Re: Neo-tropicália , Blue States

From: Jason Witherspoon (arzachel@speakeasy.org)
Date: Fri Feb 09 2001 - 19:25:00 CET

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    At 10:05 AM -0500 2/9/01, adario wrote:
    > >Also just picked up the Blue Slates record, which is awesome on first
    >>listen. Very little of that diva/bad-lounge-singer spoiling 1/4-1/2
    >>the album that's plagued nearly-great releases from Hefner, Bent,
    >>Dusted, & Les Gammas recently (anyone w/me on this? easy on the
    >>vocals, downtempo dons-- esp. when they blow!), & more lively &
    >
    >not for hefner, josee's voice is fine by me! ain't nothing wrong with
    >making songs. does the whole album have to be mixing material? les gammas
    >do get cheesy though.

    The Hefner vocal stuff has grown on me at least, but I still faaar
    prefer the instrumentals, which I consider to be songs-- and better
    ones than the songs w/vocals! Feels like a lot more care went into
    the instrumentals' production--

    >
    >>Folks who are feeling this Andrea Marquee album as deeply as I am owe
    >>it to themselves to check out the new Lucas Santtana disc-- totally
    >>on the same neo-tropicália/electronica tip, very Gil-esque, though
    >>the influences are myriad. Great, great record--
    >
    >sounds dope, what labels?
    >a dario

    That Peter Gabriel Worldbeat label-- um, whassit called? W/the
    little colored blocks on the side of every one of 'em?

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    Jason Witherspoon ICQ #62837760

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