Re: US 3 vs NW 1

Jim Westrich (westrich@uic.edu)
Fri, 16 May 1997 14:53:10 -0500


At 12:30 AM 5/16/97 -0300, you wrote:
> I bought the "This is AJ - vol. 3" and I listen the NW 1. It's the
>original that was sampled of US 3 or there are some link from both groups
????

NW1 (on Ninjatune) was Wilkinson/Simpson before they were US3 (on
BlueNote). I still consider this 12" and Bogus Order's (More/Black in
another Ninjatune guise) "Return of Brother Zen" to be acid jazz classics.
Well, as a huge Coldcut fan I was largely turned on to this sound by my
obsessive collecting of early Ninjatune. (And as a complete aside I still
think More/Black's even earlier incarnation "Floormaster Squeeze" was their
best name).

NW1 released "And the Band Played the Boogie" with rap lyrics from Born 2B
and two other instrumental mixes (one of which gets used by *This is AJ
-Vol.3*) on Ninjatune. This song uses Grant Green's classic "Sookie,
Sookie" as its backbone but more accurately they reworked DJ Food's "Nuff
Nookie" (which samples Green) into "And the Band Played the Boogie". On
US3's first album this song evolves into "Yukka Toot's Riddim" and IMHO is
worse than any of its predecessors. If you look at the liner notes on US3
first one you will see Coldcut/DJ Food get credit for their role.

I believe that this is the third time this question was asked on this list
but not in a while.

Peace,

Jim

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Demolished, lost and rebuilt.
Dehumanised, regimented, with nine-to-five the doctrine.
Give me the sky
Red behind the grey, buildings framed in a sunset.
Sliding, holding--
Fed to the urban beast,
We are pumped through collapsing veins,
So fast we barely speak
We're up to our necks in it.

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