I don't have the Afronaught album with me right now (my cpu is down and i'm not at home), but my view of the album is that its a good progression for the broken beat / nu jazz sound. The main attraction i have to Shapin' Fluid is the variety of styles. As Aaron mentioned before, the album maintains an experimental edge to it (like most music in the genre) but also keeps the soul intact... especially on the more r&b tracks (which i dig... anything to push the r&b sound from the usual humdrum production). I've been playing the whole album except I'm shying away from "Work It" only because it reminds me of down south (u.s.) "bootyshakin'" music like Luke or 2 live crew ("doo-doo brown" or "it's your birthday") which the dj's played to death at jr high school dances and high school parties, it's still a good song though, the bass is tight and would definitely get the girlies to shake ... er... !
work it :) . As is the case with a lot of Lp's, i wish that either "Transcend Me" or "Outa Range" were not on the album because they were both on the 12"... just the way things go i guess.
I'm really looking forward to the Domu full length. I suspect it'll impress me like the NSM album.
Another artists I'd REALLY like to see an LP from is Kaidi Tatham. Anyone know does he have any other tracks out beside "Betcha", "Armz R Deh" and "Tell Me What Yo' Feeling"... all of which are among my favorites. And is there an original version of "betcha" that is released (i got the agent k / son of scientist 12")?
Hm. also 4 Hero's "Creating Patterns" will hopefully be out soon and not get pushed back to later in the year (Will at KUCI tells me that song I'm jocking "Hold It Down" is by them... i wonder what remix Seiji played...?...).
Peace Out.
Beau
>From: "Olaf Molenveld"
>Reply-To: "Olaf Molenveld"
>To: "Dirk van den Heuvel" , "Beau Young" ,
>Subject: Re: Broken Beat beginnings????
>Date: Sat, 4 Aug 2001 16:40:21 +0200
>
>good solid album, some highlights, but also some fairly nervous (to nervous
>for my taste) tracks....i give it a 7, personally transcend me is still the
>highlight of the album
>
>Olaf
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: Dirk van den Heuvel
>To: Beau Young ;
>Sent: Friday, August 03, 2001 6:18 PM
>Subject: RE: Broken Beat beginnings????
>
>
> > I like most of the NSM album a lot. But I think the Afronaught album is
>just
> > as good if not better and it doesn't seem to be getting discussed nearly
>as
> > much. Any opinions on the new Afronaught album??
> >
> > Dirk van den Heuvel
> > President/GM, Groove Distribution
> > "Your Guide To The Underground"
> > http://www.groovedis.com
> >
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Beau Young [mailto:bjy07@hotmail.com]
> > Sent: Thursday, August 02, 2001 8:29 PM
> > To: acid-jazz@ucsd.edu
> > Subject: RE: Broken Beat beginnings????
> >
> >
> > I have to disagree with the comments on the NSM album. I say that its
> > groundbreaking and very original. For me it touches something in my brain
> > that needs to be touched. The lyrics are BAD!!!! (as in good) & are very
> > appropriate for the beats and whats going on. Personally I think the
>album
> > is defining of the genre. Nobody is doing what IG is and everytime i
>listen
> > i still think "damn, this is some serious shit". Since i've been playing
> > NSM, I've got several people stop as they pass my apt. door and just stand
> > and listen. I don't know, the album bumps. This kinda reminds me on how
> > people were saying they weren't feeling "Two Pages" when it came out. I
> > don't get it!!!
> >
> > As far as the co-op cd... i think its pretty classic (although its hard
>to
> > say as the genre is still growing). almost every song on there is
> > impressive (and i don't get impressed that easily by music). at first, i
> > didn't pay attention to a lot of the songs and focused mainly on "chase de
> > ace" and "nana nomura", but now i really appreciate tracks like "non
> > commital yes" (which i play alot), "blackcurrent" and "the beach" (which
>are
> > ideal for mixing with other nu jazz).
> >
> > I also happen to think that "transcend me" is not the greatest broken
>beat
> > song. it's cool and i like it a lot, but i can't listen to it that often
> > because the vocals are so heavy. I like some of the other afronaught
>stuff
> > better than "transcend me"... "vital ingrediant", "the beaujolais files"
> > both out do it for my taste.
> >
> > The thing for me is that some of this music is so damn heavy i can't
>play
> > it as often as i'd like. I just can't take it. :) There is so much
> > quality in the genre it overwhelms me at times. anyway, just my opinion.
> >
> > Gone.
> >
> >
> >
> > >From: "B. Graff"
> >
> > >Reply-To: b.graff@lycos.com
> > >To: "Szirtes, Thomas"
> > >CC: acid-jazz@ucsd.edu
> > >Subject: RE: Broken Beat beginnings????
> > >Date: Tue, 31 Jul 2001 10:58:52 -0700
> > >
> > >I feel you on this point. The song that comes most readily to mind is
> > that Phil Asher track on Co-Operation. I like most of his output, but I
>feel
> > like he just dug through his vault for this song. No progression or
>groove,
> > just minutes upon minutes of the same beat. In fact, I was rather
> > disappointed in the whole Co-Op cd. There are some nice tracks on there,
>but
> > I think I was led to expect a classic.
> > >
> > >Same thing with New Sector Movements LP. I may post my comments on this
> > later today, but it's hardly the "21st century soul classic" that it's
>hyped
> > to be. IG needs to get with a lyricist because his words do not match his
> > beats. And Frank McComb (?) needs to lose his Stevie Wonder infatuation.
> > >
> > >
> > >---
> > >B.Graff
> > >www.allthingsdeep.com
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >On Tue, 31 Jul 2001 09:19:31
> > > Szirtes, Thomas wrote:
> > > >Quite - actually my biggest problem with "Broken Beat" is that
> > > >most the tracks sound like one long intro - you are just sitting
>there
> > > >waiting for the main break to come in.
> > >
> > >
> > >
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