[acid-jazz] Urban Landscapes: News, Reviews, Monthly Picks, and Last Week's Playlist

From: Velanche Stewart (vstewart@calpoly.edu)
Date: Fri Sep 20 2002 - 16:48:36 CEST

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    U R B A N L A N D S C A P E S
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    Urban Landscapes hits the airwaves Friday evenings from 8-11pm PST on
    KCPR 91.3 FM.

    Don't forget that if you miss the live show, you can hear it anytime via
    the Urban Landscapes web site at http://www.urbanlandscapesshow.com. The
    most recent show will also be posted a day or two after the broadcast on
    the site's home page. The last five shows are available online for your
    listening pleasure anytime, anyday. You can find them via the
    "Playlists" section of the web site.

    Be sure to tell your friends about the show!

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    ADDRESS FOR MUSICAL SUBMISSIONS
    To jump right to the mailing address for musical submissions, please
    scroll toward the bottom of this circular for more information.
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    NEWS
    Urban Landscapes will not be on the air tonight, but will return next 
    week (Friday September 27th) with plenty of fresh new music to get Fall 
    Quarter 2002 off to a groovy start. In the meantime, you can listen to 
    the last five shows online if you really need your fix. See above for 
    the web location.
    Try as I might, there are a few reviews that won't make it this week. I 
    want to take my time with all of the music that I receive, and fit 
    decent reviews into whatever spare time I have. It's a challenge to get 
    this out in a timely manner, but it's worth doing so if even one person 
    benefits from reading the circular. Judging from the email I've been 
    receiving, quite a few of you have benefitted. Knowing this makes the 
    time spent worthwhile.
    EVENTS
    There's not really much for me to pass on this week, except that the 
    California peeps should catch the shows this weekend featuring Jazzanova 
    and Koop on one bill, and Recloose on another.
    NOTE TO THOSE SEEING JAZZANOVA AND KOOP IN LOS ANGELES--the venue for 
    Friday September 20th has changed. It will now be held at Fais Do Do in 
    Los Angeles. Same time, different locale. The next night, Saturday 
    September 21, sees Detroit-bred, New Zealand-based Recloose in Santa 
    Monica at Zanzibar. Wherever you are, do catch either gig (or both) when 
    they arrive in your town.
    I am scheduled to interview all of the above artists, and you'll hear 
    profiles of each of them on Urban Landscapes during the month of October.
    Also, don't forget about the inaugural launch of Elektric Soul, a new 
    12-hour electronic music festival that will be held in San Francisco on 
    Sunday September 29th. Many San Francisco-based DJs will be there. Also 
    appearing includes Daddy G from Massive Attack, Different Drummer 
    Soundsystem (ex-Rockers Hi-Fi), Mixmaster Morris, Fila Brazillia 
    (featuring Steve Cobby doing a DJ set), John Beltram, Blaktroniks, and 
    others. Check out http://elektricsoul.com for more information, and 
    hurry to get your tix.
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    Coffy Is The Color--Everytime We Say Goodbye EP 7" (Downtempo promo/Ireland)
    This is forthcoming music from Dublin, Ireland. A 7" single comes 
    through my mailbox (perhaps the first one I've ever received), and it 
    turns out to hold potential for both
    the artist and the label.
    Three tracks make up this EP. "Everytime We Say Goodbye" starts off with 
    a sampled voice over a looping harp that sounds curiously like that of 
    Andreas Vollenweider, then layered with some broken percussive beats. 
    "More Blues & The Abstract Truth" slows things to a definitive downtempo 
    pace with a bluesy bassline and a looping Hammond. "Remember," a vocal 
    track that features Afia & D.C., is another downtempo song that features 
    vocals from Alia while rapper D.C. does the biz.
    For a first release, Downtempo shows promise indeed. It will be 
    interesting what the Irish have next up its sleeves. Release date is 
    scheduled for October 14 in Europe.
