At 10:05 AM -0500 2/9/01, adario wrote:
> >Also just picked up the Blue Slates record, which is awesome on first
>>listen. Very little of that diva/bad-lounge-singer spoiling 1/4-1/2
>>the album that's plagued nearly-great releases from Hefner, Bent,
>>Dusted, & Les Gammas recently (anyone w/me on this? easy on the
>>vocals, downtempo dons-- esp. when they blow!), & more lively &
>
>not for hefner, josee's voice is fine by me! ain't nothing wrong with
>making songs. does the whole album have to be mixing material? les gammas
>do get cheesy though.
The Hefner vocal stuff has grown on me at least, but I still faaar
prefer the instrumentals, which I consider to be songs-- and better
ones than the songs w/vocals! Feels like a lot more care went into
the instrumentals' production--
>
>>Folks who are feeling this Andrea Marquee album as deeply as I am owe
>>it to themselves to check out the new Lucas Santtana disc-- totally
>>on the same neo-tropicália/electronica tip, very Gil-esque, though
>>the influences are myriad. Great, great record--
>
>sounds dope, what labels?
>a dario
That Peter Gabriel Worldbeat label-- um, whassit called? W/the
little colored blocks on the side of every one of 'em?
--Jason Witherspoon ICQ #62837760
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