Re: (nyc) David Holmes/Asian Dub Foundation/Talvin Singh/The Orb, etceteras ...


Yvonne Liu (yl28172@yahoo.com)
Wed, 25 Nov 1998 12:43:18 -0800 (PST)



My memory is returning,
the drum and bass jungly mix
is called Digital Empire, vol. 2.

---Yvonne Liu <yl28172@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> Hey all,
>
> I bought three amazing CDs yesterday:
>
> (1) Essential Mixes of David Holmes
>
> Sooo fuckin' amazing.
> He samples Brigitte Bardot on the first track,
> and the second track has a phone conversation
> where one woman is asking the other for advice
> on being a madame of a bordello.
> There's a remix of James Brown, I think the
> eleventh track on the first CD.
> Two CDs in all, an excellent buy.
>
> (2) Asian Dub Foundation, Rafi's Revenge
>
> This is ultra-hardcore.
> Kinda hard to sit through and listen to it.
> But you will be rewarded with your efforts.
> Massive hard-hitting rap by a SE Indian
> with a Brit accent, excellent track "Charge."
>
> (3) ( I can't remember the title, sorry. )
> It's a three CD set, includes a bonus of
> samples from the label.
>
> It's the second volume in a electronic
> drum 'n bass series, for the life of me,
> I cannot remember the title.
>
> Oh well.
>
> The first CD includes Crystal Method,
> Run DMC and Jason Nevins ( sp ? ),
> Frankie Bones, remixes by Fat Boy Slim,
> Velvet Pants by the Propellerheads.
>
> I haven't listened to the other two,
> but they sound ultra-promising.
>
> Has anyone heard the " new " Talvin Singh ?
>
> I was so tempted to get the Best of the Orb
> on CD, but thought better of it,
> and decided to wait until it comes out on vinyl.
>
> Is it any good, anyone ?
>
> Well, it is Tanksgivin' and I am stranded
> in NYC with nothing better to do than
> sit and listen to my new purchases
> ( and play with a new scooter that
> I just bought at the Sharper Image
> down at South St. Seaport,
> I rode that damn thing thru downtown Manhattan,
> and now I sit, writing email at the Pseudo
> offices at Broadway and Houston ...
> btw, apologies to all friends if I haven't
> written BCC emails in a while,
> I have no regular access to email
> until I start my new position on Monday ),
> Cheers and Happy YouKnowWhat,
> Yvonne.
>
>
>
>
> ==
> Hermit Thrushes are elusive
> and tend to drift quietly
> as we are doing now
> ( I too consider myself a demented drifter )
>
> -- Franklin Rosemont, Penelope
> ( Chicago Surrealist Editions: 1997 )
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==
Hermit Thrushes are elusive
and tend to drift quietly
as we are doing now
( I too consider myself a demented drifter )

           -- Franklin Rosemont, Penelope
              ( Chicago Surrealist Editions: 1997 )
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