Hey Sasha,
Reggie is one of electronic music's genuine nice guys. His label
combines the soulful elements of KDJ et al with afro beats and
electronic textures. He has travelled round the world with Theo
Parrish Djing from Crotia to Japan and back again as well as giving
Delano Smith and Tony Oliveria a spiritual home on Pyschostasia. The
label has featured all sorts of music, from fairly minimal dancefloor
tracks to DJ Genesis' House grooves to mournful, introspective numbers.
He has a new 12" called The Kemetic EP due in about a week and also an
album called The Afromation (CD only)- I doubt you would be
dissapointed with either. He also featured on the Time:Space 2
compilation and DJed in support of the Time:Space tour.
cheers
Jason
On 7 May 2004, at 08:33, sasha wrote:
I just picked up the "Pieces of the Afro" ep on Psychostasia and on
first listen, had one of those spine-chilling feelings I was listening
to a future classic. "Men of Spirit" and "Simply Ask" are just so
wonderfully sublime. To my ear, Men of Spirit references the
soulfulness
of Theo/KDJ, but has an electronic warp edge to it - that drum
breakdown
towards the end of the track flips the lid. Every time I think Detroit
is caught up in a style loop, I hear something like this and become a
believer again in the holy musical gospel that is detroit.
There isn't much info about the guy online, other than the fact that he
was/is Transmat's DJ, so perhaps a more knowledgeable person can tell
me
more. Is everything he does as magical as this?
-sasha
