From: De Angela Duff (de@nettmedia.com)
Date: Mon Dec 16 2002 - 16:56:16 CET
i was sorely disappointed by roni size. i thought it would be great
to hear roni do his things without MCs and singers, but for me the
release is boring. All the songs are a blur.
The d'n b album I can't stop playing is high contrast's true colors
on hospital records. I highly recommend it even though it may be a
bit commercial for true d'nb heads. It reminds me of Photek's Solaris
album in a way.
as far as peven everett is concerned, i've become a bit addicted.
dustygroove.com keeps me supplied with all his CD-Rs. I recommend his
self-burned "Speed of Light" over his official release "Studio
Confessions", but I'd tell you to get both. Do note however that half
of the songs on studio confessions are also on speed of light. He
also has a brazilian ep you can get called "my brazil". An album of
mostly instrumentals called "kissing game." I wish all my favorite
artists would put out all of their output. (Speaking of which, does
anyone have a copy of that lewis taylor acoustic CD, i'd pay shipping
and you name the price for a copy).
The mastering/mixing is subpar on all of peven's releases, even the
official one, but the songs and his voice are so good that I forget
about it once I start listening to them.
I caught him live at sobs a couple of weeks ago. You gotta see this
guy live. He has a jazz background (toured (on trumpet) with Betty
Carter and Wynton and Branford Marsalis) so his live show was
actually a jazz show not an r'nb show like you might expect. The
passion for music was so evident as he played. I've never experienced
a musician live like that before. It was like he was there, but not
there because he was so engrossed. He kept bouncing from the fender
rhodes to a stand up mic, and his drummer played so fast and
furiously throughout the entire show (that I wanted to stop it and
tell 'em to give the man a break, he was making me tired looking at
him play like the energizer bunny and he just kept going and going
and going). It's something I could never put in words; you'd have to
be there an experience yourself to get what I'm trying to convey.
When and If he comes to your city, support him.
At 12:19 AM -0500 12/16/02, Lynne d Johnson wrote:
>I know both of these released back in October, but wondering if anyone on
>the list could give me a review. Wondering whether I should cop either of
>the two, or both.
>
>Thanks.
>
>
>:: Lynne d Johnson ::
>:: lynne@lynnedjohnson.com ::
>:: http://www.lynnedjohnson.com ::
>
>"Rap music is a technologically sophisticated and complex urban sound."
>--Tricia Rose, Black Noise
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