Re: soul coughing

Agen Schmitz (eggmondo2000@eggmondo2000.seanet.com)
Sun, 10 Dec 1995 15:05:00 -0600


>i joined this list to learn a little bit about acid-jazz...i really like a
>band from new york called soul coughing...i was told that they may fit into
>the acid-jazz genre...i suppose the people on this list are the best people
>to ask if this is true...can anyone help me out on this??? if soul coughing
>does indeed fit into this genre, what are some other cool bands to check out???
>
>peace...
>
>bob

>From: pca7429@is2.nyu.edu (Philip C. Aupperle)
>I don't know if I'd really call them AJ or wierd rock w/ breakbeats, but
>they're pretty decent.

Like Philip, I certainly wouldn't necessarily call Soul Coughing acid jazz.
This is a band that is influenced by several somewhat disparate genres -
jazz, dub, Beat poetry, Tom Waits (a genre to himself), hip hop - and isn't
essentially jazzy. However, I would place them as close cousins to AJ due
to their spirit of experimenting with samples and noodling around with both
their instrumentation and wordplay. Lead singer M. Doughty was scatting
hypnotically during a couple songs, repeating one or two words over and
over and over until they became the essence of the song's beat. A great
show and a great band. Looking forward to new stuff in the future. (BTW,
just picked up their CD-single of "Sugar Free Jazz" with a couple of
interesting dub interpretations that help to expand the song.)

ags

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