I always liked the term "downtempo" to tell you the truth. Some of you might have issues with this term seeing as a lot of AJ is as uptempo as house or breakbeat stuff, but I feel the association of the term matches pretty closely with what I think of as AJ. Also, to be honest, I never liked the term "acid jazz" in the first place (probably because I associate it with the pop wave of so called "acid jazz" groups that came out when I was younger--soul coughing, etc.). In my mind, the "jazz" label sets some unnecessary restrictions. I am so tired of hearing things that are described as "jazzy"--the term for me has really lost all meaning. Also a lot pof producers opt to put some horns and double bass over a breakbeat loop and then all the sudden they're so "jazzy." I almost cringe when I hear the term "jazz" associated with anything modern now. Keep in mind that I am not a jazz aficionado like a lot of the people on this list, so I don't have a lot of room to talk either. Just some thoughts.
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From: Markus Ahonen
Cc: acid-jazz@ucsd.edu
Sent: Tuesday, February 27, 2001 9:07 AM
Subject: Re: AW: A name for our music!
I think you're missing the point -- I'm not talking about a sub-genre that would cause music to be miscategorized time after time. I'd like to see the complete opposite, so that you could actually go to a record store and find your type of music where you would expect to find it -- not under "rock" or "pop", but not under "techno" either. I'¨m not looking for another segment of a segment, but rather one that would encompass all of the types of music that gets discussed on this forum.
Markus
>I totally agree. Alhtough genre names help you finding music it sometimes narrows your view. I found myself buying albums only because they were hyped as nu-jazz or downbeat and was kind of dissappointed. On the other hand, I would have missed some albums only because they were categorized as rock, techno or whatsoever. This list is a great source of information without that narrowing view. Let's keep it this way.
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