing the connections that other people make between
different
> tracks.
>
> Anyway, while I'm here, three disks that I have tracked down recently are
> totally rockin my fricken world:
> Theo Parrish -- Methods of Movement
> Theo Parrish/Sound Signature -- Parallel Dimensions
> Theo Parrish/Sound Signature -- Sound Signature Sounds
>
> _Methods of Movement_ is a mix cd done by Theo at the end of last year,
and
> it is one of the best mix cds I've ever heard, if not *the* best. It
> ranges from a couple of his own tech-house tracks and other electronic
> things, to old funk/soul/disco, and even 'acid jazz' things like Outside
> and Incognito show up! Really nicely selected and mixed from vinyl, and
he
> rides the eq hard in some parts to make it all even more interesting.
Wow!
>
> _Parallel Dimensions_ is the album of new tracks, some of which have
> appeared previously as 12"s on the Sound Signature label. "Summertime is
> Here" (which did come out on a 12", with a small print run) has got to be
> one of the best things I've picked up in the last year or so -- freaky
> downtempo track with swirling loops, abstract vocals, and some sax
bubbling
> away underneath almost on a Sun Ra tip. A ten minute trip (and I noticed
> argo had it on one of his playlists recently! :-)). I think it's prolly
> the best track on the album, but there's heaps of other good shit.
> 'Parallel Dimensions' nicely sums up the approach ... the tracks are
really
> uniquely constructed, different parts and loops which run in parallel
> capturing your attention at different moments to create movement. Very
> low-fi too!
>
> _Sound Signature Sounds_ is a compilation of various tracks that have
> appeared on the Sound Signature label over the last few years. Less of
the
> organic kinda sounds that pop up on _Parallel Dimensions_, in a more
techno
> vein I guess -- not that there's anything wrong with that! 'Dance of the
> Drunken Drums' is a fricken masterpiece. The whole comp is even
> cruchier-sounding than _Parallel Dimensions_.
>
>
> Anyway, they have been hard to find, but IMHO are worth the effort (big up
> to p-dogg for doing the dirty work for me...)!! Some places to check
> on-line would be rush-hour from the netherlands (email: info@rushhour.nl),
> or record time in theo's home town of detroit (I think
www.recordtime.com).
> Please note: I haven't bought stuff from either of these places so can't
> vouch for them....
>
> peace all,
> Kurt
>
>
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