Tim Wright is on permanent record as saying: :-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- :Hash: SHA1 : :Tim's reccomended listning guide (because he's done *two* history of :electronic music shows on RDU this year): : :Hip Hop: try Jurassic 5 or A Tribe Called Quest. Michael Franti for very :funky political stuff (he's very good, but probably too funky to be hip :hop). For local stuff, try King Kapisi, Che Fu, or P Money.
I never really pinned Jurassic 5 for Hip Hop, but I definitely found that listenable. It's been ages since I heard A Tribe Called Quest, but then I wasn't interested... I walked into a music store the other day and put on the new Bootsy Collins disc. He's all funk, but it was performed by a bunch of hip hop/R&B musicians. I was trying to figure out why I like funk but shy away from hip hop. I still don't know... :House: hmm, don't know much about house. Mr Fingers (aka Larry Heads) does :really old house. Remix magazine's best of house (I saw it at echo records :for $14 today) is really good deep house (I should really get a copy). :Orb's "Adventures beyond the ultraworld" is ambient house. local? try :Cuffy, Leon D, Phully. Hmm. I can get behind ambient, though. It seems to travel a bit more than house. My big problem with a lot of music is that you have a 5 minute song based on a 10 second hook that drawn out _way_ more than it's worth. House seems to be the embodiment of this. <rant>Oh, and those damn straight-16th buildups that last for 4 measures. Pisses me off to no end.</rant> :Trip Hop (It's my favourite genre): DJ Shadow is a listening requirement. :Depth Charge are one of my favs at the mo. Wagon Christ is outstanding. :local stuff: Minuit (they have 2 EPs out). If you get a chance to see :Auckland DJ Chris Cox play, then go. I have to agree with you on DJ Shadow. Interesting stuff happens. :) :Trance: Paul Okenfold, Sasha, John Digweed. BT is pretty big in my books, too. :Drum and Bass/Jungle: Plug, Aphex Twin, Amon Tobin. local: conficius. This is what I like. Amon Tobin has to be one of the most interesting musicians this side of Bill Laswell. :Ambient: Brian Eno, Aphex Twin, Orb This is turning into a shopping list of music I really can't afford... At least I already have some Aphex Twin. :Techno: Carl Craig, Luke Slator. : :Ambient Techno: Plasticman I've lost any idea as to what Techno is anymore. It was always an umbrella over electronic for me. But then I started actually listening to it. Others: Squarepusher Micronaut Boards of Canada Retina I'm trying to leave out anyone who'd be more industrial. Retina might be pushing it a bit. Greg --- -
