Hey Jason and AJ list,
I can't speak about many of the releases you've got here - but the
new Clairaudience stuff is tight. Both are on test at the moment.
The Dazzle track is called "Dance With Me" and comes with a dub mix
that is just funky funky funky. It's got nuff old school garage
flavor, feel good type shit. I like. Totally sweet.
The Figarro is Pevan Evrett's new project. No vocals! Amazing stuff
though. I get the feeling he's really showcasing his straight-up
songwriting. Two jazzy bossa-flavored jams, fairly uptempo. One of
them is very tropicalia, the other more on some samba shuffle biz.
The rest I can't speak for, but I'd love to check out all the obscure
4hero material :) Speaking of which, did anybody hear 4hero's remix
of Amazon on the Millennium to Millennium 12" on UR? Wonderful
detroit homage. About time Mad Mike and 4Hero really did a record
together.
Also on that note, 4hero also touched a Marcos Valle 12" on Farout,
called "Para De Fazer Besteira". Interestingly enough the mix is
credited to Marc Mac instead of 4hero as a unit - different sound
here. Shades of Naima in the beats, heavy on the ride cymbal. Grows
into a lovely future bossa affair.
Anybody check the Fug album on NuPhonic?
Lovely at times, can occasionally lack some funk, but still pretty damn good.
In hiphop news, the Jaydee album finally dropped on BBE (on schedule,
amazingly enough). It's some thugged-out shit for what we've come to
expect from him. but damn - You simply must hear it regardless. It's
the next step in hip hop production. Especially the cover of "Think
Twice" is about the warmest cover treatment I've heard in a while.
I'm going to have to do a real review of that record, it's
challenging.
cheers,
.aaron shinn
At 2:39 AM -0700 3/2/01, Jason Jasberto Batog wrote:
>My requests:
>
>1. Has anyone heard that Landslide remix for "Around The Corner" on
>Hospital (supposedly coming out on their Plastic Surgery compilation)? I
>really liked the Jazztronik and original version, not so much with the
>Origin Unknown remix though. London Elektricity are such geniuses, I wish
>they still worked with some of their artists from Tongue & Groove. They
>still have Izit, "Bird Of Paradise" (is that old?) off Galactic Disco (their
>housier not-in-continuation offshoot) was such a nice track.
>
>2. Has anyone heard the new Figarro or Dazzle on Clairaudience? Speaking
>of which, I'm dying for a copy of "Word Sound Power" by African Blues on
>Clairaudience CA002 12". This was before the whole Wave Music distribution
>deal when they were locked in with Unique (I believe).
>
>3. Does anybody own the "Starchasers (Photek Remix)" promo? There is a
>track of interest on the flip called "New Yorker In Dollis Hill". What is
>that like? Soulful moody like their first two discs off the Two Pages 4LP?
>Considering it's on the drum n' bass copy, I'm thinking heavy dark techstep.
>There also two other tracks they've done called "Ebisu Gardens" and
>"Holograms (apparantly with Azymuth)" but are only on the Japanese edition
>of Two Pages 2CD set. Is "Holograms" another name for "Starchasers (Azymuth
>Remix)" off the Two Pages Revisited 3LP? Nobody really knows but I'm sure
>someone has got to have these editions... BTW, Stacey Pullen's "Vertigo"
>with the 4 Hero remix is hot, it's on Science with an orange sticker (as
>with all UK promos nowadays, a promo sold to the shops)! You gotta get it!
>Also on the same note, when does 4 Hero's new album come out? Everybody's
>got a release date to shuffle about!
>
>4. Anybody heards bits about the Zero 7 album? I'm getting nervous,
>everybody's coining them as the next Air. While they might have that sort
>of soundtrack quality to their work, they are lot more soulful and can
>produce these high quality differential productions.
>
>5. WHEN DOES THE GALERA ALBUM DROP?!!!! Man, those Rainy City boys are
>totally killing me! It's been done for about two years now but still
>nothing! Apparantly there are sublimely new episodes in that track on the
>first Testing The Waters 001 which will be appearing on the compilation they
>are making!
>
>6. I'm also looking for Dirty Harry DH002 from Japan. It's Yasushi Ide
>featuring Monday Michiru "A Certain Peace" with Main vocal Mix and Flute
>Star Version. I already have DH003 with the Rhythm Version and the Guitar
>Version but that's it. I see all these places on the Internet that have it
>but they are not willing to give it up because high shipping rates and the
>lack of proper international money distribution. It's a shame! Because 4
>Hero's remixes of Shakkazombie are AWESOME! Kokoro warp warp warp! And the
>Recloose remix of Crue-L Grand Orchestra, oh yeah!
>
>jjb askin permission to ban the jaw harp
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