    Looking forward to future music from this label.
    Bugz In The Attic Presents the Family Factory EP 12" (Tronicsole/UK)
    West London's Bugz In The Attic has been, and continues to be, perhaps 
    one of the most creative and inventive forces in the underground scene 
    today. It seems that collectively, individually, and through various 
    forms of collaborations both within and outside the nine-member core, 
    everything they touch turns one's conventions of music upside-down.
    So after all of the great remixes that they've done over the last few 
    years, we get a rarity: original music from the Bugz themselves. And so 
    it is that they're releasing this wonderful EP out on Stevie Sole's 
    Tronicsole label (an imprint of Sole's Solemusic label out of Glasglow). 
    All of the tunes are dope, but especially check out "Old Skool Jamz" 
    with a wicked solo courtesy of maestro Kaidi Tatham.
    Wonderful music to groove to, and delicious solos to listen to. It's the 
    Bugz, and nothing but the Bugz!
    Various Artists--Blue Light One sampler 12" (Nettwerk/Upstairs promo)
    Canada's excellent downtempo label Upstairs Recordings are about to go 
    wide, dropping its newest compilation "Blue Light One" in October 
    thanks, in part, from Nettwerk Records. Here, we get the wax sampler 
    from the forthcoming compilation. E.D. Swankz gives up a mellow, 
    midtempo chill out in "Gamefazed", while Ancient Astronauts from 
    Germany's Switchstance  label gives Swankz's tune a remix job. The flip, 
    Florida downtempo artist Greg Long's tune "Nostalgia Lament gets a very 
    nice rerub from Baby Mammoth, while Isla de la Piedra's "Earball" starts 
    off dreamy and mellow and adds layers with downtempo beats, guitar 
    riffs, and a vocal sample that nicely rounds out the EP. Soon, we will 
    get more of the bizniz when the full album is unleashed.
    Various Artists--Basic Laws Vol. 2 (Neroli)
     From Neroli, the house imprint of Italy's Archive, comes the follow-up 
    to the wonderful first volume of last year's Basic Laws EP. This time 
    though, we get a tune on each side of the wax. Alex Attias's Freedom 
    Soundz is as solid as ever with "Sync," while one of my favorite 
    remixers Nubian Mindz does "Be Alrite" to a great buildup--never letting 
    go until the end. The 12" is quite solid, and shows that Neroli is 
    coming on strong and can only grow stronger. Check it out!
    Jazzanova--Hanazono EP (Rope-A-Dope promo/JCR-Compost)
    The newest EP from the six-member German collective, now currently 
    touring the U.S., finds this CD single to contain not only a edited 
    version of "Hanazono" from the dope "In Between" long player, but also 
    some newly-released remixes of tunes from the album. Stereolab gives 
    "Another New Day" a swinging sort of feel as only they can do it. 
    "L.O.V.E. and You & I" gets tuned up inna crazy, cut-up style from 
    Madlib. And Doctor Rockit (Matthew Herbert to you) throws down "Another 
    Fine Day," a take of "Another New Day" with soulful vocal work from 
    Philly's Ovasoul7. I'm not yet sure if this EP will get a release, or if 
    12" singles are soon to follow. So if you find this promo, then more 
    power to you....hang onto it!
    Various Artists--Afro Tech (Quango)
    Bruno Guez's Quango label has been a tad busy of late with various 
    compilations, as well as making possible domestic releases from Zero 7 
    and Koop. "Afro Tech," the newest Quango compilation of both classic and 
    recent releases, focuses the spotlight on African rhythms set to dance 
    beats. It's well rounded per usual, finding tracks from Osunlade and 
    Frederic Galliano, as well as remixes done by Phil Asher's Restless 
    Soul, Jeff Sharel, Joe Claussel, and Ashley Beedle among others. It's 
    freshly compiled by Guez, so it goes well whether you're familiar with 
    many of these classic underground Afro-centric goodies or they are new 
    to your ears. Another tasty compilation from Quango!
