and what about Glasgow with labels like Glasgow Underground and artists like
DJ Q and Universal PrincipleS?
Olaf
----- Original Message -----
From: Mark Allerton <Mark@warmspot.cix.co.uk>
To: Barimore, Carl J <cbarim@essex.ac.uk>; <acid-jazz@ucsd.edu>
Sent: Thursday, March 15, 2001 2:16 AM
Subject: Re: Living in the UK
> Well, I'd be the last person to disagree that there's a lot of fantastic
> stuff coming out of central europe now - and I've this list to thank for
> being able to find out about a lot of it.
>
> But I ought to point out, for the sake of clarity, that though I'm a Norf
> Lundun boy originally, I spent the past four years living in *Ipswich*
> before moving to Van.
>
> Now, I will be the first to admit that the Ipswich nu-jazz scene (or for
> that matter any scene) is far from healthy when compared to London. How
much
> can you expect from a town of 120,000 people, right? But maybe even
Ipswich
> seems like a bustling metropolis if you live in Colchester :-)
>
> I think it's quite a stretch to base an opinion of a whole country from a
> few posts here and a maybe gushing write-up in SNC.
>
> Unless someone on the list has something to tell us about the vibrant
scene
> in Saskatoon, of course...
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Barimore, Carl J" <cbarim@essex.ac.uk>
> To: <acid-jazz@ucsd.edu>
> Sent: Wednesday, March 14, 2001 3:19 PM
> Subject: RE: Living in the UK
>
>
> > Dave's right.
> >
> > Like him I've only just stumbled across the European scene, as a result
of
> > reading about it in this list. The Compost stuff is fantastic and I'll
be
> > trying to hear some of the Hungarian stuff too, but from Compost alone
it
> > seems better over there than it does here.
> >
> > I haven't heard stuff like this in the UK, but that's probably because I
> > don't know much about it. I don't know what's happening in London but
very
> > little happens outside of it (in the UK), and that goes for nearly every
> > music scene. People are always posting events listings for Canada and
the
> > USA with really good artists on the roster. These events never occur in
> the
> > UK that regularly.
> >
> > One grumble I've got about the UK music scene the way it takes so long
for
> > dnb records to come out. After the dubplate starts getting played, it
> takes
> > about a year for the record to get released, and that's becoming a very
> > common occurrence. The dillinja L.P has been delayed for two years and
> still
> > isn't out. It took about two years for the Peshay L.P to come out and
the
> > Underwolves L.P is only finally getting a release now after first being
> > played in about 1999. I know that with the latter two there were label
> > problems but in general it is common to wait about a year for a 12"
single
> > to get a release after it is first played.
> >
> > Does this happen often elsewhere and with other music scenes?
> >
> > Anyone who likes the jazzy dnb stuff should check out anything on
Fabio's
> > 'Creative Source' label. 'Class of 76' by Solid State on the 'Liquid
Funk'
> > compilation is excellent and has a kind of live sound (even though it
> > isn't). Also 'Just the Way I Feel' by John B is very good and Peshay has
> > released his best tunes on this label.
> >
> > Carl
> >
>
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