From Jeff Waye Sent Mon, Dec 22nd 1997, 17:56
From Jeff Waye Sent Mon, Dec 22nd 1997, 17:56
>>errr....actually we were not trying to suggest that Coldcut/Hex >>were the first, but they were pioneers along with most of these >>people. Remember that Coldcut have been around since the late >80's , an > >that late 80's? yeah i remember that time..i was there..i was that >soldier..wasn't that when coldcut were pimping their asses to the >majors writing material for yazz & lisa stansfield..pioneering stuff >indeed I'm not going to defend everything Coldcut did in their career. Yes, they worked with Yazz and Lisa Stansfield. In those early times they were also putting out 'Say Kids', 'Beats and Pieces'; Went on to work with/remix Queen Latifah, James Brown, Eric B & Rakim, The Fall, Junior Reid, Clevland Watkiss, The Orb, Pierre Henry, Chibo Matto, Black Sheep, Salif Keita, Yousou N'Dour, etc...; started the 'Solid Steel' radio show, put out 'Jazz Brakes' records, started Ninja Tune... I can go on for days here... Yes, they 'pimped their asses to the majors' for a bit. But remember they were one of the few who realised the error of their ways and managed to disappear and re-emerge quite successfully under their own terms. I like to think that Ninja is the way it is because they learned all the hard lessons of what financial-pressure can do to artists early on in their career. Basically, without those few crappy releases Ninja Tune probably wouldn't exist. I really think you can excuse a couple dodgy releases out of a 10 year career. The fact is Coldcut did help pioneer a lot of styles and then wisely would move on before it came stale and crap. I'm not saying you should think there awesome, or that you have to even like anything they do, I'm just pointing out that they have earned a spot in the evolution of music. Take Care Ninjas