    James Hardway--Speak Softly: Block 16 Remix (Hydrogen Dukebox promo/UK)
    This is one infectious groove. From the first few notes of the 
    beginning, I've felt something primal coming over me. This is such a mix 
    that really tugs the emotions, making me want to take a woman in my arms 
    and samba with her in a rather smooth fashion. Its a little bossa, a 
    little Latin, a little groove, and a whole lotta soul that moves so 
    rightly. The vocal work from Ghetto Priest gives the tune life and 
    beauty. The UK's Block 16 (check out their full-length "Morning Sun" on 
    Nuphonic) has done a tremendous job of bringing what's already a great 
    original track to a higher level of grooviness.
    Both a 12" and a CD single are available with this mix, along with the 
    original and new Hardway tune "People Getting High." A very sunny, 
    romantic tune that will have you feeling fine.
    More reviews, including the end-of-the-month list of reviews for 
    September, will be in next week's circular.
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    VELANCHE'S SOUNDSCAPES FOR SEPTEMBER 2002 (in no particular order)
    Note: Labels with country names are imports to the U.S.
    1.  Coffy Is The Color--Everytime We Say Goodbye EP 7" (Downtempo 
    promo/Ireland)
    2.  Bugz In The Attic Presents Family Factory EP 12" (Tronicsole/UK)
    3.  Rima--Try To Understand 12" (Papa/UK)
    4.  Various Artists--The Chromatic Universe sampler EP 12" (Visions/UK)
    5.  Various Artists--The New Season sampler 12" (Archive/UK)
    6.  Jazzanova--Days To Come: Ayro/Ian O'Brien Remixes 12" 
    (JCR-Compost/Germany)
    7.  Szymanski--Lover's Quarrel EP 12" (Omoa)
    8.  Various Artists--King Britt Presents The Philadelphia Experiment 
    Remixed (Rope-A-Dope)
    9.  Various Artists--Fluid Ounce Unmeasured (Ubiquity)
    10. Nuspirit Helsinki--Trying 12" (Guidance)
    11. Plankton Man vs. Terrestre--S/T (Run)
    12. Uschi Classen--Soul Magic (Earthproject/UK)
    13. Frederic Galliano & The African Divas--S/T (PIAS America/F 
    Communications)
    14. Nightmares On Wax--Mind Elevation (Warp)
    15. Various Artists--Fashion Beat (Scenario/Italy)
    16. Black Renaissance--Mind, Body & Spirit (Luv N'Haight)
    17. Minus 8--Minuit (Compost)
    18. Llorca--New Comer (PIAS America/F Communications)
    19. Los Ladrones--Montana Rusa (Earthproject/UK)
    20. Stereotyp--My Sound (G-Stone/Austria)
    21. Les Hommes--S/T (ESL Music)
    22. Various Artists--Blue Light One sampler EP 12" (Nettwerk/Upstairs promo)
    23. Various Artists--Select Cuts From Blood & Fire: Chapter Three (Blood 
    & Fire)
    24. Cousin Cockroach--This Ain't Tom N' Jerry 12" (Bitasweet/UK)
    25. Inverse Cinematics--Slow Swing 12" EP (Pulver/Germany)
    26. Focus--Having Your Fun 12" (Versatile/France)
    27. Dzihan & Kamien--Stiff Jazz 12" (Couch/Austria)
    28. Dubarchanoid Trim--S/T (Ultima/Portugal)
    29. Various Artists--Co-Operation Session 2 (Goya Music/UK)
    30. Various Artists--The Only Blip Hop Record You Will Ever Need: Vol 1 
    (Luaka Bop)
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    LAST WEEK'S PLAYLIST (listen with the RealPlayer 8 and higher at 
    http://urbanlandscapesshow.com/shows/13Sept02.ram)
    Note: Labels with country names are imports to the U.S.
