Re: New Breed (was: AJ elevator music)
Eric Kalabacos (ekjazz@netcom.com)
Sun, 10 Dec 1995 10:55:46 -0800
>>Too weird. *Just* (thirty minutes ago?) bought New Breed's Lougin' down at
>>Star Alley, San Francisco. It is spinnin' as I read my email and I too
>>think 'smooth as butter.' Pretty jazzy.
>>
>>Went looking for _Child's View_ there and at Virgin, but couldn't find it.
>>Any suggestions on where to look in SF?
>>
>>Lori
>
>Both 'Loungin'' and 'A Child's View' are on my short list for pressy's from
>Santa, but, I don't really know too much about them. Can someone have a go
>at describing the music for me? I've read John's opinion of 'A Child's View'
>(> Dope, Brazilian influences, soft vocals on some tracks, pure niceness.),
>and it's got me interested, but, I'd just like to see what anyone else
>thinks. Especially 'Loungin'.
>
>Thanks
>
>Marc.
Loungin' is a collection of down-tempo smooved-out jazzy grooves collected
by DJ Smash. The style is consistent throughout - fairly simple backbeats
(with bossa-like grooves on some tracks), excellent live jazzy trumpet and
horn playing on many grooves ( I especially like Alex Brozsky's french horn
on the Beat Daemons tracks). The record, while smoov and buttery, is also
consistantly danceable due to the solid rhythm tracks. Its definately my
fave of the recent New Breed offerings.
peace,
ek