From: 4wordSOUL (thunderofdrums@yahoo.com)
Date: Tue Dec 10 2002 - 21:57:23 CET
THE PHILADELPHIA EXPERIMENT REMIXED
The original Philadelphia Experiment was an impromptu, three day long jam session featuring: Christian McBride (bass), Ahmir “?uestlove” Thompson (drumer, from The Roots), Uri Caine (keyboards) and Pat Martino (guitar). Turned out to be one of 2001’s best-selling jazz records. The remix project is presided over by fellow Philly talent King Britt, who brings to the table a host of forward thinking producers who reinvent jazz for an electronic audience. The result—a masterpiece that requires no knowledge of the original, although the improvisational energy of the original tracks is preserved. Broken beat and nu jazz are the genres of the day. Charlie Dark (Attica Blues) lays some of the original melodies in a fractured bed of energy. Soul-powered pimp-daddy Vikter Duplaix similarly lays into “Grover”—a satisfying gusto and a visceral broken beat that allows numerous layers of jazz and futuristic funk to breathe and interplay. “Grover III” is an original that sees ?uestlove and!
fellow Soulquarian James Poyser masquerading as the Randy Watson Experience. Adds a whole new dimension to the original blueprint. - Lucy Beer (BPM Magazine/djmixed.com)
FO' MO' INFO: http://www.ropeadope.com/exp.html and http://www.undergroundnet.net/events/event.php3?ID=829
PROMO GIVEAWAYS FROM ROPEADOPE and SUB:HUB
Red Velvet Beats
with your hosts: Ejay & Fog
Taking you on an eclectic journey into....
downtempo / acid jazz / neo-soul / nu-jazz / broken beat
"and everything in between"
Tuesdays @ the RedRoom 320 E. Colfax Ave. Denver, Colorado USA / 10pm-2-am / 21+
dj Fog | www.unnet.net | Aesthetic Magazine | sub:hubcollectiv
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