From Nate Harrison Sent Wed, Apr 22nd 1998, 17:32
From Nate Harrison Sent Wed, Apr 22nd 1998, 17:32
Just wanted to say that the NinjaTune show in NYC last night was about on par with the previous posts about the tour. I dug Riz's set, but I gotta be honest, it was armchair stoner music, I would have more preferred to have been sitting down and not sober, and not in a smoky, crowded atmoshpere to hear her set. If you want to talk about a set that moved both my mind *and* body... 4 Hero. Total masters of breakbeat. Period. Ultra tight sound, perfectly collaged together (I say collage as opposed to mixed because I do not want to imply a strictly DJ/vinyl set, because it was not). They set it off with this hard funky abstract hip hop break, over which I believe Mark Mac rapped, while Dego manned the gear. They managed to take the place through a tour of hip hop, then chilled smooth house, then some *slammin'* hard step, then back to hip hip and abstract. In particular I remember them using a lot of 909 to accent their breaks, which I thought was cool, because no one does that. I think at some point someone else took over the rap, but I don't know who. I couldn't get over how fresh it sounded; in no way was it standard dnb. If their set is any indication of what their new album is going to sound like, it's going to smoke. That alone was worth the $15, Nate