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From: "Maarten Baute" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>> maybe you can tell what you really dig actually, i thought you
are/were
>> a big theo fan as well...
>
>Don't get me wrong, I *was* a big SS and TP fan, just before the
release of
>the Rotating Assembly stuff. I adore his earlier SS records. I
really do. I
>play them a lot. But I just feel he is making things a bit easy
on himself
>lately and wanted to point this out. And I don't like doing it.
Same story
>goes mutatis mutandis for Moodymann. I just don't feel his newer
stuff
so basically you only like their disco cutup tracks? thats
understandable, thats all good stuff. but i like the kinds of
things theyre trying to do, even if theyre not hitting the mark
every time. for example i dont think most of the rotating assembly
stuff got the job done, but black mahogani 2 is just off the
charts good. 2 similarish projects, 2 different sounding results
of varying quality. i certainly wouldnt say either of them is
"being easy" on themselves. i think being easy would be to
continue to just pump out the disco cutups. instead theyre
exploring different ideas and sounds and techniques, and theyre
doing it in ways different from what other people are doing. you
certainly wouldnt confuse their band format projects with say
louie vega's.
as for the sound signature comp, ill cut and paste what i had to
say about it on littledetroit.net:
okay, ive listened through the whole sound sampler CD so i feel
like i can comment on it with my initial reactions. the tracks i
really liked were the piranha cut, the theo jam, the marcellus
pittman, the hanna, and the green pickles. i didnt really dislike
any of the tracks, though at first i thought the flamingos cover
was a bit weird. it ended up growning on me. i really like how
many different styles are represented on the album. i dont think
there are any anthems or anything on here, but thats not all i
look for in tunes. all in all i can see myself listening to this
pretty often, though not constantly. its certainly better than the
rotating assembly stuff.
tom
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