At 09:08 PM 4/30/00 -0700, dj essential wrote:
>(PS: What do you have to say now Elson, :) )
Hey now, I guess you missed my public apology regarding 2-step...
>Isn't it funny how some peeps from the US are having a problem with UK
>"2 Step" Garage. I guess they think it's a trend like Speed Garage.
You're right, and I was one of them. I guess I, like so many other people,
got real tired of hearing of any new house/garage/etc subset when it's
really the same old beat and the same old sound. But yes, 2-step is
different. The house/garage *groove* is there but not the incessant
4-on-the-floor beat.
>in actuality it's even influenced people like Jazzanova, Basement Jaxx,
>and Gilles Peterson (Talkin' Loud label w/ MJ Cole).
And me... yes I have been experimenting with 2-step beats on the ol'
sequencer lately. Guilty as charged :)
> Now, I feel Jungle 's transformation
>was good at first. It got more melodic and musical with Reprezent, Adam
>F, and 4 Hero, with it's journey into drum & bass. But a backlash came
>when some heads like Renegade Hardware/ Bad Company, Calyx, RAM, and
>Usual Suspects came on. Sure they can be sonically appealling
>sometimes, but they've gotten a lil' too dark & noisy for some original
>jungle heads.
You hit it right on the head. I developed a love for drum n bass because I
did think it was the (no pun intended) logical progression beyond acid-jazz
music. Music with soul but with a futuristic, rather than a retro/nostalgic
bent. Now here I am in 2000, I left my acid-jazz band playing days behind
and spend my time sequestered in my MIDI studio, chopping up beats. I get a
lot of praise from most everybody, except for them "hardcore" junglist
types. I just get the vibe that they feel my material is to 'drum n bass'
as Kenny G is to acid jazz. Oh well, you can't please everyone. But I've
been going to the clubs lately, just for inspiration, jsut to see what's
out there, and everything's just hardstep quasi-industrial buzzsaw noise.
The only enjoyment I get out of them is appreciating the creativity that
went into programming that particular bass sound (whoopee.)
I wanna stay true to what I want to do, but I doubt any drum n bass DJ out
there (save for maybe a couple) would even want to play my stuff nowadays.
But you're right. I loved acid-jazz 'cos it had soul. I felt the same
towards dnb. What happened to the soul? People treat anything with jazzy
chords as "chill" music. I hate that stigma.
>I hope people can find the good stuff out there like the Future
>Homosapien's w/ Barbara Tucker "Peg" rework, Brand New Heavies's
>Apparently Nothin's (Artful Dodger remix), and MJ Cole's "Crazy Love".
Uh oh, look out... :)
>A 2 Step dj/supporter/producer from the US,
>Essential.
I'm experimenting with 2-step, just to see how it works out. I'm not going
to jump into it just because it's the "next big thing." If I come up with
anything cool, I'll go for it.
Elson
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