----- Original Message ----- From: "Lester Kenyatta Spence" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Phonopsia" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: "313" <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, August 07, 2001 12:22 PM Subject: Re: [313] New Hip Hop + New Soul?
> > 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. > > Is the West London sound what I was referring to above? Garage and "the West London New School Breaks" sound as it's being referred to here are pretty different. 2-step is essentially garage with a breakbeat. The new school breaks are more funk oriented from what I can decipher as a listener who hasn't bought anything but the 2000 Black comp. 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]
