Ok... I see people's points about Shadow...
I guess I didnt need Shadow to introduce me to this music because I had
YOU GUYS & GALS, the ACID JaZZ List :) !!
Actualy I was going through some records today and came across a
Shadow release (which I still play actually): DJ Krush's EP that has
that great track 'Roll & Tumble' - a fat jazz-reggae-hiphop groove with
an unknown trumpet player, perhaps Toshinori Kondo??
peace, & remembrance of Martin Luther King,
Nat
On Sat, 13 Jan 2001, Harry Marquez wrote:
> My two cents worth:
>
> Instinct = pretty cool leftfield electronic music, decent ambient...
>
> Instinct = Shadow
>
> Shadow = Cliff Notes on all things downtempo/acid jazz (which can be both
> good and bad)
>
> Shadow = ABSTRAKT WORKSHOP, vol. 1 & 2 = necessary listening for '95-'96
>
> Shadow = US debut of DJ Food with RECIPE FOR DISASTER = wonderful
>
> Shadow = US debut of other Ninjas like Funki Porcini, 9 Lazy 9, etc. = right
> on
>
> Shadow = Mr. Electric Triangle's KOSMOSIS OF THE HEART = great
>
> Shadow = DJ Cam's US debut with MAD BLUNTED JAZZ = UNDERGROUND VIBES - bonus
> concert disc included on US release = freakin' amazing
>
> Shadow = DJ Cam, Shantel, etc. on double 10" vinyl = cool
>
> Shadow (1997 or so) = distinctive brown cardboard CD packaging which I liked
>
> Shadow (now) = not so progressive as they used to be
>
> Shadow (now) = too much repackaging!
>
> Shadow (now) = no more brown cardboard!
>
> Shadow (now) = nothing exciting lately + controversy (ninja tune & K&D)
>
> And that's the math of it. I pretty much dismiss them now as a
> recycler/licensing label, but I, like Dirk et al have pointed out, never
> would've gotten the necessary education in the global scale of downtempo &
> "acid jazz" without their early releases. These latest controversies (the
> Ninja Tune thing AND the Kruder & Dorfmeister debacle from last year?) just
> tarnish their slowly fading reputation. My confidence in the label was lost
> a while ago, so I just don't care too much right now.
>
> I just wish I had more of those 10"s in the brown packaging. Those were
> cool.
>
> peace,
> Ha
>
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