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From: "bump2k selectah" <djessential@webtv.net>
To: <acid-jazz@ucsd.edu>
Sent: Monday, July 30, 2001 10:26 AM
Subject: Broken Beat beginnings????
> I've been wondering about how it ALL started.
As to the actual scene and sound, I believe there isn't a time reference you
can talk about because as Elson said, Abstract Truth produced a broken beat
song well before anyone had thought about the concept. And as Matt
explained, it was most definitely a meeting of ideas coming from all sides
of the planet (Vikter Duplaix's first single and a classic, 'Messages', is
pretty much what we call broken beat today, but as Vikter has already
explained, when he composed this track he wasn't even aware of the west
london dons).
In the late 90s, some dj's and producers got tired of the dumb and tiresome
drum'n'bass, trip-hop and house patterns and started experimenting with
beats. Some of those were guys from Germany, Jazzanova & friends, guys from
London, Dego, Seiji, Orin Walters, IG Culture and company, guys from
Philadelphia (Vikter Duplaix, King Britt), etc.. There's one thing we can be
sure about: they were all forward-thinking musicians that had the same ideas
at the same time, probably due to the need of a response to what was getting
popular, probably due to the need to be different. I also think that some of
the clubbers, dancing crowds, got tired of the same formula and started
looking for something new. That must have helped the development of the
scene. This makes me think, how do _you_ dance to broken beat? :)
> It's getting more popular eveyday with New Sector Movements "Download
> This" getting rave reviews, and more & more house artists experimenting
> with broken beats. King Britt is usually known for his housier
> productions, just as much as his acid jazz Sylk 130 lp's. Now as Scuba
> remixed the fantastic Soul Dharma "Flower" on the Velocity label. It
> sounds very broken beat-ish to me.
Actually this Scuba remix is some years old, but I think it was never
released as a 12". You can find it in the compilation 'INCredible Sound of
Gilles Peterson'.
Antonio/pooley^
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