From Andrew Duke Cognition Sent Fri, Oct 9th 1998, 15:22
From Andrew Duke Cognition Sent Fri, Oct 9th 1998, 15:22
Brock: Even John Tejada's "housey" (a la the "City Of Drumrolls...") material that you mentioned is the in the tech-house realm, tech-house in the more American version as opposed to the more German/progressive version of people like TLB jr (i.e. the German/progressive version tends to be more pumping and shiny, whereas the American version tends to be more smooth and full and less clean and tight.) Whether he (JT) does a track that leans to the housey or the technoey, it's still in that tech-house pocket that a tech-houser would be able to appreciate. I hate to tell your pocketbook this, but John Tejada's entire back catalog is quality: there's nothing you should avoid for fear of too technoey or too housey. Sorry I can't tell you which ones to buy in particular, but just grab the ones you can; don't feel you have to have them all right away, just get what you can now and grab the rest later: they're all quality and they're all easily appreciated by someone into tech-house. BTW, check here: http://www.globalserve.net/~cognition next week for an interview with John Tejada and some cuts from his forthcoming album on A13. One of them can be heard right now in part three of In The Mix show 575 (at the same URL). Andrew Brock Phillips wrote: > Can any of you tech-house peeps (Lance et al) out there recommend a couple > of Palette's releases to start with? I'm more into the tech-house side of > 'tings, think Plastic City and Terry Lee Brown Jr. And I knew a couple of > his more recent releases (Tejada, that is) like "City of Drumrolls" were > more on the housey side, which I might not enjoy as much. I'm just digging > into this label and don't have the money or faith to shell out for the > whole back catalog. Think TECH-house with deep atmospherics and > intelligent production. Sorry if this is still somewhat vague, cheers in > advance for the help... Andrew Duke Cognition Audioworks 1096 Queen St #123 Halifax NS Canada B3H 2R9 TEL 902-422-7132 FAX 902-422-1262 http://www.globalserve.net/~cognition (Cognition Audioworks/In The Mix: listen : read) In The Mix show 575: Richie Hawtin/Neil Landstrumm/Merrick Brown In The Mix show 576: John Tejada/Damon Wild/D.JeRome now playing: Tom Millar--"Digestive Tracks" (US Independent) world premiere up next: Turner--"Lukin Orgel" (DM Ladomat) world premiere