Re: Smith&mighty

From: Brock @ Motormouthmedia (@)
Date: Wed Feb 02 2000 - 10:37:35 MET

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    From: Jeroen van der Ent <j.vander.ent@freeler.nl>
    To: acid-jazz@ucsd.edu
    Subject: Smith&mighty
    Date: Wed, Feb 2, 2000, 8:17 PM

    Has anyone heard the new 3lp by Smith&Mighty? How does it compare to
    earlier work and as they are being hyped as the godfathers of the Bristol
    sound and the missing link between Portishead and Lee Perry how does it
    stand up to this standard? :)

    >>>>>

    Got a early copy of this one, I think it's a great record but not quite as
    seminal as Portishead's "Dummy" or Massive's "Blue Lines." The production
    on most of the tracks is superb, deep dubbed-out d'n'b rhythms and echoing
    fx. But the vocals on most of the tracks just didn't do it for me. Some
    were OK, but others just sounded sub-par compared to the production
    standards - I think a lot of the vocalists featured were their friends from
    Bristol, etc? and they just don't seem up to the Smith and Mighty standard.
    Would love to get an instrumental version of this record though, the beats
    are dope. My opinion...Brock

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