I have to say that the Kruder and Dorfmeister DJ-Kicks album is one of my
all-time faves, I recommend it highly to anyone who has not listened to it!
Get it if you dont got it!
leslie/The Power of Sound
----- Original Message -----
From: Juuso Koponen <mekaanikko@nutempo.com>
To: <acid-jazz@ucsd.edu>
Sent: Thursday, October 12, 2000 12:42 AM
Subject: Re: Thievery Corporation
> > Friday, when I picked up Thievery Corporation's DJ-Kicks. Man what a
groovy
> > ..
> > I'll definitely by checking out more downtempo stuff in the coming
months,
> > and would be grateful if you could recommend anything I should be
listening
> > to.
>
> If you like Thievery Corporation, you'd probably also enjoy the Vienna
> sound, ie. Kruder & Dorfmeister and their and their buddies' various
> other projects like Tosca, Peace Orchestra etc. Check out their label
> G-Stone (and of course you should also check Thievery Corp's 18th Street
> Lounge label as well).
> Kid Loco was mentioned, that's strictly recommended ("Grand Love Story"
> and "Jesus Life for Children Under 12 Inches" are good starting points),
> and the DJ Kicks series as a whole is mostly great stuff and the artists
> in featured in it are great also. On the downtempo tip, besides Thievery
> Corp., I'd recommend K&D's, Kid Loco's and DJ Cam's DJ Kicks albums.
> My personal favourite in downtempo is a German group called Terranova
> (formerly Turntable Terranova) who record on Copasetik records (they've
> also released some stuff on Compost). Their "Close the Door" album is
> amazing. On the same tip is a guy called Aim, whose "Cold Water Music"
> is also excellent. Bittersweet, melancholic stuff with fat beats.
> Other recommended artists and records:
>
> DJ Food: Kaleidoscope
> DJ Food: A Recipe for Disaster
> Howie B: Turn Off the Dark
> DJ Shadow: Entroducing... (and everything else)
> UNKLE: Psyence Fiction
> Funkstörung
> Coldcut
> Mr. Scruff
> Dobie (my favourite track by Dobie is "Cloud 98 3/4" on Pussyfoot)
> Underdog (and anything on his Output imprint)
> Jah Wobble (if you like the dubbier edge of Thievery Corp.)
> Massive Attack (obviously)
> Thievery Corporation: Sounds from the Thievery Hi-Fi
> v/a: Headz 1-2
> Ryu: Ga (and other DJ Krush stuff too, the Code 4019 mix for example is
> great)
> Astronauts of Antiquity
> Nigo: Ape Sounds (more on the post-rock tip)
> Ninja Tune comps (which usually also have a great deal of "traditional"
> hiphop, but great downtempo tracks too)
> Count Basic
> Lamb
> Towa Tei
>
>
> --
> "Betwixt decks there can hardlie a man catch his breath by
> reason there ariseth such a funke in the night..."
> - W. Capps, 1623
>
> mekaanikko@nutempo.com
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