Re: The Acid Jazz JUNK Pile/Theo Parrish

From: R. Scott (framboise@mindspring.com)
Date: Sat Oct 07 2000 - 12:03:06 MET DST

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    I haven't had much to add to the list lately; however, the playlists and gig
    listings have been the best thing about the list for a while IMHO.

    Spam is spam is spam is bad. That's a whole different animal but to see
    what's going on in different areas is interesting and if it's in your area
    informative.

    What's the big deal?

    peace,
    R. Scott
    framboise@mindspring.com

    ----- Original Message -----
    From: "Kurt Iveson" <kiveson@coombs.anu.edu.au>
    To: <acid-jazz@ucsd.edu>
    Sent: Friday, October 06, 2000 8:05 PM
    Subject: Re: The Acid Jazz JUNK Pile/Theo Parrish

    > hi y'all...
    >
    > Denise wrote:
    >
    > >I do think playlists are an important part of this (for the most part)
    > >underground culture. It's a way to spread the word about music, straight
    > >up. What do other people think? Is it time to do a list poll on posting
    > >playlists?
    > >
    >
    > I personally love the playlists, keep 'em coming everyone. Like Denise
    and
    > others have said, they are a great way to find out about new releases, and
    > I also like seeing the connections that other people make between
    different
    > tracks.
    >
    > Anyway, while I'm here, three disks that I have tracked down recently are
    > totally rockin my fricken world:
    > Theo Parrish -- Methods of Movement
    > Theo Parrish/Sound Signature -- Parallel Dimensions
    > Theo Parrish/Sound Signature -- Sound Signature Sounds
    >
    > _Methods of Movement_ is a mix cd done by Theo at the end of last year,
    and
    > it is one of the best mix cds I've ever heard, if not *the* best. It
    > ranges from a couple of his own tech-house tracks and other electronic
    > things, to old funk/soul/disco, and even 'acid jazz' things like Outside
    > and Incognito show up! Really nicely selected and mixed from vinyl, and
    he
    > rides the eq hard in some parts to make it all even more interesting.
    Wow!
    >
    > _Parallel Dimensions_ is the album of new tracks, some of which have
    > appeared previously as 12"s on the Sound Signature label. "Summertime is
    > Here" (which did come out on a 12", with a small print run) has got to be
    > one of the best things I've picked up in the last year or so -- freaky
    > downtempo track with swirling loops, abstract vocals, and some sax
    bubbling
    > away underneath almost on a Sun Ra tip. A ten minute trip (and I noticed
    > argo had it on one of his playlists recently! :-)). I think it's prolly
    > the best track on the album, but there's heaps of other good shit.
    > 'Parallel Dimensions' nicely sums up the approach ... the tracks are
    really
    > uniquely constructed, different parts and loops which run in parallel
    > capturing your attention at different moments to create movement. Very
    > low-fi too!
    >
    > _Sound Signature Sounds_ is a compilation of various tracks that have
    > appeared on the Sound Signature label over the last few years. Less of
    the
    > organic kinda sounds that pop up on _Parallel Dimensions_, in a more
    techno
    > vein I guess -- not that there's anything wrong with that! 'Dance of the
    > Drunken Drums' is a fricken masterpiece. The whole comp is even
    > cruchier-sounding than _Parallel Dimensions_.
    >
    >
    > Anyway, they have been hard to find, but IMHO are worth the effort (big up
    > to p-dogg for doing the dirty work for me...)!! Some places to check
    > on-line would be rush-hour from the netherlands (email: info@rushhour.nl),
    > or record time in theo's home town of detroit (I think
    www.recordtime.com).
    > Please note: I haven't bought stuff from either of these places so can't
    > vouch for them....
    >
    > peace all,
    > Kurt
    >
    >



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