RE: [acid-jazz] peven everett roni size opinions

From: BALFOURTH Winston (BMB) (Winston.BALFOURTH@proximus.net)
Date: Mon Dec 16 2002 - 17:53:57 CET

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    I'm in agreeing mode today but I agree that Peven's "Speed of Light"
    CD-R is better than his first official release Studio Confessions. Even
    so it "Studio Confessions" is a good piece of music although there are
    many tracks that do appear on "Speed of Light". This disappointed me a
    bit as I had only just forked out on Speed of Light and expected to hear
    some fresher material. If I had to choose between Peven and Donnie's
    "The Colored Section" then I would have to root for Peven. Check out
    Donnie though as it is worth a listen.

    Even so I have seen it stocked in a couple of the commercial shops in
    London which has got to be a good thing.

    I wouldn't mind hearing Peven's Brazillian CD.

    Cheers,
    Win.

    -----Original Message-----
    From: De Angela Duff [mailto:de@nettmedia.com]
    Sent: Monday, December 16, 2002 4:56 PM
    To: Lynne d Johnson; ACIDJAZZ
    Subject: Re: [acid-jazz] peven everett roni size opinions

    i was sorely disappointed by roni size. i thought it would be great
    to hear roni do his things without MCs and singers, but for me the
    release is boring. All the songs are a blur.

    The d'n b album I can't stop playing is high contrast's true colors
    on hospital records. I highly recommend it even though it may be a
    bit commercial for true d'nb heads. It reminds me of Photek's Solaris
    album in a way.

    as far as peven everett is concerned, i've become a bit addicted.
    dustygroove.com keeps me supplied with all his CD-Rs. I recommend his
    self-burned "Speed of Light" over his official release "Studio
    Confessions", but I'd tell you to get both. Do note however that half
    of the songs on studio confessions are also on speed of light. He
    also has a brazilian ep you can get called "my brazil". An album of
    mostly instrumentals called "kissing game." I wish all my favorite
    artists would put out all of their output. (Speaking of which, does
    anyone have a copy of that lewis taylor acoustic CD, i'd pay shipping
    and you name the price for a copy).

    The mastering/mixing is subpar on all of peven's releases, even the
    official one, but the songs and his voice are so good that I forget
    about it once I start listening to them.

    I caught him live at sobs a couple of weeks ago. You gotta see this
    guy live. He has a jazz background (toured (on trumpet) with Betty
    Carter and Wynton and Branford Marsalis) so his live show was
    actually a jazz show not an r'nb show like you might expect. The
    passion for music was so evident as he played. I've never experienced
    a musician live like that before. It was like he was there, but not
    there because he was so engrossed. He kept bouncing from the fender
    rhodes to a stand up mic, and his drummer played so fast and
    furiously throughout the entire show (that I wanted to stop it and
    tell 'em to give the man a break, he was making me tired looking at
    him play like the energizer bunny and he just kept going and going
    and going). It's something I could never put in words; you'd have to
    be there an experience yourself to get what I'm trying to convey.
    When and If he comes to your city, support him.

    At 12:19 AM -0500 12/16/02, Lynne d Johnson wrote:
    >I know both of these released back in October, but wondering if anyone
    on
    >the list could give me a review. Wondering whether I should cop either
    of
    >the two, or both.
    >
    >Thanks.
    >
    >
    >:: Lynne d Johnson ::
    >:: lynne@lynnedjohnson.com ::
    >:: http://www.lynnedjohnson.com ::
    >
    >"Rap music is a technologically sophisticated and complex urban sound."
    >--Tricia Rose, Black Noise

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