Hmm... Havent heard the CD, but these two tracks are very different and
could not be mixed together, unless Smoke City's Jug track was played on
45 (which I heard somebody do once but I think it was by accident)
The Da Lata track is a fast-ish (around 118) breakbeat, monster of a
track. It starts out with about 4 minutes of brazil styled beats, then
there's a pause where a soulful Rhodes groove drops, and then the beats
come back in again even ruffer, with a cuica instrument (the one that
sounds like a rubbery bird) grooving....
The smoke city track is a downtempo groover round
90 bpm, highly syncopated and brazil influenced. Starts out with 2
bell-sounding notes alternating on the One of each bar, then after a
little while there's a drop of the beat, and then the bass groove and a
heavier beat drops in over the bell-sounds which complements the track and
adds a lot of depth.
I hope my descriptions might help you distinguish which is which.
Both tracks are excellent & essential!
peace
Nat
On Thu, 8 Feb 2001, Antonio Felizardo wrote:
> OK, here's a question for the insiders.
>
> The 'Excursions 02 - Patrick Forge' album released late last year has two
> tracks that have been confusing me:
>
> 4 - Da Lata - Pra Manha (Percapella)
> 5 - Smoke City - Jug
>
> Now, I thought they were two different tracks and that they were mixed, but
> when I checked the Gilles Peterson show of 18/05/2000 featuring Patrick
> Forge, I realised that the 'Percapella' mix of 'Pra Manha' is actually both
> track 4 and 5 of the Excursions 02 album. So, no 'Smoke City - Jug' on the
> album. (I'm talking about the CD version here).
>
> Confused? Me too. Anyone want to explain?
>
> Antonio
>
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