>At 8:26 AM -0700 4/7/98, Michael Twist wrote:
>>Downtempo can be very effective, but with vadim it wasnt' only downtempo
>>that he messed up.
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>obviously the man was a little off while in canada. thats too bad. makes
>me wonder if the guy was sick or something.. who knows? yikes, he's sure
>getting reemed here tho..
>i don't attempt to make excuses for him, but in my opinion vadim has strong
>abilities as a dj. the last time he was in sf, i was impressed by what he
>spun.. definitely a listening set, not so much a dancing set.. (by the
>club standards).. but definitely still in the phat category..
>and if he was off then he was off and he was having a bad night. each to
>his own opinion.. obviously.
I was definitely listening. You're right. But when he played some funkier, phatter stuff, you just had to dance. But then he went back to the hip hop rap cheese and spoiled the effect. There were quite a few dancers, though.
I'm all for the art rather than dance style.
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>>It was hiphop/rap stuff that was NOT acid jazz. No freakin' way that was
>>acid jazz.
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>since when has vadim declared himself "acid jazz"?
>everything on ninja tune has more of a hip hop slant to it than acid jazz.
>imho, vadim falls more into the experimental hip hop category along with
>shadow.
You're right. I was just thinking Herbaliser. Herbaliser's acid jazz, and just happened to be in the same line up.
Cheers,
mr. t
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