From: Citrona Recordings (info_at_citrona.net)
Date: 2003-03-07 18:42:45
Two little plugs for the boys involved..... keep reading....and thanks
for doing your thing.
-Christina
Citrona Recordings
www.citrona.net
ps TGIF
> -----Original Message-----
> From: KC Bajai [mailto:kcbajai_at_hotmail.com]
> Sent: Friday, March 07, 2003 8:22 AM
> To: agmusicmag_at_yahoogroups.com
> Cc: avantcity_at_yahoo.com; djkswizzle_at_netscape.net; djkswizzle_at_yahoo.com
> Subject: Vinyl Vriday Mar7, 2003 Feedback/Reviews
>
>
>
> Vinyl Vriday
> DJ K-Swizzle's continuing quest for deepness, soul and funky house
tracks.
> Friday, March 7th, 2003
>
> Spring is about to arrive and ironically as we herald and anxiously
await
> its arrival (especially here in the northern part of the U.S. we also
> anxiously await the Winter Music Conference. They can laugh and joke
about
> winter in Miami cuz it almost never darkens that city's pastel colored
> lifestyle. Am I jealous? Warm weather, scantily clad hard bodies and
> beaches
> on three coasts? What's there to be jealous about? Philly always
> represents
> correctly down at the WMC so if you drop by a Philly party and you
wanna
> make you like you're a homie here's some stuff you'll need to know.
>
> The secret to Philly Cheesesteaks is the bread. If the bread ain't
from
> Amoroso's it ain't a Philly Cheesesteak.
>
> There's no such thing as "east" Philly. You will hear cats
representin'
> Norf
> Philly, WesPhil, or Souf Philly, don't try to crash a party sayin' you
are
> from East Philly. Better off sayin' Fishtown or K&A (which doesn't
mean
> Kick
> n Ass).
>
> Philly is a city and a county. If you say you're from Philly and they
ask,
> what county, don't get tripped up.
>
> OK, there's your lesson for today. Have a safe and prosperous trip and
be
> sure to send me some sunshine as I hang inverted in my bat cave
presenting
> this magnificent music.
>
>
> First we get caught up with what the Citrona Recordings folks have
been up
> to. After a night of house, as deep as it gets, I like to chase that
shyt
> with some after-hours down tempo juice. I don't get too much (some F8
back
> in the day and a few Rhythm Love tracks from time to time), so to me
this
> is
> precious.
>
>
> "Shaheed" (Citrona Recordings)
> A1: DRM - Shaeed
> A2: DRM - Shaeed -Greg Long remix
> B1: DRM - Shaeed - Canton remix
> B2: Monta - Exposed in Novosibirsk
>
> Shaeed is roll back you eyes elegance, a la the once steady diet of
Pork
> Recordings, a mainstay amongst my trippy sonic arsenal. Steeped in
juicy
> melodies side A (both tracks) is like sniffing helium... they make you
> light
> headed if you concentrate on them too deeply. They also have that
talent
> of
> slipping behind the scenes of conversation, filling the air with the
> essence
> of sound without being too obtrusive. Greg Long (a familiar down tempo
> name)
> adds a little bit o magic (a piano solo here and some rearranged drums
> there) to the remix that bears him signature as well as a dub
injection of
> the B side (Canton mix). Drums introduce side B, which reveals the
tracks
> funky intentions. Slip this into your 70s Blaxploitation set. Play it
and
> you'll know why. Monta almost seems like a stowaway on this journey,
> bringing psychefunkalectricity to the closing moments of the wax. It's
> just
> a teaser and seems to end just as it's becoming interesting. Perhaps
we'll
> hear more. This was the fledgling label's second release and it sounds
> like
> they are groovin on the right track.
>
> Vikter Duplaix (Hollywood Records)
> A1: Morena (Extended Mix)
> A2: Morena (Extended Instrumental)
> B1: Morning Fun (Remix f. Common)
> B2: Whereever You Are (album Version)
> B3: Morning Fun (Instrumental)
>
> First of all, (and you know there's some do-do when a sentence starts
out
> like that), I am always rooting for Vik. He's a hellova producer, but
the
> vocals on his tracks are usually weak. (He's not the only producer you
> shouldn't be singing on his own tracks either, nonetheless...) Let's
> downplay the overly studiofied vox and focus on the music. Duplaix and
> co-producer James Poyser take the sound from the continent, Afrika
that is
> (via Bahia) with a funk afro-tech treatment that incorporates shades
of
> Hugh
> Masekela as well as more obscure tribal chants. The last few minutes
of
> the
> opening track are really interesting and I was hoping to get more of
the
> Afrikanismo (drums, chants, etc.) on the extended instrumental, but
> "instrumental" is a misnomer, because it's interrupted by vocals. Not
over
> bearing, but I got the impression that the track would be better off
with
> out them. We must give a musical nod to noted producer Joe Claussell
who's
> been meshing Afro-Brazilian flavors now for a minute. (In 1999
Claussell
> remixed Clara Moreno's, "Banana" in similar fashion). Side B finds
Duplaix
> vocally struggling through two more tracks. "Morning Fun" is an R&B
meets
> hip-hop neck swinger with a cameo from Common. "Wherever You Are" is
fine,
> and the instrumental version of "Morning Fun" is a true instrumental
most
> likely provided with aspiring MCs in mind.
>
> The Vitamin C EP (Citrona Recordings)
> A1: Vitamin C (Greg Long)
> A2: Vitamin C Orange Juice Mix (remixed by Kinder Atom of Nice &
Smooth,
> Toronto)
> B1: A Tang of Shady Orange Fingerflag, (Greg Long & Mark Blissenden)
> B2: Sweet Lime (Greg Long)
>
> There's a little bit of flare, yes indeed a bit of tang in this track.
> While
> you can still file it in the down tempo bin, it's a bit peppier than
the
> previously mention record. Accentuated by jazzy keyboard work
including a
> few steady chords to hold the improvisational feel together this is a
vibe
> that will please jazz fusionists and those who appreciate well layered
> instrumental pieces. Subtly different, yet still providing a deep down
> tempo
> groove, a "Tang of Shady Orange" incorporates a shade of ethnic
seasoning.
> Greg and Mark seem to play with sound, meticulous frivolity perhaps?
Bass
> seems to stretch and bend and beats bounce around like children on a
> trampoline. "Sweet Lime" closes the set in instrumental grandeur. It's
a
> good transition track, from down tempo to deep house. Gimme the bridge
> y'all.
>
> THESE JUST IN: Literally
>
> Just back from the post office and here's what will be on the decks
next
> week.
>
> Massive Attack "Special Cases"
> Joel "Won't Take No" Brand new remixes (Electric Monkey)
>
> That's all for now. Thanks to Moncef for looking out last week on the
> Gotan
> Project, looks like that CD was released last year. YIKES!!! My bad...
> never
> did get the cd though.. who knew.
>
> DJ K-Swizzle (aka K-C Bajai) wrecks decks at "My Man Friday" AG Music
> Magazine's monthly throw down @ St. Jack's in Philadelphia. In
addition to
> publishing and writing for AG Music Magazine, Bajai contributes to
> thecyberkrib.com.
>
> K-Swizzle's seasonal playlist is published in AG Magazine.
> Send your hot wax tracks, deep, funky, soulful, ethnic, rockin house,
down
> tempo, break beat, to:
>
> AG (Audiogliphix) Magazine
> PO Box 53123
> Phila. Pa. USA 19105-3123