From martin wood Sent Wed, May 12th 1999, 16:44
i dont understand this basement jaxx thing....i heard the single...hated it...heard the lp hated it....all the music press (in the u.k) are creaming their pants about it.... the best thing i have got recently is master steps - melody on outlaw recordings by frankie foncett... like electro-y u.k. underground house style...very nice oh and moodyman...its from detroit...apart from that i cant remember any details.... John Bush wrote: > > > Check his testimony before you pass judgment. > > > > Speaking of Terry Lee Brown, Jr...., am I likely > > to be into Brown Jr.? > > Well, he's a little bit disco and they're a little bit jazz (cept for > Herbert) but I still think they'd work well together. "Chocolate Chords" is > a great album, much better than Cassius or most of the other major-label > nu-Euro-house crowd (though I haven't heard his others). Some of my other > house favorites recently: > > 1. Basement Jaxx (think it's getting a domestic release) > 2. House of 909 > 3. Housey Doingz > 4. Terrence Parker (look for the mix album too!) > 5. New Van Helden EP's not bad... > > And a coupla my personal classics: > > 1. Mr. Fingers - Classic Fingers > 2. Tony Humphries - Take Home the Club > 3. Larry Levan - Paradise Garage > 4. Spooky - Gargantuan > 5. Ummm, there's a bunch I'm not thinking of... > > Speaking of house, has anyone heard the Todd Terry LP on Astralwerks? I'm > very tempted... > > .John.