RE: In My CD Changer

From: Marco (freakymarco@yahoo.com)
Date: Tue Jul 10 2001 - 00:46:58 CEST

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    Scroll down for what's currently spinning on turntables.
    (well, there's some cd's in there, too)

    --- "Dr. Axel Barcelo Aspeitia -- Investigador"
    <abarcelo@minerva.filosoficas.unam.mx> wrote:
    > . . . in my CD changer, lately:
    >
    > 3. Izdatso [Nutone]
    Hey, I really liked this album on the new Nutone label.
    They've also just released Badmarsh and Shri's 'Signs',
    which is another beautiful album.

    --- Olaf Molenveld <olaf@interactivelink.nl> wrote:
    > * Cookin': ingredients
    > * DJ Spinnah - strange games and things 3

    Could I get more info on these releases?

    --- Mike Rosales <m.rosales@weserv.com.ph> wrote:
    > Here's mine:
    >
    > 11. Grover Washington Jr - Mister Magic
    A while back, someone stole my copy! I only just replaced
    it. Classic soul, definately.

    On my decks recently...
    * Spacek; Curvatia and Zero 7; Simple Things
    * Curtis Mayfield; Superfly (I just found a cheap copy in
    good condition with the original die-cut gatefold cover -
    sweet!)
    * Mint Royale; On the Ropes - Super groovy first track, and
    'show me' with Pos of De La Soul is nice, kind of
    Likufanele meets funk meets, well, De La Soul.
    * Om Lounge 5 - right up there along with 2 as one of my
    favourites of the series.
    * Quango Presents Cosmic Funk - Nice primer on some
    slightly older broken beat stuff
    * MJ Cole; most of his two step remix back catalogue,
    especially his mix of Goldie's Timeless. And while we're
    talkin' two-step, I can't seem to get Artful Dodger's Woman
    Troubles, and Zed Bias' Neighbourhood out of my head.

    On the house tip,
    * The Rurals; Farmyard Flavours - nice deep house flavour.
    * Dennis Ferrer; Funu 12" - Just picked this up on the
    weekend. Nice afrobeat/tribal house. Kind of like some of
    the Femi Kuti remixes.
    * Gavin Froome; Disco Specialty - the A-side's a bit
    tech-housey, but the B has a really groovy, keyboard driven
    number (feeling out), and nicely chilled downtempo track
    (bocce)

    On the Hip hop tip recently,
    * M-Boogie; Laid In Full Vol. 2 - has a killer funny What?
    What? track, as well as some solid underground hip hop.
    * K-Otix; CPR 12" I think their full length is out now.
    If you haven't heard of this texas-based trio, I highly
    recommend checking them out.
    * MF Doom; Operation Doomsday - "sounds as though it was
    created by a crazy professor far from civilization deep in
    a secret lab. Doom’s production is not only
    unconventional, but gritty and static-filled. “Tick, Tick”
    for example, which features fellow scarred rapper MF Grimm,
    has a beat which constantly speeds up and slows down and
    features a string section which was probably lifted from a
    60’s era Spiderman cartoon. On other tracks, Doom revisits
    Sade songs (the album’s title track borrows heavily from
    “Kiss of Life”) and Stevie Wonder-ish keyboard riffs
    (“Rhymes like Dimes”) for heartfelt melodies. Meanwhile,
    Doom’s rapping style seems to fall somewhere between Greg
    Nice and a heavily drugged Ghostface Killah or a sedated
    Ol’ Dirty Bastard. Despite the drawl, MF Doom spits out
    intelligent rhymes (I memorize/Like Iomega Zip drives) with
    clever pop reference, which unlike many of today’s new
    breed of rappers, reach more than few years back in our
    collective memories (...On a day off like Ferris...).
    Name-checked in this year’s URB’s Next 100 as an “aging
    b-boy”, MF Doom brings back that old real rap feeling in an
    updated, fresh and exciting way."

    There's more, I'm sure. I've recently acquired a bit of an
    attention-span disorder when it comes to music. Listening
    to something for a very short time before letting it
    collect dust and re-discovering a few months down the road.

    =====
    Marco Pringle, host of
    the Fat Beat Diet - Thursday evenings, 10:30-Midnight
    CJSW 90.9FM (Calgary) - in real audio at:
    http://www.cjsw.com

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