Alright, I used the "s" word.... :) I listened to the new set on Betalounge from 7/28 yesterday, with Don Shtone, Mannequin Lunge and Jan Jelinek. There's some straight hip hop with really nice lush beats in there. I'm way removed from the hip hop world these days. I'm curious about what some of it might be. If I'm tracking it down right, it's going on around the 2-hour mark and moves about from there for at least an hour. Is this a new, new school?
This stuff segues from there into what I can only describe as slow electronic soul. It has sort of a heavilly electronic hip-hop flavor with beautiful vocals. All of this stuff interests me a lot and I have no idea where it comes from or what to call it. It's distinct from what I'm hearing out of the West London New School sound, although both evoke the same return to an older variety of soul or funk for me. More of a direct link up with that sound than what we'd normally think of from techno, but very techno in spirit. Sorry for being so vague and non-descript. These are the best words I can come up with to describe these sounds. I'm hearing a lot of these sounds on the betalounge these days. Beyond all of this, is anyone else noticing a really prominent focus on musicality versus minimalism in 2001? I feel like people are putting a lot more effort into writing music these days. It's really prominent in deep house, and seems to be infecting everything else. Tristan ---------- http://ampcast.com/phonopsia <- Music http://phonopsia.tripod.com <- Mixes, pics, thought, travelogue & info http://www.metatrackstudios.com [EMAIL PROTECTED] <- email <FrogboyMCI> <- AOL Instant Messenger --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
