Re: (idm) terry lee brown and a smattering

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.