Denise, nice article! For more reading material straightnochaser is the
source, they had a "wild wild west" special in the winter 1999(vol 2 issue
8) issue. I get mine from dustygrooves, they have some back issues. SNC
don't have a web site yet unfortunately...
cheers
Rochelle
on 3/11/01 10:58 am, Denise Benson at mentalchatter@sympatico.ca wrote:
> Hey fellow lovers of broken beat, nu jazz and quality tunes,
>
> I just finished up a rather lengthy, in-depth article focussing on the
> 'broken beat' sound and scene emerging from West London and beyond. It
> was definitely a labour of love, involving weeks of time, tons of
> research and a whole wack of interviews, including with:
>
> • I.G. Culture (New Sector Movements, Son of Scientist, Main Squeeze...)
>
> • Dego (4hero, Plutonia, Nu Era, 2000 Black records etc.)
>
> • Alex Attias (Mustang, Beatless, Catalyst, Plutonia, Visions Inc. etc.)
>
> • Spencer Weekes (Goya Distribution, People and Main Squeeze)
>
>
> • Moonstarr (Toronto's own of PTR and soon w/ stuff on Compost,
> Reinforced...)
>
> Just wanna give the list a special heads up to its existence as I know
> loads of you are also deeply feeling this music. In fact, a number of
> you helped turn me on to the sounds (hello Aaron, Stephanie etc.!! :-)
> and helped me keep track of who is who, working under which project
> name.
>
> The article is in the current issue of Exclaim magazine, distributed
> (for free) all over Canada. For those living elsewhere, check here:
>
> http://www.exclaim.ca/common/display.php3?articleid=877
>
> Any and all feedback is welcome, especially 'cause I couldn't find any
> other articles like this out there at all. Closest thing was the XLR8R
> interview w/ I.G. and Dego from earlier this year. Anyone know of other
> good stuff to read on this topic? Thanks! Over 'n out.
>
> -db-
>
> --
> -denise benson-
>
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>
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