From: 99 (beleza_at_speakeasy.net)
Date: 2005-03-21 07:56:30
Strongly agree with the KestWest recommendation. met up with those
guys last summer, and i've been nothing but impressed. I've been
working with the guys to get a profile together for about 4 months now.
=) Heh, soon come, as usual.
love to all, hit me back if you're going to sunny miami.
99
On Mar 15, 2005, at 11:40 AM, Erik Borälv wrote:
> Keston and Westdal - Super Structure Baby
>
> I've spun the album a few times here at work, but actually listened
> more to their Winter Music Conference 2004 Sampler. Tracks from that
> sampler can be found on the net (the band says!). I do prefer the
> sampler. Look for the tracks "One 3 Five Funk", "Se Fue (f. Ester
> Godinez)", "Seed (f. Rajiah)", "Souvenir (f. Steven Ekoka)" and
> "Otokoyama".
>
> We know there is a certain type of music that goes well with other
> musicians - like Pat Metheny, Level 42, etc (I suddenly cannot come up
> with better examples. Sorry). You know when you hear some albums, this
> would go well with your friends that play music for a living. I'm not
> sure what makes it so, but again I get this feeling. Sometimes that's
> not a good sign as it could mean the songs are crap but well
> performed... not so here. As I said, some of the songs remind me of
> the fusion sound of Pat Metheny (a good thing I say - I know we don't
> all agree on that), the quick turns on some old BNH instrumentals, the
> broken breats of 2bo4, the jazz sound of Quite Sane and funk a la
> Light of the world. It's quite funky with a focus on bass. Should suit
> any modern acidjazzer.
>
> A funny thing: Amazon lists Aya's Strange Flower as a recommendation
> when you look at Keston and Westdal. I don't see the connection at
> all, but somehow it is correct. It can be really amazing this kind of
> smart agent technology.
>
> Sound bites at the band page: http://www.kestwest.com/
>
> ---
>
> Trüby trio - Retreated
>
> Many interesting tracks on this collection of twelve remixes. The
> bonus CD has another fourteen tracks. Most tracks sound more
> electronic than expected - it's more Club than Lounge. It's good (as
> expected) but I find it difficult to listen to it as a normal album,
> from start to finish. I prefer to put the tracks into a more mixed and
> varied playlist.
>
> http://www.compost-records.com/sections/labels/cpt_arti/truby3.php3
>
> ---
>
> Ok, if you made it this far in the post... another recommendation
> which is completely off-topic!
>
> Mars Volta - Frances the mute. Excellent prog - fast, furious and
> noisy. See:
> http://user.it.uu.se/~erikb/?id=1110040467
>
>
> Cheers,
> --
> Erik Borälv, http://user.it.uu.se/~erikb/
>
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>
>
>
>
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