Kudos to
>I guess it's the equivalent of reading horror novels for a very long time
and then jumping into Shakespear, Salman Rushdie, >Tsi Tsi Dengerambe...
sz
----- Original Message -----
From: Joni . <bigorangecat@hotmail.com>
To: <icehouse@redshift.com>; <acid-jazz@ucsd.edu>
Sent: Sunday, February 25, 2001 6:01 PM
Subject: Re: tourist
> >it has been great as conduit to bring my listeners into contact with >AJ
> >and related musical forms, Tourist has some easily identifiable >>>>ideas
> >and concepts that allow for ready connection for the uninitiated
>
> I have to agree on this one. I try to turn my friends on to AJ every
chance
> I get. One friday night I put on St Germain, Amon Tobin, and Jazzanova
for
> them to check out. St Germain and Amon Tobin both got great responses,
> but Jazzanova..they hated!! I thought how can this be? Then I got to
> thinking that new souls need to mature in to things like Jazzanova or 4
> Hero.
> >From what i hear, the live conglomeration that St. Germain put together
to
> >tour behind the album also really smoked and that says a lot for the
> >underlying music to my mind!
>
> Yes! St Germain were really impressive in the CD/Vinyl form but seeing
them
> live was sick...they made me dance AND had my respect as creative artists.
> See 'em if you can.
>
> I think it comes down to what YOU are looking for and how you prioritize
> things like making a, Well Informed, crowd dance...or blowing their minds
w/
> something insane...ie Freeform Arkestra (these guys are really doing it
for
> me lately!!)
>
> joni
>
>
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