-------- Original Message -------- > From: Matt MacQueen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: 25 January 2005 20:39 > To: Aidan O'Doherty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: (313) out of touch > > On Jan 24, 2005, at 6:24 AM, Aidan O'Doherty wrote: > > > i used to buy music that is termed as 'future jazz' by the likes of > > seiji and nubian mindz, but have lost touch with what has been going > > on with that scene. does anyone know if is there anything interesting > > coming out of that musical direction, especially output that is > > obviously 313-influenced, like nubian mindz's album, 'new world chaos' > > (one of my prized long-players)? > > i know what you mean... what happened? seemed the combo of UR and > Reinforced Recs kind of themes drown in the deluge of samey nu-soul-ish > house with some 'broken' elements, but by then it seems like it just > kind of fell apart.. or at least the part of it i liked i just quit > scouring for. The Domu stuff still is okay here and there, dunno what > happened to Archive but seems like some of the quality control went a > little south IMHO.. also there was a good Russ Gabriel full length on > Emoticon worth checking (The Other Side Project, v.1) a good statement > and plenty of techno future jazz groove to it, and Yotoko WET INK had > some bright spots. But other than that I dunno.. somebody school me if > i'm way off target here.
I don't really rate the Russ Gabriel that highly despite a number of attempts to get into it. I prefer the 'Flip Down to Break' ep to this album for sure. I think the first Yotoko single's the best thing they've done yet (although Domu is still on a long roll in my book - the Umod album in particular). The one thing I didn't see mentioned here is the Freeq Unique track 'Mind & Soul', which is probably the most interesting thing I've heard in a broken stylee for a while. There were also some good bits on Sonar Kollektiv, but I'm struggling to think of specifics at the moment. Oh, and DKD's 'Future Rage' may have stuck a nail in the coffin of what we think of as West London broken beat. I can't see that specific style being done better without repeating things. Other interesting bits last year were Spy Music's 'Cloak', which is prolly more 'fixed beat', and Afronaught Presenté Son De Batey's 'Carnaval', which is really fast, taking off from where the Daz-I-Cue remix on the Detroit Beatdown remixes 12" left off. I didn't rate the second of those singles quite as highly, although good. generally the stuff I'm liking is the stuff that's starting to resemble either house, techno or something utterly different, with obvious bits of West London incorporated. A recent example would be the new Bugz 'Booty La La', which people seem to either love or loathe because of the vocals. I dig it. I give Thomas 10 seconds to disagree. ;) Oh, also worth checking is the DJ Rels album, which is Madlib and Peanut Butter Wolf doing brokenish stuff, sometimes even sounding a bit moody-Detroit. Very severe beats though. Oh, and Titonton did a few nice bits this year too. 'Jam Pony' on Amalgama was good, but not essential. > > also, since my clubbing days are more or less at an end (kids, > > mortgage, enlarged liver . . . the usual reasons), i am more into > > home-listening material - the classic mid-90s sound especially (b12, > > nuron, black dog) - so, besides the upcoming compliation on regal/new > > religion and the vince watson album on headspace, is there anything > > else on the horizon of that ilk? > > I wouldn't say it's a mid-90's sound, but check out the new Ross 154 CD > called "Strike" on Delsin... if you like the above, you'll probably > like this. It's pretty deep. Good stuff. Also if you didn't get a > hold of Biosphere - Substrata and/or Man WIth A Movie Camera back then, > i recently re re-discovered those. Hmmm, what else.. AI Records are doing a good job of resurrecting some of these sounds, like Claro Intellecto and Jacen Solo in particular. On a slightly dancier but probably still up your alley tip, there's been loads of stuff in the last year. That's what I'm thinking of when I think of a resurgence of mid-90s tunes recently. Stuff like Pasarrani, Shed, deeper Vince Watson, Atkins, Hood, Bone and loads of other stuff I'm forgetting right now because I spent too much time ranting above. Tristan
