hey D,
Broken beat is no one thing in that it encompasses and can take the form
of house, d&b, soul, jazz etc. The unifying thing that kinda makes this
a (broad) genre is that it's innovative, looking at music of the past to
make forward sounding grooves, and tends to have syncopated/broken
beats. The 4 Hero album, for eg., isn't really a 'broken beat' release
but a coupla tracks have the sound. Ditto the Beatless album. The thing
I find is that the music almost always is SOULFUL, from the above
mentioned to Domu's more techno-ey stuff, Vikter D etc.
I wrote a lengthy article on the topic recently, interviewing and
covering people like Dego, IG Culture, Alex Attias, Moonstarr, Bugz in
the Attic etc. Have a read if you care to:
http://www.exclaim.ca/common/display.php3?articleid=877
BTW, big thank-you's to all of you on this list who hit me with feedback
on the piece. I received (and am still getting) e-notes and letters from
all over the world....lots of response and thoughts and passion. Still
trying to write everyone back.
Oh yeah, De Angela....one other unifying factor with bb: passion!!
Thanks also for the Outkast tip-off. Sounds wicked! Will definitely
check. Take care.
-db-
De Angela Duff wrote:
> stupid question:
> what is broken beat? what are some song examples? according to a
> previous message, manhood is broken beat? 4 hero is broken beat? The
> 4hero sounds similar to two pages to me. Was it broken beat back then
> too. These labels get confusing.
>
> outkast:
> I highly recommend you check out "funkin around" by Outkast on their
> greatest hits called Outkast. (There are three new songs on it.) It
> starts off with Andre 3000 trying to sound english ( a southerner
> (which I am) trying to sound english, now that's funny).
>
> Outkast has been great at mixing up different sounds and styles, but
> this is like the epitome of mixing it up. You can tell they've been
> listening to the stuff we talk about on this list. The horns are
> right on too; just like Pfunk or something. The bass is up in the
> mix, too. I would love to hear if you guys were surprised and
> delighted to hear a UK influence in this song. I can't stop playing
> it.
> --
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