    1.  Black Renaissance--Magic Ritual
    Mind, Body, & Spirit (Luv N'Haight)
    2.  Ralph Myers--Menage A Trois
    Ralph Myers And the Jack Herren Band (Emperor Norton)
    3.  Ben Neill--Multiplex
    Automotive (Six Degrees)
    4.  Greg Long--Nostalgic Lament (Baby Mammoth Remix)
    Blue Light One sampler 12" (Nettwerk/Upstairs promo)
    5.  Nightmares On Wax--Thinking Of Omara
    Mind Elevation (Warp)
    6.  Les Hommes--Weegee
    Les Hommes (Eighteenth Street Lounge Music)
    7.  Terrestre--El Palomar
    Plankton Man vs. Terrestre (Run/Provider)
    8.  Panoptica--Kinky Bisturi
    Panoptica (Certificate 18)
    9.  Jaymz Nylon--One Nation (Recloose Remix)
    12" (Irma)
    10. Llorca--Lights Behind Windows
    New Comer (PIAS America/F Communications)
    11. Bugz In The Attic--Old Skool Jamz
    Family Factory EP 12" (Tronicsole/UK)
    12. The Philadelphia Experiment--Grover (Vikter Duplaix Remix)
    King Britt Presents The Philadelphia Experiment Remixed compilation 
    (Rope-A-Dope)
    13. Jazzanova--Days To Come (Ian O'Brien Remix)
    12" (JCR-Compost/Germany)
    14. Supreme Beings Of Leisure--Divine (Static Revengers vs. SBL Remix)
    12" (Palm Pictures)
    15. Nubian Mindz--Be Alrite
    Basic Laws Vol. 2 12" (Neroli/Italy)
    16. Mustang featuring Vanessa Freeman--Give A Little Love (Freedom 
    Soundz Special Edit)
    The Chromatic Universe sampler 12" (Visions/UK)
    17. Rima--Try To Understand (Rima Pressure Mix)
    12" (Papa/UK)
    18. Recloose--Ain't Changin' (Extended Version)
    12" (Planet E)
    19. Szymanski--Undeniable You (Let Me Be The One)
    Lover's Quarrel EP 12" (Omoa)
    20. Koop--Summer Sun (Markus Enochson Remix)
    12" (JCR/Compost)
    21. Frederic Galliano--Koukou Le
    Frederic Galliano And The African Divas (PIAS America/F Communications)
    22. Frederic Galliano--Woualai
    Frederic Galliano And The African Divas (PIAS America/F Communications)
    23. Mono Deluxe--Looking At My Shoes
    Fashion Beat compilation (Scenario/Italy)
    24. Soul Central--Fiesta
    12" (Clean Cut)
    25. Zero dB--The Snare
    Fluid Ounce Unmeasured compilation (Ubiquity/Fluid Ounce)
    26. Jazzy Jeff & Jill Scott--We Live In Philly
    CD-R
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    Urban Landscapes proudly supports quality independent music from around
    the world. Respect to all the independent labels, radio promotion folks,
    and related entities for sharing the wonderful musical goods. The show
    has been keeping it real for over four years, as the movement continues
    to expand its influence.
    Please feel free to send promos/musical submissions (CD/CDR, vinyl, and
    minidisc) for airplay and/or review consideration and t-shirts (large,
    if you please) to:
    Velanche Stewart, Urban Landscapes
    c/o KCPR 91.3 FM
    Graphic Communications Bldg. Room 201
    Cal Poly State University
    San Luis Obispo, CA 93407
    USA
    If you're available for interviews, we welcome them as well. Just send
    me an e-mail message to mail@urbanlandscapesshow.com.
    This newsletter is sent to DJs, record labels, recording artists, 
    promotion companies, and like-minded music lovers from around the world. 
    Feel free to forward this  onward to others whom you feel may benefit. 
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    Have a great weekend!
    


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