Re: Rootdown 99


Mark Turner (mturner@netcom.com)
Wed, 6 Oct 1999 12:58:59 -0700 (PDT)



Dirk said:

> downtempo records made. Since we specialize in downtempo and jazzy beats we
> have a good overview of what comes out and there is definitely enough
> records every week for Mark to play a whole night of downtempo or
> (post?)acid jazz tracks, the question is can he find them? In many cities,
> at many stores the answer would be no. The stores don't carry it, or don't
> stock many copies so for a lot people or deejays it may APPEAR that there
> aren't enough records. But there are.
 
One of the best record stores I've ever shopped at regularly was
Drop Beat in Oakland (now sadly defunct). When they first opened,
their stock was pretty much evenly divided between: house/techno,
drum'n'bass, and acid jazz/downtempo. Over the course of the
year or two I went there, I saw the downtempo section slowly
shrinking, with good releases sitting in the racks week after week
while much of the stock in the other sections turned over quite
rapidly. Bottom line: downtempo didn't sell. So it doesn't
surprise me if stores with limited shelf space choose to fill it
with other types of music.

Props to Dirk for supporting the downtempo/jazzy beats and
making it available to us via mail order. :-)

-- 
Mark Turner         | "Jazzadelica" with Rocky Rococo on KFJC
mturner@netcom.com  | Sundays 10pm-2am, 89.7 FM, Los Altos Hills, CA 



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