Re: Joe Clausell

From: Jonathan Takagi (jtakagi@millennianet.com)
Date: Sun Oct 22 2000 - 00:12:35 MET DST

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    Gen Kanai wrote:

    > I would highly recommend the Body&SOUL compilations which are out on Wave
    > Records. #1 and #2 are awesome. #3 is out but I haven't heard it
    > yet. Joe usually has one or two tracks on those comps.

    #3 is quite good, a very good portrait of the last year at
    the club, including the pitched-down UR track and the all-out
    Kenny Bobien nirvana-inducer.

    If you buy it now you get Blaze/Louie Vega's "Elements of
    Life", which will soon be replaced with Men From the Nile's
    "Watch Them Come". Both are excellent.

    It would be impossible to list/find all of Claussell's
    productions. I usually think of his remixes as improvements
    on the original tracks, kind of like how Jazzanova always
    makes the original track better.

    He has plenty of work on Ibadan and Spiritual Life. Unfortunately,
    just about all of it is now out of print, especially the gorgeous
    Ten City remixes he's done. Jerome Sydenham from Ibadan promises
    a Ten City remix package eventually.

    Lately he's remixed everyone. You can easily find his remixes
    for Santessa, Cesaria Evora, Beth Orton, Ananda Project, Mutabaruka,
    and others on the net.

    He's been doing a lot of Japanese work lately, with remixes
    for people like Calyn, Monday Michiru and even Ronny Jordan
    (ah, the old acid jazz days...remember the DJ Krush/Ronny Jordan
    album?). The Ronny Jordan is gone, no chance of finding it.
    If you're willing to part with some serious money, you can still
    get some of his stuff at Dub Spot in NYC (www.dubspot.com)

    There are other remixes that are just rumoured to exist (like
    the Cassandra Wilson one) but will probably never see the light
    of day.

    > He used to be a part owner of Dance Tracks, a disco/garage record store in
    > the East Village but I have heard that he no longer is.

    Joe split with Dance Tracks a few years back-- you can see that
    Stefan Prescott (the owner) is no longer credited on the Spiritual
    Life 12"s.

    As was previously mentioned, the Nitin Sawhney remix is sublime.
    It will come out soon on Spiritual Life, and is out now on the
    Outcaste compilation that came out a couple weeks back.

    But you haven't heard Joe until you've heard him at Body & Soul.
    There is nothing better in this world than hearing him abuse the
    EQ and bring music to life.

    Jonathan



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