Well, I'd be the last person to disagree that there's a lot of fantastic
stuff coming out of central europe now - and I've this list to thank for
being able to find out about a lot of it.
But I ought to point out, for the sake of clarity, that though I'm a Norf
Lundun boy originally, I spent the past four years living in *Ipswich*
before moving to Van.
Now, I will be the first to admit that the Ipswich nu-jazz scene (or for
that matter any scene) is far from healthy when compared to London. How much
can you expect from a town of 120,000 people, right? But maybe even Ipswich
seems like a bustling metropolis if you live in Colchester :-)
I think it's quite a stretch to base an opinion of a whole country from a
few posts here and a maybe gushing write-up in SNC.
Unless someone on the list has something to tell us about the vibrant scene
in Saskatoon, of course...
----- Original Message -----
From: "Barimore, Carl J" <cbarim@essex.ac.uk>
To: <acid-jazz@ucsd.edu>
Sent: Wednesday, March 14, 2001 3:19 PM
Subject: RE: Living in the UK
> Dave's right.
>
> Like him I've only just stumbled across the European scene, as a result of
> reading about it in this list. The Compost stuff is fantastic and I'll be
> trying to hear some of the Hungarian stuff too, but from Compost alone it
> seems better over there than it does here.
>
> I haven't heard stuff like this in the UK, but that's probably because I
> don't know much about it. I don't know what's happening in London but very
> little happens outside of it (in the UK), and that goes for nearly every
> music scene. People are always posting events listings for Canada and the
> USA with really good artists on the roster. These events never occur in
the
> UK that regularly.
>
> One grumble I've got about the UK music scene the way it takes so long for
> dnb records to come out. After the dubplate starts getting played, it
takes
> about a year for the record to get released, and that's becoming a very
> common occurrence. The dillinja L.P has been delayed for two years and
still
> isn't out. It took about two years for the Peshay L.P to come out and the
> Underwolves L.P is only finally getting a release now after first being
> played in about 1999. I know that with the latter two there were label
> problems but in general it is common to wait about a year for a 12" single
> to get a release after it is first played.
>
> Does this happen often elsewhere and with other music scenes?
>
> Anyone who likes the jazzy dnb stuff should check out anything on Fabio's
> 'Creative Source' label. 'Class of 76' by Solid State on the 'Liquid Funk'
> compilation is excellent and has a kind of live sound (even though it
> isn't). Also 'Just the Way I Feel' by John B is very good and Peshay has
> released his best tunes on this label.
>
> Carl
>
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