Re: recent music and (RE: Who Wants To Be A Latinaire?)

From: dj t-bird (djt_bird@yahoo.com)
Date: Fri Apr 07 2000 - 13:26:24 MET DST

  • Next message: dj t-bird: "Re: CTI + Freddie Hubbard"

    > Elson (and anybody else), if you haven't heard the London Elektricity
    album
    > yet, I think you might enjoy it. Uh, I know my recommendations should be
    > taken with a grain of salt. But I've been getting bored with the D&B
    status
    > quo (Matrix, Krust, ..) yet these guys manage to hold my attention and the
    > beats are just solid. Lots of development and instrumentation. Not
    really
    > new but I just got the album and I'm really diggin it. But 2 Banks of 4,
    > "City Watching" is topping my list right now.

    krust is always worth listening to (if you can find some way to do that w/o
    having to buy it), because sometimes he's onto something really cool.
    matrix isn't nearly as status quo as you think, his brother optical is the
    big name in the field. matrix tends to be quite a bit more soulful & groovy
    than optical--to my ears. i do have to say that my head is much more into
    things like "pull the plug"--but that style isn't real popular w/the
    junglist crowds. my buddy that's deeper into it than i, says that even the
    elektricity guys are getting more techy than in the past.

    > I was disappointed with Faze Action's "Moving Cities". It just strikes me
    > as overproduced, predictable and borderline new agey. Not really sure
    what
    > I was expecting. Don't get me wrong, it works for a smooth background
    vibe.
    > Not familiar w/Ashley Beedle/Black Science Orchestra, so it's probably
    just
    > a matter of taste for me.

    having heard their previous album (damn, name escapes me, but i think it had
    something to do w/archetecture), *moving cities* didn't really work for me
    either. find out what their previous album was and check it out. the only
    reason i didn't buy it is that i'm not a house dj. get your ears near some
    ashley beedle stuff--you're missing out!! btw, he doesn't always do house,
    but that's what he's known for.

    -t

    __________________________________________________
    Do You Yahoo!?
    Talk to your friends online with Yahoo! Messenger.
    http://im.yahoo.com



    This archive was generated by hypermail 2b29 : Fri Apr 07 2000 - 20:54:00 MET DST