Thanks! Re: (idm) 4Hero recommendations?

From Rodney Perkins
Sent Thu, Mar 25th 1999, 18:53

Thanks for all of the recommendations. Went out and picked up the domestic
"Two Pages" CD during lunch. Very advanced in a respectfully retro kind of
way (huh?). There is some weird Stevie Wonder vs. Pharoah Sanders vs. Alice
Coltrane thing going on that has me in a daze. Will definitely be buying
more.

Side note: The Talking Loud import seemed to have a different tracklist and
CD-ROM content. I am going to assume I'm not missing too much (especially
considering it was $34, which is over twice the price of the Mercury
release). Would have preferred the vinyl but that was even more! Don't know
whether its the label or the stores, but Talking Loud imports seem to cost
an arm and a leg.

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> Get Jacobs Optical Stairway (aka Marc and Dego). One of my favoraite
> breakbeat releases ever. A nice blend of lazy synthesised jazz, Detroit
> flavors and tastefully done breakbeats which are manipulated enough so as
> to establish a groove without being too repetitive or delving into more
> drillnbass territory...of course 2 Pages is really nice, though some IDM
> purists might find it too 'produced' (and the vocals might bother some
> people).
>
> peace
>
> Nate
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> On Thu, 25 Mar 1999, Rodney Perkins wrote:
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>> Can anyone provide some good recommendations on what 4Hero releases to pick
>> up? I'm not so much interested in the older breakbeat material as I am the
>> more recent "sophisticated" stuff. However, all solid pointers are welcome.
>> Thanks.
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